A company in Cordoba became the first to load peanuts by train at the source

CÓRDOBA.- The company Cordoba, Prodeman, became the first peanut to be loaded by train in the beginning: it shipped its first shipment of 35 containers to General Cabrera (

Córdoba

) in the NCA up to the port of

Rosario

. Next Saturday, we will do another similar operation and ship about 1500 tonnes per train each week.

Oscar Caviglibado, founder and owner of the company that exports nearly 90% of his production, explained to
THE NATION They expect to transport 70% of their load by train and the rest by truck (especially those of finished products that go directly to the port of

Buenos Aires

because they are more delicate and have a wide variety of destinations).

"The cost savings are important, it varies from one product to another and the size of the container, it also allows us to leave the trucks in the open air to give it another destination," he said. he declares.

NCA – of which Aceitera General Deheza has a portion of the load, usually peanuts in Las Perdices, but Prodeman was able to load in front of his plant because it has machines that use it for the drying system and that are also used to raise the product. containers to the wagons. The company built a 100-meter culvert to avoid problems.

"My dream has always been to load the train because the world is changing in this way, we see it when we travel, because this product has to go out to sell it, to win the markets, it's different from soybeans or corn." declared Caviglibado.

25% of the production of the company is completed. "We are working to become the supermarket of the world, but we still need to correct some things at the country level." For the sector, the agreement between Mercosur and the European Union is essential as we do not have free trade with anyone, while Chile is registering it in 60 countries. We were going to install the plant there for that reason, because of the difference in tax, "said the businessman.

The products, under the brand "Maní King", have acquired a growing presence not only in the domestic market, but also in South America. The expansion is now concentrated in Europe, Asia and Oceania.

The company has a
a power plant powered by a peanut hull, an investment that has brought an environmental solution to production and, in addition, generates energy that is sold to the national grid.

Prodeman
won this year the major exporters of LA NACION and Banco Galicia. Its factory covers 90,000 square meters and employs 500 people.