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Unium will invest more than BRL 370 million to build a cheese production unit, which will have an area of 40 m² and will create more than 1,6 jobs in Ponta Grossa
Unium, the institutional brand of the industries of the Frísia, Castrolanda and Capa cooperatives, will make an investment of R$ 379,72 million in Ponta Grossa for the installation of an Industrial Cheese Production Unit. The expectation is that, when it starts operating, the cheese production unit will generate more than 1,6 direct and indirect jobs in the region.
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Unium's Cheese Production Industrial Unit has been planned for years
The Unium unit will be installed next to the land where the group's Milk Processing Unit is located, close to the PR-151. The venture in Ponta Grossa will be installed in front of Maltaria Campos Gerais, also a Unium project, which will receive an initial investment of R$ 1,5 billion.
The project to build the cheese unit in Ponta Grossa is an old one, planned for years, and the negotiation of the malt factory contributed a lot to its construction. According to José Loureiro Neto, municipal secretary for Industry, Commerce and Professional Qualification, when the executives met to talk about the malting project, they also commented on the cheese factory. There were many negotiations, and the Unium unit entered together with the malt shop and helped to close the investment quota in Ponta Grossa.
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More than 1,6 jobs will be created
The new enterprise will generate several benefits for the municipality, according to José, especially in the generation of 66 direct jobs and more than 1.570 indirect ones.
“An investment of this size moves many job openings in agribusiness and many more people will be employed, generating more taxes for the city hall, in addition to increasing income”, said Loureiro, emphasizing that it is yet another investment that could develop the North Industrial District , which, in addition to DAF and UBL, will also have the Nissin factory and Maltaria.
According to Loureiro, as with the malting plant, Unium is running with the documentation so that everything is approved as soon as possible and the works can start later this year. The goal, according to the secretary, is for the cheese unit, which will create several job openings, to be inaugurated in 2023.
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The project will be built on a plot of 40 square meters and will have a constructed area of 14 square meters with three floors. In civil construction alone, the estimated value will be R$ 62 million and another R$ 6 million in general electrical installations.
The biggest investment will be in machinery and equipment, which will amount to R$ 241,1 million and also R$ 41,5 million in facilities, machinery and equipment for utilities and, in labor, the estimated investments are in the amount of BRL 15 million. In order for the investment to be viable in Ponta Grossa, the municipality undertook to grant three benefits to the cooperatives so that the investment could get off the ground.
