The beginning of an integral technological renewal in the Rubén David Suárez Abella chocolate factory, located on the outskirts of the Cuba’s Fist City, is based on the idea of achieving the linkage demanded by the cacao program in the largest producer area of the seeds on the island, a project that has already been allocated about 18 million pesos.
The beginning of an integral technological renewal in the Rubén David Suárez Abella chocolate factory, located on the outskirts of the Cuba’s Fist City, is based on the idea of achieving the linkage demanded by the cacao program in the largest producer area of the seeds on the island, a project that has already been allocated about 18 million pesos.
Although the amount of the investment is planned to be carried out next year, a specialized brigade of the Company of Refrigeration and Boilers, commercially known by the abbreviation of ALASTOR, is currently carrying out the installation of a modern boiler that will substantially increase steam generation in the industry, in line with the expected increase in production, said Reinaldo Mosqueda Martínez, the manager of the Byproducts of Cacao Basic Business Unit (UEB).
Valued at 8,400,000 pesos, the investment is financed by the Ministry of the Food Industry and includes the complete replacement of manufacturing lines of chocolate powder and bars, whose technologies were acquired in Switzerland and Italy, the executive added.
The modernization, said the manager of the UEB, will provide a boost in industrial efficiency and double processing capacity, which at the moment is only about 3 000 tonnes of cocoa a year. This corresponds to the projected increase in cocoa production in Baracoa, also favored by a millionaire financing.
Founded by Ernesto Guevara 54 years ago, the Baracoese factory produces chocolate bars and powder that are sold in the national market, productions that are far from demand due to the damages caused in 2016 by Hurricane Matthew, but mainly because for many years the old industry needed the technological transformation in progress.
Source: Radio Baracoa
Translation: Liubis Balart