New banana distribution center for Poland
A new banana distribution center will be opened in the town of Pruszcz Gdański this year. The center will be equipped by the Dutch company, De Laat, with 55 specialist chambers. The chambers will make it possible to ripen 75.000 of cartons of bananas. The whole investment will reach almost 10 mln euros.
Citronex has a huge modern storing surface of 11.000 m2 with the possibility for expansion.
Rafał Zarzecki, the vice president of Citronex company said, "The location was stragically chosen. It is only a 20 minute drive from the Gdańsk port where our bananas are brought from South America. This helps shorten the distribution time and improve the quality of the fruit delivered to the supermarkets. We look forward to the future and we are ready to build at this place another 100 chambers if needed."
Chambers in the north of Poland is another part of the company’s long term strategy. The aim is to supply a full chain of delivery system. Citronex produces bananas in Ecuador. Last year Citronex bought the majority shares of the Cargofruit company, which allowed control of the Gdańsk port. Citronex distributes bananas with its own tracks to the chain supermarkets in a few countries.
Citronex has already built the biggest maturing chambers in Europe in Zgorzelec.
The company has at present 140 chambers near the German and Czech borders. The chamber supply bananas for the south of Poland and customers abroad. Since all new chambers will be ready in November Citronex is able to ripe even 300.000 of cartons a week.
The company has also made other investments this year.
Last winter, raspberry tomatoes from Bogatynia appeared in Polish shops. Citronex produces them with specially lighted and heated greenhouses. The company invested in another 17 ha in Siechnice near Wroclaw. The investment will also be completed this year.
By the end of this year, the company located in Zgorzelec, will use more than 60 ha of very modern greenhouses to become one of the biggest tomato producers in Poland.
"Citronex plans on spending almost 34mln Euros in investments on the fruit and vegetable sector this year.' concludes Marek Szulc.
For more information:
Marek Szulc
Citronex
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Email: marek@citronex.pl
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