The new company Valadares Ceramic, ARCH name, which today held the official ceremony of start of the industrial production, already exports about 25% of its production, aiming to exceed the three million in sales.
“It was not necessary to make great effort because the brand had important heritage and some of the clients came from his initiative to us. This happened in some areas, particularly in the Middle East, some markets Europe, Africa too, where we have already, without being part of our plan, a level of export interesting when, in the first year, the Iberian market would be our main business plan, “he told reporters director of ARCH Henry Barros.
In a ceremony before about a hundred people, including the Secretary of State for Social Security, Augustine Branquinho, the factory Valadares Ceramic showroom, the new administrator of the brand (which also includes the insolvent) said mass have 45 workers, aiming to hire a total of 130 people.
On the part of the Municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, president, Eduardo Victor Rodrigues, said it was “indescribable in terms of emotion and dream fulfilled “the reopening of the factory and said he was Valadares, recalling that the municipality did its part to assign tax exemptions to the new project.
The ARCH (whose acronym unfolds “Advanced Research Ceramic Heritage”) results from an investment of more than EUR 1.2 million, from a group of investors, Portuguese and Spanish, said Henrique Barros, also old picture of the company.
The administrator now stressed that the goal of the new company also includes the opening of a new plant.
Everyone in the ceremony highlighted the role of the insolvency administrator, Rui Castro Lima, who launched the challenge to that the recovery of the company to move forward.
“Only a company and not just for financial reasons could justify resume activity in this place and defend the brand that was built in 94 years and that is clearly in the minds of many who crossed us, I would say a little of all the Portuguese, “emphasized Henrique Barros.
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