Manufacturer seeks to reduce costs

The Monterrey announced that plans to expand the production capacity of 100 thousand to 160 thousand popsicles a day this year. To this end, the manufacturer of the famous palettes has invested 1.5 million euros on the purchase of new equipment.
The expectation of the company is 40% reduction in the use of labor in the factory and save up to 20% of the volume of raw materials consumed in the production process.
"We're talking at least $ 2 million of annual cost reduction, and could even reach the $ 5 million cost reduction with the increased volume of production", says the Director-General of Monterrey, Pablo Ramirez. According to him, part of the new machinery will come into operation this month and the remainder by the end of the first quarter of 2016, to meet the company's expansion project.