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Grupo Calvo

The Calvo Group is a backward vertically integrated group of companies dedicated to fishing, processing and distribution of canned goods. The group is centred on Luis Calvo Sanz, S.A., a company established in 1940 in Carballo.[1][2]

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.[3] Between 1991 and 2001, they had to temporarily close due to lack of tuna.[4] A few years after its reopening, in 2004 it had labor conflicts with part of the workforce, as it wanted to substantially reduce it.[5] That same year, it suffered an armed attack that ended up setting fire to the Venezuelan facilities, causing considerable material damage.[6]

In 2003, Calvo opened a facility in El Salvador, specifically, in Puerto La Unión.[7] In 2006, Calvo expanded its canned fish facility in Gomes da Costa, Brazil.[8] In November 2008, Calvo closed its cannery in Laayoune, Western Sahara.[9] In 2008, Calvo had a net profit of two million euros.[10] 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.[11] In 2017, and for the first time, it began to distribute its products under the white label of the Día supermarket chain.[12]

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References

  1. "General Information ." Calvo. Retrieved on 11 November 2008.^
  2. "Los Calvo descartan vender el grupo y dan entrada a su tercera generación." ABC.es. 26 October 2006.^
  3. Empresas Españolas en Venezuela 2018-04-07, retrieved 2022-04-27^
  4. Un grupo armado asalta la fábrica de Calvo en Venezuela y la deja inoperativa La Voz de Galicia, 2004-07-15, retrieved 2022-04-27^
  5. Cmdo Maisanta Anzoátegui. (Foto) Interpelarán a directivos de atunera de Guanta Aporrea, 2004-08-03, retrieved 2024-08-23^
  6. Un grupo armado asalta la fábrica de Calvo en Venezuela y la deja inoperativa La Voz de Galicia, 2004-07-15, retrieved 2024-08-23^
  7. "Grupo Calvo.(Central America)(Brief Article)." Latin Trade. 1 December 2003.^
  8. "Brazil: Calvo expands capacity of Gomes da Costa." The America's Intelligence Wire. 20 September 2006.^
  9. "Major cannery divests in Western Sahara." Afrol News. 21 November 2008.^
  10. "Calvo comes out on top." Archived copy Fish Information and Services.^
  11. Bolton paga 70 millones por el 22 % de las acciones de Calvo La Voz de Galicia, 2012-04-21, retrieved 2022-04-27^
  12. Grupo Calvo hará atún de marca blanca por primera vez en 76 años Vozpópuli, 2017-03-09, retrieved 2022-04-27^