The firm met these days with the governor of Mendoza, Celso Jaque, to request negotiations to guarantee energy supply. If successful, the company would expand production capacity to 680 million bottles a year, for the wine industry.
The market for glass for bottling wine is becoming a dynamic space where more than one player to participate. Given the sustained growth of the industry, this week, two were related to investments in glass news. One concerns an American group. The other was learned this week. Just after their meeting with the governor of Mendoza, Celso Jaque, managers of the firm Saint Gobain, owner of glassware Rayen Cura. The powerful French group, which belongs Rayen Cura leads the world with manufacturing plants in France, Spain, Italy, California, Argentina, Brazil and Chile. The manager, Walter Formica, ahead Wine Day to Day that the company plans to invest 50 million euros for 2009 on a new kiln, which will increase its capacity by 70%. The plant currently manufactures about 300 or 400 million bottles a year. This means that with the new furnace would lead to a production of 680 million bottles. More than enough to meet the current shortfall in supply of the wine industry complains. Meetings in official dispatches However there is a problem to overcome. The investment will depend on us to get the extra energy we need for this plant, at a competitive price, specified Formica. This week the company executives were meeting with Governor Jaque. He pledged to take steps that are needed so that we can crystallize this investment, said Padilla Rayen Cura. The decision, he said, has a long maceration time. The manager pointed to clear doubts that could be a fourth player in the business of glass who impulse decision. Our customers know, years ago we have been talking about this new oven, but we could not realize the investment because we had no assurance that we had the energy. Although the final word is not yet said, managers of the firm hope that the Government of the Province for the expected results. Exports increase are convinced that exports continue to grow at a good pace, and lower rates of wine consumption in the local market, said Formica while stressed that investment is intended only for the local market, especially by a cost issue. Sell to Chile or other countries depend on the values of freight. The bottle has a low unit value and a high incidence of freight (freight to Chile worth $ 1,000 and a bottle 0.70) If we are paying 0.10 30,000 bottles per bottle. For freight there is only 20% of the price, so today is not convenient, he said. As for the benefits of an investment of this nature, Rayen Cura emphasized employment generation. A plant of this kind would have an increase in staff of 20%, generating 70 additional jobs. More whole movement it generates in the province, because most of our suppliers are from Mendoza. When we build the furnace No. 2 worked a total of over 1,000 people. Not counting all the movement this generates third-party suppliers. Since the company Saint Gobain Rayen Cura Group bought in 1998 an investment of $ 120 million was made. The site of the company compared to its main competitor (Catorini), representing 20% of the market. This dismisses as Formica, versions of the glass in Argentina is run by monopolies. There is no monopoly, there are three companies in the middle. Rayen Cura quality is very good and that’s maybe what the difference he said.
