MEXICO
Nestlé Mexico plans to build what it calls a “cutting-edge” production facility in Veracruz, Mexico. Once completed, the factory should process 20,000 tons of green coffee each year.
In announcing the project, Nestlé officials say the new facility will provide 250 direct and 2,500 indirect jobs in the first phase alone. Another 1,500 new jobs will be created during construction. The project cost was set at $154 million.
The production center “will implement state-of-the-art technologies for the processing of coffee and the reduction of water and energy consumption,” a Nestlé announcement stated.
The new facility will use clean energy sources, treatment and recirculation of process water, recovery of 100% of the coffee waste to produce energy and the use of 100% renewable electrical energy, according to Nestlé.
“We are very pleased to share joint objectives with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his team,” Fausto Costa, c.e.o. of Nestlé México, said in the statement. “We both believe in supporting young people, where Nestlé has been a pioneer in the country. We also both believe in the strengthening of the Mexican countryside and the importance of accelerating the growth of the Southeast region. This new investment in Veracruz confirms our commitment to Mexico and its people; the country’s economic stability and competitiveness have been fundamental factors to strengthen us as Nestlé’s fifth largest market worldwide.”