CELEBRATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF UVESA

May 2014– These visits are part of the events celebrating the 50th anniversary of UVESA, which throughout its half-century history has been consolidated as a reference group in the food sector in Spain, with leading positions in pigs, poultry and feed segments.

According to Mr. Antonio Sanchez, president of UVESA Group, “This celebration together with the authorities, customers, suppliers and employees is a recognition to those from 1964, when the company was founded, have helped to consolidate and make it the second operator the sector in Spain and the first with entirely national capital; and all without ever renouncing our foundational commitments: food safety, product quality and service excellence. “

The visit of the Secretary General of Agriculture and Food, Mr. Carlos Cabanas Godino, accompanied by the president of Navarra, Ms. Yolanda Barcina.; . By the First Vice President and Minister of Economy, Finance, Industry and Employment, Ms. Lourdes Goicoechea; by the Minister of Rural Development, Environment and Local Government, Mr Javier Esparza; by the President of the Parliament of Navarre, Alberto Catalan Higueras; by the Government Delegate in Navarra, Ms. Carmén Alba and the mayor of Tudela, Luis Casado is a clear reflection of the important contribution that makes UVESA the Spanish economy and its direct contribution to the industrial fabric of Navarra, Andalusia Castilla Leon and Valencia and Aragon, provinces in which the company operates.

In fact, UVESA works with more than 1,000 farmers and stockbreeders, which allowed him to reach, in 2013, a total volume of 94,200 tons of chicken and 67,000 tons of pork, to which must be added further production 461,000 tons of feed