Qualtia will expand generating 226 new jobs in the state

With a 284.4 million pesos investment, Qualtia Lacteos announced the expansion of its production plant, which will have an extension of 2,840 square meters and will be located in the Balvanera Industrial Park, in the municipality of Corregidora, and will generate 226 new jobs.

Qualtia created its dairy business unit six years ago and since 2016 has increased its productive capacity in 70 %, said Ernesto Gerardo Guerra, manager of the Qualtia Queretaro plant.

“Today begins a new stage in our history with the construction of a new plant in which we will manufacture with new innovative processes and revolutionary spaces. Our objective is to continue offering more and better dairy products which are distinguished by their flavor, nutrition and offering practical proposals to our customers and consumers,” said the manager.

Likewise, Andres Enrique Garza Herrera, general director of Qualtia, noted that it is expected for the plant to be ready in December to begin operations in January 2020. He added that expectations are good due to the growth the Queretaro plant has registered during the last four years, where currently 227 people work.

“It is a plant that has become highly productive thanks to your effort and the great talent existing in Queretaro; an industrial culture in the Bajio similar to the one in Monterrey, in the North. Three percent of national cheese consumption comes from this plant and this work team, this makes us so proud.” 

He added that 65 % of the milk supply in the plant comes from Queretaro and Guanajuato.

Qualtia belongs to Xingux, a conglomerate of companies encouraged by more than 26,000 energizers offering solutions in the energy and food industries. Currently, it operates in eight countries and its services reach more than 40.

PRIMARY SECTOR

According to figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, the Gross Domestic Product of the primary sector of Queretaro in 2018 generated 9,682 million pesos in agri-food products, which meant an average annual growth of 3 %, said the governor Francisco Dominguez Servien.

Besides, the state produces more than one million milk liters per year, positioning it the second national place in the value of the generated product, exceeding 2,600 million pesos, said Carl Heinz Dobler, secretary of Agricultural Development.

The ceremony was also attended by Hugo Eduardo Calva Diaz, commercial director and of marketing at Qualtia; Rolando Herrera y Saldana, director of Market Analysis in Milk from the Undersecretary of Food Self-sufficiency SADER; Yessica Adriana Alvarez, Business Leader of Lacteos Qualtia, Mario Ramirez Retolaza, secretary of Labor, Julio Cesar Ramirez Arguiello, secretary of Health; and Roberto Sosa Pichardo, mayor of Corregidora.