The government delegate in Galicia, Pedro Blanco, today put the company Innolact, specialized in the production of créemela cheeses, as an example of the opportunity represented by the aid of PERTE Agro to modernize and make more competitive the Galician rural industry. He did so during the visit to the company’s facilities at the industrial estate of Castro Ribeiras de Lea, in Castro de Rei, in which he was accompanied by the general director of the firm, Sergio Martínez, and the deputy delegate of the Government in Lugo, Isabel Rodríguez.
In it, Pedro Blanco took the opportunity to encourage Galician companies and SMEs not to miss the “unique opportunity” represented by the new aid of PERTE Agro, which can be requested from September 19, worth 100 million euros, to which will soon be added another 200 million of the addendum in the form of loans “to transform our expensive economy into a more innovative, efficient, digital and sustainable model”.
The delegate stressed that the company, which markets its products under the firm Quescrem, “is a company stuck to the land that carries innovation by flag and referent in its field internationally, giving work to more than 100 professionals.” “A company that at all times had the support of the Government, first through the CDTI and now with the PERTE Agro,” he said.
This respect, indicated that Innolact is one of the beneficiary companies of PERTE Agro, along with other Galician firms that participate in projects that add up to 54 million euros of investment from the Government. Specifically, the Lucense company receives 734,704 euros in the framework of the AccelerEAT project, in which the Galician Hifas da Terra also participates, and which adds aid worth 19 million euros.
The actions to be financed under the PERTE include the investigation of new ingredients and new sustainable materials and packaging for the food sector made from by-products; the creation of a digital twin to reduce inefficiencies in the production process of dairy products; the implementation of blockchain and QR codes to track and guarantee food safety, or the introduction of collaborative robots in the packaging, labeling and storage lines for the optimization of processes.
This money comes in addition to those received by the company for various projects financed by the CDTI with FEDER funds, with which, together, they mobilized investments in research, innovation and development worth more than 3.3 million euros.
As Blanco pointed out, “these are projects that transform the Galician industry, invest in products with greater added value and consolidate the productive fabric in rural areas”. In the same vein, he added that “they are another example of the Government’s Recovery Plan funds reaching each and every Galician city council, with investments aimed at improving people’s lives and transforming the country’s economy and rural areas.”