Nestlé is building a new factory in Vargeão, Santa Catarina, and will require 1.800 employees in the civil construction and assembly sector. In addition, the unit will also create 200 direct jobs when it comes into full operation.
This Monday (9), businessmen from Xanxerê attended a presentation on how to register to become a supplier during the construction of the new Nestlé factory, located in Vargeão, Santa Catarina. Those interested gathered at the Lorenzon Incorporações office so that they could follow the direct transmission of Fiesc in Florianópolis. The new factory is under construction and will need more than 1.800 new civil construction and assembly professionals.
All the details about the new Nestlé factory
According to information passed on during the event, the new factory will be built in an area of 50 hectares with earthworks in 200 thousand m² and, in constructed area, 40 thousand m².
The planned investments in the new unit in Santa Catarina are 1,3 billion, thus requiring 1.800 professionals in the construction and assembly of the new factory. When the Nestlé unit in Santa Catarina is fully operational, 200 more employees will be needed and the company should start hiring some of these employees in the coming months.
Employees must undergo a period of training and preparation with free courses which will be made available by Senai de Xanxerê, bearing in mind that the new factory's production system will be fully robotized and automated.
Phase 01 is expected to be concluded in Santa Catarina by the end of next year and phase 02 by the end of 2024. As for production, 50% will be aimed at supplying the domestic market and the rest will be turned to exports. The new Nestlé Purina factory in Santa Catarina is being built next to BR 282 in Vargeão.
Generation of jobs and income
The new factory in Vargeão will use local labor in civil construction, which is trained through partnerships between the government of Santa Catarina and Nestle. In addition to the installation stages of the unit, starting this year, the estimate is to generate around one thousand outsourced jobs.
The region will benefit economically from the expansion of demand for agroindustry inputs, both for animal protein and the use of grains, which are used in the production of food for cats and dogs.
According to the company, the plant will be developed taking into account the policy of zero destination for sanitary landfills, use of renewable energy sources and water reuse projects. In the first phase, the factory will receive a line of wet foods with advanced, patented and unprecedented technology. The industrial park will have the structure dimensioned to contemplate other phases of expansion and installation of other production lines.
The importance of the project for the municipality of Vargeão
For the municipality of Vargeão, which has an estimated population of 3,5 inhabitants, the unit represents a unique transformation in history. In 2021, when the announcement of the factory arrived, the mayor of the city, Volmir Felipe, stated that it was an important day for the municipality and thanked him for all the commitment of the Santa Catarina government team and for all the partnerships that they already have in place.
Entrepreneurs in the region are also investing and will grow without losing their quality of life. The municipality is also part of the Gente Catarina program, developed by the state government to increase the Human Development Index. The specific actions of the municipality began at the beginning of this year.
