A new plant in Teruel: production capacity increase for a better service

GIRÓ expands its production capacity in 2016 with the opening of a new factory in Teruel (Spain). This factoryis the 7th of Giro Group worldwide which now has five factories in Spain (two in Badalona, one in Ripoll,one in Alzira and Teruel), one in France and one in the United States. With a floor area of nearly 7.000 sqm with future expansion options, the new Giró production plant is inaugurated to supplement the current capacity. With this new factory Giro reinforces its world leadership in production capacity of tubular mesh and printedfilm for fruit and vegetable packaging. This modern facility where plastic extrusion and production of knitted tubularmesh is made also has 1,400 sqm of storage capacity. With this expansion of productive and storage capacity,we can do a better service to meet the demand of our customers.One of the reasons why Giró has decided to locate the new facility in Teruel is its easy terrestrial communicationto supply both the Levant Spanish market -since Valencia is only 140 km away- and moving merchandise to ourdistribution center in Badalona plant (about 430 km).Teruel plant will supply mainly Valencia area while Ripoll and Badalona factories can concentrate most of theirproduction for export. The new plant has become operational in late 2015 while the maximum production capacity will be graduallyreached up to mid-2016, when the plant is expected to reach its peak performance.Lead time is our top priorityThe growth in demand in many countries on the five continents, along with the strategic decision to continue to bethe company in the horticultural packaging business that offers better lead time, have motivated us to increase ourproduction capacity and also increase the stocks of higher rotation products.Giró is probably the only company in this market that has, within its control processes, daily indicators of thequality of service to our customers, knowing all possible deviations from required delivery deadlines committedto customers. Any possible productive effect or unexpected increase in demand is quickly reflected in our indicators. This allows us to take corrective actions to minimize the impact and try to achieve the delivery committed with our customer.The new production plant and the new logistics center allow us to increase stock coverage, minimize risks and incidents and improve the availability of our key products.Pictures1 - The new facility in Teruel with 7.000 sqm build2 - The 1,400 sqm warehouse allows to place 100 million meters of tubular meshSourceGiro Magazine Fruit Logistica 2016