French vegetable processor Bonduelle has invested EUR6m in increasing capacity at a ready-to-eat salads plant in Germany.
Following seven months of building work and fitting-out, the capacity at the site in Straelen has been raised from 6,500 tonnes of salads annually to 10,000 tonnes.
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With five production lines, the plant is expected to turn out 50m packaged salads in 2014, staffed by 200 workers.
“Bonduelle will now be able to call upon state-of-the-art production facilities which will allow it to strengthen its position as market leader in Germany for both [branded] and supermarkets’ private-label products,” the group added.
Bonduell generates annual sales of EUR210m in Germany, of which EUR70m is accounted for by ready-to-eat salads.
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