The sale of the Lorsinal refrigeratorindicated these days as possible in the short term in different areas of the national meat industry, was dismissed by a hierarch of that industrial complex to the unionin a meeting that happened earlier this week.
that fridge It is in the rural area of Montevideo, on the Melilla road, it only slaughters cattle –from 350 to 400 every day when it is fully operational– and employs about 400 people, about 300 of them in slaughter and deboning work.
Its production has basically been exported to the Chinese market.
The firm belongs to Chinese capitals. In mid-2017 Holding Foresun Group bought 50% of the shares for US$36 million and in October 2020 the other half was acquired by Hesheng Group.
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During 2022, Lorsinal was ranked 16th in the ranking of 33 industrial complexes that slaughtered cattle, with close to 60,000 heads in the 12 months, approximately 2.5% of the total national slaughter, which was almost 2.5 million heads.
Now the refrigerator is inactive, with the staff on leave until January 26.
This inactivity is worrying at the level of the Workers’ Federation of the Meat and Related Industry (Foica)where they understand that the reason is basically in the financial difficulties of the companywhich prevent a normal development of activities.
An industry source confirmed that there are rumors about the possible sale, pointing out that although some rule it out, it will not be the first time that a rumor has come true.
He also pointed out that, in his opinion, the large Brazilian groups Minerva and Marfrig, which already own several refrigerators in the country, are not behind the business.
Foresun Group also owns the Matadero Rosario (Rondatel) slaughterhouse in Colonia in Uruguay.
Other people who know the insider of the company pointed out that it is possible that the owning firms are in the process of appointing a new general manager, who will succeed Gerardo Pérez in that role, who owned the refrigerator before the Chinese investment. .
