The food company, a benchmark in almadraba bluefin tuna, quadruples its industrial surface in the Interior Area with the operation of warehouse 23, a seafood processing plant in which it will make an initial investment of 2.5 million euros
The State delegate in the Consortium, Fran González, and the advisor of Petaca Chico, Pedro Muñoz, sealed this morning the agreement by which the facilities will be occupied for at least the next 20 years.
Next, they visited the plant, which has more than 9,000 m2 of constructed area, 7 loading docks and cold rooms, which Petaca is going to condition to increase the frozen storage space at -60º and -25º in the province by 2,200 tons, reaching a capacity of 3,200 tons
The expansion of Petaca Chico consolidates the commitment made by the Free Trade Zone to relaunch the activity of its productive spaces in the Fiscal Area and strengthens the Conil company in its international expansion process and its investment in R&D
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
The company Petaca Chico expands its activity in the Fiscal Area of the Free Trade Zone of Cádiz with the operation of warehouse 23, a plant for the transformation of fishing products with which it will quadruple its productive industrial surface in the Cádiz area, incorporating more than 9,000 m2 at 2,500 m2 of ship 21 located on the edge of the dock, from which it currently operates.
This commitment by Petaca to increase its competitive capacity in the Cádiz Tax Precinct will involve an initial investment of 2.5 million euros - which will be increased in the medium term to 4.6 million - to adapt and condition the plant, a project that It is part of the group's expansion process in the international market, and its firm commitment to Research and Development (R&D).
With these premises, the Special delegate of the State in the Free Trade Zone, Fran González, and the advisor of Petaca Chico, Pedro Muñoz, have sealed this morning at the Consortium's Headquarters the agreement by which the food company will occupy the facilities of the plant for a period of 20 years, extendable. Next, they held a work meeting accompanied by part of their respective teams, in which they were able to exchange details of the activity and the ship's adaptation project.
The day ended with a visit to the facilities of warehouse 23, which is located at the northern end of the interior enclosure, on a plot of 12,656 m.2 perimeter fenced
Once there, the tour of the plant allowed us to see first-hand both the machinery and the extensive facilities, among which seven loading docks and cold spaces stand out. At this point, the Petaca Chico team has been able to explain on site the ambitious plant transformation project, which includes expanding to 3,000 m2 (more than double the current surface) the industrial cold surface, which will allow Petaca to have frozen storage capacity for 3,200 tons, a significant increase in cold storage of 2,200 tons in the entire province of Cádiz. Specifically, a part of these cold spaces will accommodate up to 700 tons at a temperature of -60º, intended for bluefin tuna; and the rest will be used for other fish and seafood, with a temperature of -25º.
In addition, the remaining rooms of the plant will be adapted to accommodate the production of cephalopods, which is currently produced between the aforementioned warehouse 21 of 2,500 m.2 of the Fiscal Precinct of Cádiz and the 7,000 m plant2 that Petaca Chico has in Conil, so both will also be able to assume growth in their production.
The project also includes the adaptation of the ship to the IFS quality parameters, a benchmark in the sector and necessary for export operations, as well as the MSC sustainable fishing certification.
During the visit, Pedro Muñoz thanked Fran González and his entire team for their involvement in facilitating this investment and collaborating with a project that is key to the growth of the firm in Andalusia and throughout Spain, allowing a reorganization of production and an increase in storage capacity that will favor international expansion.
For his part, Fran González thanked Petaca Chico for its investment effort and its commitment to the facilities of the Free Trade Zone, highlighting “the pride that it means for the business community of Cádiz to have a company that stands out for carrying the name of the province. around the world, after more than 30 years of experience in the fishing sector.”
For González, “with the expansion of the Petaca Chico facilities, it puts the finishing touch to a summer in which the implementation in the Tax Precinct of the company Sola Ricca has also been closed, which confirms that the Free Trade Zone is in the good path of promoting the activity of productive spaces, managing to attract new investments to the Bay and the entire province in general. Despite the difficult scenario we are experiencing due to COVID-19, we are reaping the fruits of the commitment to boost the Consortium's commercial activity and, as we see today, we are receiving a very positive response from our business community. This reaffirms us to continue working along the same lines even more intensely during the last quarter of the year and throughout 2022.”
Petaca Chico, in continuous growth and firm commitment to R&D
The experience of the firm founded by the Muñoz Brenes brothers for more than three decades has consolidated a trajectory that has been able to adapt to the times, offering a quality product, with careful access to the origin of the raw material.
Thus, the Petaca group of companies, whose parent company is Petaca Chico, has been growing and currently also has the participation of several almadrabas in Barbate; Barril and Santa María (Portugal); or Taharda (Morocco); and the “Almadraba de Petaca Chico” brand, which manages the gourmet stores “Shopping Almadraba” and the Conil de la Frontera restaurant “Cooking Almadraba”.
Currently, the Petaca Group has gourmet stores in Conil, Cádiz and Madrid and the good reception they are receiving - customers can experience bluefin tuna in them - projects new openings in Seville and Málaga and, later, in different points. from the country.
In addition to this national growth, the Cadiz company is immersed in international growth, with a presence in more than 20 countries. And for this expansion process, we have opted for innovation and sustainability, always with the sea in the background, and we are collaborating with Ángel León, renowned chef of the sea, in the development of new ways of knowing fish and, specifically, the tuna. The first preview of this collaboration is the “sea ham” that has already surprised the world in its presentation and that Petaca Chico is going to make.
These lines of business are endorsed by the data of the company that generates employment in the area, with the Petaca Group currently exceeding 600 employees and projecting a turnover for 2021 of over 100 million euros.
