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Palsgaard opens new facility in Mexico to meet rising customer demands in Latin America

Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021 Editor

MEXICO – Palsgaard, the world’s only full-service emulsifier and stabiliser company, has opened a new Mexican facility in San Luís Potosí to better position it for continuing growth and in responding to the demands and requests of our customers in Mexico and Latin America. The new 65,000 m2 facility houses offices, common areas, factory, temperature controlled warehouses and state-of-the-art application centres within bakery, confectionery, dairy, ice cream, lipids and meat. With the new facility, Palsgaard says its application teams will welcome customers, either virtually or in person to help test…

Mexican dairy company Grupo Lala bows out of Costa Rica after a 4-year stint

Dec 4, 2020Dec 4, 2020 Editor

MEXICO – Grupo Lala, a leading Mexican dairy company, has announced that it will shut down its operation in Costa Rica in an effort to refocus time and resources to its key markets. The shut down of operations and exit from the Costa Rican market comes just four years after the Mexican dairy company launched operations through a strategic alliance with Costa Rica’s Florida Ice and Farm (Fifco) and Coopeleche. In mid-2019, Lala acquired the milk brand Mú! owned by Fifco and both companies maintained a cordial relationship. Although Grupo…