The new Podravka Pasta Factory in Koprivnica has been officially inaugurated, with an investment worth over 15 million euros.This factory is the first newly built one in Podravka’s food segment in the last 17 years. The construction and installation of new machinery took a year, and thanks to state-of-the-art equipment, the technological process of pasta production has been modernised and further improved, the company said in a statement on Friday. The factory was ceremoniously launched by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Andrej Plenković, and the CEO of Podravka, Martina Dalić, in the presence of high officials, employees, company management, and business partners.In the new Pasta Factory, built on more than 4,800 square meters, industrial pasta will be produced for the manufacturing of Podravka soups, as well as twisted and short pasta under the Zlato polje brand. With this investment, Podravka enhances its pasta production capacity, laying the foundation for further sales growth in the soup category and the development of new pasta-related products.This investment is part of Podravka Group’s investment cycle, carried out in accordance with the Group’s Business Strategy until 2025. The priority of the investment cycle is to invest in modernisation, introduce new technologies and digitisation, improve efficiency and energy efficiency, and further enhance working conditions. By the end of 2024, the completion of two more major investments is expected—a new Tomato Processing Factory in Varaždin and a new logistics-distribution centre in Koprivnica, which is also the largest investment within the Strategy. (ICE ZAGABRIA)

Fonte notizia: Croatiaweek, 19.01.2024.