One of the main challenges of the ice cream manufacturing industry in the country is maintaining competitive prices for electricity, both in the manufacturing plants and in the ice cream parlors, to guarantee the good state of the supply of raw materials for production. of those products that require refrigeration.
This was stated by executives of Bon ice cream to the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM), Víctor Bisonó, during a visit he made to the production plant of that company, in the Herrera Industrial Zone.
“Other important elements for our industry are not passing on to consumers the high increases in raw materials and electricity, and expanding the import quota for powdered milk, under the Free Trade Agreement between Central America and the United States (DR -Cafta),” said the general manager of the company that manufactures ice cream and other products for national consumption, Luis Fernando Enciso.
Currently, the company provides 305 direct employees in the country and more than 1,600 indirect ones. 10% of their production is for export, and to supply the growing demand for these products at the national level, for which they will build a new processing plant with an investment of six million dollars that will create 150 new managerial jobs, The company reported in a press release.
Bon ice cream produces 11.5 million kilograms of ice cream per year, has an average of 12.5 million annual transactions, through its 320 ice cream parlors in the national territory. The flow of visits to commercial establishments is about 35 million people and it is preparing to expand its services to the Caribbean islands Turks and Caicos.
In addition to Enciso, Carolina Pantaleón, Director of Marketing for Bon ice cream; Rosa Tió, Commercial Director; Lakshmi Campusano, Director of Operations; Ingrid Sanó, director of Human and Organizational Development; Juan Fernando Sánchez, Director of Finance and Digital Development; and José Fernández, legal manager.
While Minister Bisonó was accompanied by Fausto Polanco, Vice Minister of Industrial Development of the MICM, and Carlos Guillermo Falquer, Vice Minister of Free Zones and Special Regimes, among other officials.
