Tòisichidh SIMPLOT air togail ionad ùr ann am Mendoza, Argentina

Simplot will start the construction of a French fries plant in Mendoza, Argentina, ann an timcheall air mìos, às dèidh tasgadh de chòrr air USD100m.

The plant will start operations in 2018 and will devote most of its production to the foreign market, according to the Argentinean press.  The owner and shareholder of the company San Fili, Fabio Calcaterra, confirmed the information. San Fili had a commercial agreement with Simplot. The company will produce about 120,000 tons per year of finished product, which will require about 4,000 hectares of potatoes per season. The raw material will be provided mainly by San Fili. “More than ten years ago we developed a 1,500 hectare project under pivot irrigation in the Pareditas area of ​​San Carlos,” said Calcaterra.

Thèid an ionad giullachd, a thèid a thogail air làrach 100 heactair air an t-slighe eadar-nàiseanta ann an Lujan de Cuyo (Slighe Nàiseanta 7), a dhèanamh buntàta reòta ro-fhriochte agus buntàta pronn. Tha a’ chompanaidh a’ meas gun tèid tionndadh de USD1.8bn a dhèanamh, agus gun tèid 70% dheth sin (timcheall air USD77m) a choileanadh bho às-mhalairt gu diofar dhùthchannan ann an Ameireaga a Deas, gu h-àraidh Braisil, Uruguaidh agus an t-Sile. Thèid 400 neach fhastadh gu dìreach agus 2,000 gu neo-dhìreach.