Grupo Calvo
The Calvo Group is a backward vertically integrated group of companies dedicated to fishing, processing and distribution of canned goods.[1] The group is centred on Luis Calvo Sanz, S.A., a company established in 1940 in Carballo.[2][3]
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Type | Sociedad Anónima |
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Industry | Canned goods |
Founded | Carballo, Galicia, Spain (1940) |
Founder | Luis Calvo Sanz |
Headquarters | Carballo , Spain |
Area served | Nationwide |
Key people | José Luis Calvo Pumpido (President) Manuel Calvo García-Benavides (Managing Director) |
Revenue | €426.72 million (2009) |
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Divisions | Calvo Conservas Calvo Envases |
Subsidiaries | Calvo, Razo, Nostromo, Gomes da Costa, San Marco |
Website | www |
Grupo Calvo operated in the town of Guanta, Venezuela under the name "Atuneras del Oriente" (ATORSA) and, later, as Industrias Calvo Conservas de Venezuela S.A.[4] Between 1991 and 2001, they had to temporarily close due to lack of tuna.[5]
In 2003, Calvo opened a facility in El Salvador, specifically, in Puerto La Unión.[6] In 2006, Calvo expanded its canned fish facility in Gomes da Costa, Brazil.[7] In November 2008, Calvo closed its cannery in Laayoune, Western Sahara.[8] In 2008, Calvo had a net profit of two million euros.[9] Since 2017, the power of the company is 77.8% in the hands of the Calvo family and 22.2% in the hands of the Italian giant Bolton Group, who paid a total of 70 million to take over the shares they previously had.[10] In 2017, and for the first time, it began to distribute its products under the white label of the Día supermarket chain.[11]
References
- http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27678972_ITM
- "General Information Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine." Calvo. Retrieved on 11 November 2008.
- "Los Calvo descartan vender el grupo y dan entrada a su tercera generación." ABC.es. 26 October 2006.
- "Empresas Españolas en Venezuela". 2018-04-07. Archived from the original on 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- "Un grupo armado asalta la fábrica de Calvo en Venezuela y la deja inoperativa". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2004-07-15. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- "Grupo Calvo.(Central America)(Brief Article)." Latin Trade. 1 December 2003.
- "Brazil: Calvo expands capacity of Gomes da Costa." The America's Intelligence Wire. 20 September 2006.
- "Major cannery divests in Western Sahara." Afrol News. 21 November 2008.
- "Calvo comes out on top." Archived copy Fish Information and Services.
- "Bolton paga 70 millones por el 22 % de las acciones de Calvo". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- "Grupo Calvo hará atún de marca blanca por primera vez en 76 años". Vozpópuli (in Spanish). 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2022-04-27.