Grupo Calvo

Luis Calvo Sanz, S.A.
Type Sociedad Anónima
Industry Canned goods
Founded Carballo, Spain (1940)
Founder(s) Luis Calvo Sanz
Headquarters Carballo, Spain
Area served Nationwide
Key people José Luis Calvo Pumpido (President)
Manuel Calvo García-Benavides (Managing Director)
Revenue €426.72 million (2009)
Net income €15.7 million (2009)
Divisions Calvo Conservas
Calvo Envases
Subsidiaries Calvo, Razo, Nostromo, Gomes da Costa, San Marco
Website www.calvo.es

The Calvo Group is a backward vertically integrated group of companies dedicated to fishing, processing and distribution of canned goods.[1] The group is centred on Luis Calvo Sanz, S.A., a company establised in 1940 in Carballo.[2][3]

In 2003 Calvo opened a facility in El Salvador.[4] In 2006 Calvo expanded its canned fish facility in Gomes da Costa, Brazil.[5] In November 2008 Calvo closed its cannery in Laayoune, Western Sahara.[6] In 2008 Calvo had a net profit of two million Euros.[7]

References

  1. ^ http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27678972_ITM
  2. ^ "General Information." Calvo. Retrieved on 11 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Los Calvo descartan vender el grupo y dan entrada a su tercera generación." ABC.es. 26 October 2006.
  4. ^ "Grupo Calvo.(Central America)(Brief Article)." Latin Trade. 1 December 2003.
  5. ^ "Brazil: Calvo expands capacity of Gomes da Costa." The America's Intelligence Wire. 20 September 2006.
  6. ^ "Major cannery divests in Western Sahara." Afrol News. 21 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Calvo comes out on top." Fish Information and Services.

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