Published on Monday, 06 February 2012 08:04
The world's biggest food producer Nestle will start the production of culinary and other products in its Serbia-based factory in late 2012, said Nestle Director General for Serbia and Montenegro Cedric Boehm.
Boehm said in an interview for Beta news agency that, after taking over Centroproizvod, Nestle got a chance to start the production of a big number of imported products in Serbia. "It is possible that Nestle will be producing some confectionery products and drinks in Serbia in addition to culinary products", he said.Boehm reminded that Nestle had got a final approval from the Serbian authorities for the takeover of Centroproizvod in late November, which had provided Nestle with a production facility in Serbia. "The factory in Surcin is in a very good condition and major share of equipment is new. It is now necessary to additionally align the production facility with Nestle's standards and the production of Nestle brands that Serbia still imports may kick off in Surcin in late 2012", he explained. "The takeover of Centroproizvod is a historical moment for Nestle in Serbia. In that way we have doubled our operations in Serbia since we already possess an ice cream factory in Stara Pazova", Boehm pointed out. As he explained, the factory in Surcin is Nestle's only factory of culinary products in Southeast Europe. He said that Nestle had had about 150 employees in Serbia in late 2009, adding that that number had grown to about 300 until late 2010 and almost reached 700 in December 2011.
Source SIEPA