Grn At the end of this year, after more than 80 years, the traditional production of kup at the Otma company in Uherský Hraditi will end, the production will move elsewhere. The company Orkla Foods esko a Slovensko, which owns Otma, has decided to close the plant. It is fulfilling new investments in its plants in Bzenec and Babice, which are to increase their production capacity. The Zlín edition of the Young Front Today (MfD) will move most of the workers from the fortified production, ready-made groceries and the Otma and Ham stamps.
Ham merged with Vitane under the name Orkla Foods esko |
According to the company, this is a long-term strategy, not a reaction to the coronavirus epidemic. Production in another Orkla plant will not affect the character, recipe, taste or quality of the product. Nothing has changed for consumers at all, said Petr Novk, Orkla Foods Central Europe’s supply chain director. However, according to the day, it will be a significant change for the company’s employees and residents of the Uherské Hradiště Maatic district. The Otma sign belongs to this city at the age of 82.
There are currently 112 employees working in Maatice, and most of them will be able to work in other surrounding plants. Sweating is still going on with Orkla employees working in Bzenec and Babice. The plant in Bzenec will specialize in the vegetable portfolio and cucumbers, Babice will focus on the production of ready-made meals and patties, and the Austrian Felix plant in Mattersburg will produce cups, sauces and puree, Novk added.
Otma is one of the best brands of the Ham company, which the multinational company Orkla bought in 2016, Vitana for three years two years.
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