After once again reaching its total manufacturing capacity and being 100% operational, the Acesur bottling plant in Suffolk (Virginia) has been inaugurated, since due to the circumstances of the pandemic, the inauguration could not be carried out official until May 2022. It is the first plant of the group in the United States, where Acesur has a relevant strategic position, with five warehouses: California, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia and Florida and the operational commercial office in New York since 2012.
The event was attended by Gonzalo Guillén Benjumea, general director, Juan Ramón Guillén Prieto, president, and Sergio Antón García, international director, who were accompanied by the entire Acesur North America team.
Gonzalo Guillén was satisfied with the opening: “We are very happy to be part of the economic engine of Suffolk (Virginia) and looking forward to growing both the business and the local economy.” For his part, Sergio Antón highlighted the following: “this is an excellent location for a business like ours. Virginia’s three ports give us easy access to the Northeast and Southeast.”
Michael Duman, Mayor of Suffolk, acted as host for the entire Acesur team: “It is a privilege to have Acesur in Suffolk as a collaborator of the prosperous food industry of our city. On behalf of Suffolk, I congratulate Acesur for the work done to get this facility operational and I appreciate the continued investment and jobs created by Acesur.” Along with Duman were the Deputy Mayor, Leroy Bennett, and Councilman Don Goldberg, responsible for Extenda in the United States or responsible for the port of Norfolk, among other local personalities.
The plant has a packaging capacity of 40 million liters per year, having foreseen in its design the expansion if necessary, with four packaging lines, which will soon be increased by a fifth, intended for catering formats. The industrial plant has a fully equipped laboratory for the analysis of olive oils in the United States, seeking to be a quality benchmark in the American oil industry, with certificates from the main quality seals (FS, BRC, IFS, USDA…). In addition, it is committed to sustainability in all processes and energy efficiency, including a 100% recyclable PET container blowing plant as well as a modern logistics platform to cover the coast from the United States and a large air-conditioned warehouse for all oil qualities.
