Yesterday was celebrated in Aguilas the symbolic act of placing the first stone of the new factory that the Looije company will install in the locality;
An act that was attended by, among others, the mayor, Mari Carmen Moreno;
The owners of the company, Jochen Looije and Anne Beekenkamp;
The general director of Looije, Juan Jos Lpez;
The project manager, Pedro Marn;
And the workers' representative, Encarnacin Lpez.
The new warehouse, which will involve an investment of 4,500,000 euros, will have an area of 4,600 meters of which 3,600 will correspond to the handling vessel.
A factory of this size, "assured the director of Looije," will allow to receive and keep temperature controlled up to 168 tons per day of cherry, in addition to having a production line with capacity to process up to 80,000 kilos of tomato per day, which Means multiply by four the current capacity of production from the current 300 employees to the 1,000 that are expected once the expansion project is completed. "
After the act, the mayor valued of "very positive" that Eagles is the place chosen by Looije for its expansion.
"From the City Hall we have supported and bet on this project from the beginning. We are convinced that one of the lines of work of the public administration should be to give entrepreneurs facilities because they are the ones who create jobs and generate wealth."
Source: Ayuntamiento de guilas