Nestlé opened its most sustainable coffee processing plant in Santa Rita, Veracruz, a year and a half after the planned date due to delays caused by the confinement.
In this plant, the company will process an additional 40,000 tons of green coffee for the production of the Nescafé brands. For consideration, the company shelled out $340 million.
“We see the potential that Mexico has, we see a young and hard-working population, in addition to being a stable economy, where we have maintained macroeconomic stability, despite global volatility,” said Fausto Costa, executive president of Nestlé Mexico.
The announcement of the construction of this factory was given in December 2019, so it was said that in a first stage, it would require an investment of 154 million dollars.
This new amount of money is part of the 700 million dollars of financing, which the company has promised to spend to modernize its 17 plants in Mexico.
The president of Nestlé Mexico added that this coffee factory has a circular operation, therefore, it has treatment systems for the water used and recirculation of 100% of the process water; zero wastewater discharges and zero waste to landfills.
In addition, the factory has a biomass boiler where the biological waste from the coffee process is used to generate energy that represents 70% of the consumption required for the generation of water vapor that is used throughout the production process.
With this new factory, the company specified that the purchase of green coffee from Mexican farmers will increase by 50% in the next 3 years. In addition, 1,200 direct and 12,000 indirect jobs will be generated.
The manager explained that the company increased its exports of products made in Mexico from 200 to 600 million dollars a year, with shipments to more than 66 countries, without specifying the period of growth, which he considers is supported by the trade agreements that Mexico has. .
Looking to the Southeast
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reiterated that his administration will seek investments to develop the southeast of the country.
During his participation in the inauguration of the Nescafé plant, the president reiterated that this region will receive 40,000 million dollars of investment, from the United States and Canada, aimed at the energy sector.
“There are opportunities and there is confidence in our country. Even with this global economic crisis, Mexico is considered a country of opportunities,” said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, during his participation in the event.
Tatiana Clouthier, Secretary of the Economy, Rocio Nahle, Secretary of Energy, and the Governor of Veracruz, Cuauhtémoc García, were also present during the opening ceremony.
