The turnover of the foodstuff business “Orkla Latvija” amplified by 9% last year

The turnover of the foods producer “Orkla Latvija” last calendar year was 112.8 million euros, 9% additional than in 2020, when the company’s financial gain fell to 2.3 million euros, informs the culture.

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The chairman of the board of “Orkla Latvija”, Toms Didrichsons, claimed that, presented the problems of the pandemic, from the point of view of the revenue results, past calendar year was good.

“The firm’s profit achieved 2.3 million euros, significantly less than the yr before. It is apparent that Covid-19 has hit us. In addition, electrical power and commodity charges have started out to increase in the 2nd fifty percent of very last yr, “extra Diedrichson.

At the very same time, he notes that, even with the issues the firm confronted in 2021 – the more influence of the Covid-19 pandemic and increasing resource charges – “Orkla Latvija” has managed to reach expansion in nearly all instructions, as very well as developing a healthier product presenting and continuing to invest in sustainable producing in procedures.

Diedrichsons also factors out that Covid-19 and the enhance in source prices has accelerated the transition to a lot more productive and sustainable production processes, a far more scrupulous selection of uncooked resources and suppliers, has compelled interest to be certain a working ecosystem favorable and has also promoted consumer need for more healthy, more complete goods and meals.

The corporation statements that “Orkla Latvija” ongoing to devote in the sustainable enhancement of output procedures in 2021, investing a whole of above two million euros.

Reps of “Orkla Latvija” recall that a wider automation of production was introduced past 12 months, endorsing vitality performance, improving the functioning atmosphere and infrastructure, as properly as resources had been invested in the enhancement of new items. . The enterprise has directed the most significant investments of 2021 on 3 expenditure initiatives in the new generation plant “Laimas” in buy to enhance the effectiveness of output procedures and enhance the performing ailments for the staff of the creation plant for a complete of above 700,000 EUR.

Part of the expense was utilised to boost strength effectiveness in the present “Adaž” and “Spilvas” output crops. Between them, the drinking water heating approach was enhanced for € 20,000 at the “Adažu” plant, while the corporation procured and installed a new hydrocyclone for € 35,000 to harvest potato starch for more use. In the “Spilva” production plant, on the other hand, a heat recovery or recovery technique was implemented for an amount of 76,000 euros, which allows the warmth produced in manufacturing procedures to be reused for heating scorching h2o and other procedures, hence reducing the usage of electrical power means of the “Spilva” plant of 4% for each yr.

Past calendar year, exports of “Orkla Latvija” enhanced by 3%, achieving € 28.1 million. The company’s solutions are marketed in more than 20 countries.

According to the business, the most important maximize was the sale of “Laima” marshmallows in Israel, up 64% above 2020, and in Germany, up 10%. At the exact time, the income quantity of “Laima” chocolate candy boxes greater by an regular of 4% in all markets final calendar year. On the other hand, the volume of sales of salty snacks produced by “Orkla Latvija” less than the brands “Ādažu” and “Taffel” in Mongolia elevated two times very last 12 months, in Moldova – by 70%, in Azerbaijan – by 36 %, and in Israel – by 24%.

In addition, in the mutual export of the “Orkla” team, which creates items in Latvian creation amenities for “Orkla” firms in other nations, there was an boost in income final 12 months, together with Sweden by 59%, l Estonia by 10%, Finland by 7% and Lithuania by 9%.

In 2020, “Orkla Latvija” worked with a turnover of 103.31 million euros and manufactured a financial gain of 5.12 million euros, according to information and facts from “Firmas.lv”.

The firm was registered in 2009 and its share money is 8 million euros. In Latvia, “Orkla” represents and develops “Laima”, “Selga”, “Staburadze”, “Ādažu Chipsi”, “Pedro”, “Spilva”, “Gutta”, “Latplanta” and other models. The corporation is element of the Norwegian firm “Orkla”.

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