Group Siro gluten-free products manufactured in the town of Aguilar de Palentine Campoo

An investment of 48 million euros has been required to do Indeed the latest draft of Grupo Siro, a factory 2.5 hectares of which will employ 220 people in Aguilar de Campoo.

A commitment and a gamble on the future of Aguilar Campoo Siro which sealed five years ago with this region Palentine, when facing a major crisis in its recent history, the closing of oven biscuits Aguilar, a former Fontaneda.

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Twelve noon, the Infanta Elena the blue carpet leading to the new facility, for which he has made a brief tour accompanied by President of the Castilla y Leon, Juan Vicente Herrera, President Grupo Siro, Juan Manuel Gonzalez Serna, the government delegate, Miguel Alejo, and the mayor of Campoo Aguilar, Jose Maria Ortega, among other authorities.

In just 20 minutes was able to contemplate the functioning of the two production lines for bread mold, capable of producing between 6,000 and 9,000 pieces per hour, destined for the moment, to a single client, supermarkets Mercadona.

Gonzalez Serna: the new factory heralds a new stage in Aguilar de Campoo "with the certainty that we left behind the uncertainties of the past"

A tour in which he also took time to sign the book of honor Siro and leave their mark on a short text which reads: "In memory of the inauguration of the new plant Siro in Group Aguilar. With all my affection, Infanta Elena of Spain. "

During the speeches, the president of Grupo Siro, Juan Manuel Gonzalez Serna, recalled the bad moments lived in the town when it announced the closure of the who operated United Biscuits and have been assured that the new factory heralds a new stage in Aguilar de Campoo "with the certainty that we left behind the uncertainties of the past."

Siro Group 5 years ago, pledged to make a profitable project "in which few believed," and today Serna Gonzalez showed his satisfaction for having fulfilled his promises and be able to "look to the future with optimism."

The new facilities

corroborate, as Gonzalez Serna, the Group's commitment Siro with the business development of the localities, betting on local industry, for investment against the relocation and growth that affect not only the company but also in place that makes it possible.
And looking ahead, the chairman of the Group today announces that it will be the new challenge of the company, the construction of a new production of specific products for , in the same land where is located the factory that was inaugurated yesterday, 45 hectares in the industrial area of Aguilar Campoo.

For his part, President of the Castilla y Leon has praised the "timely lesson" implies that in these times of economic crisis, bets new business Siro.

Also recalled the difficult situation facing Aguilar Campoo five years ago and has praised the modernity of the new installations, "consolidated with that of Campoo and Aguilar Castile and Leon as one of the major centers of industrial production sector and baking the whole of Spain. "

Since 1991, Grupo Siro has become one of the largest business groups in the food sector, with a workforce of 2520 people, twelve production facilities in Castilla y Leon, Catalonia, Andalusia and Valencia and a turnover which in 2007 invoiced 220 million euros.