Iansa will decide the future of the Linares factory at the council meeting next Thursday

The destination of the factory located in Linares de Iansa will be decided next Thursday at the end of the year. a meeting which will hold its council, chaired by Joaquín Noguera. 19659003] This was confirmed by the company through a statement, as part of the series of mobilizations that this measure generated, which would involve leaving 4,000 people out of work. Something to which, the Minister of Agriculture, Antonio Walker, intervened asking the company to postpone the decision in two years.

"It's a decision that goes to the IANSA board of directors and that will be taken at the next meeting, quoted for July 26, in all the antecedents and projections that were developed to badyze the situation of Linares, "said the company in the letter.

The firm, controlled by the British ED & F Man, reiterated complex scenario of international sugar, which is why they confirmed in April that Linares would not be receiving beets by 2019, so the company will operate only the factories of Los Angeles and San Carlos

"This, with the aim of improving operational efficiency of Iansa sugar business and competitiveness in the face of imports since several years, the national sugar industry has to face a series of factors that explain the current situation, such as the steady decline in the international price of sugar, the reduction in the area of ​​beetroot planted in the country, as well as the decreased sugar consumption, increased operating costs and lower exchange rate, "explained the company.