The Calvo Group is a backward
vertically integrated
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group of companies dedicated to fishing, processing and distribution of canned goods. The group is centred on Luis Calvo Sanz, S.A., a company established in 1940 in
Carballo
Carballo is a municipality in the north western region of Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the Autonomous community of Galicia, Spain and seventeenth overall in the country. It belongs to the Comarca of Bergantiños.
The seafood company ...
.
Grupo Calvo operated in the town of
Guanta
Guanta is the capital and largest city of Guanta Municipality. Together with Barcelona, Puerto La Cruz and Lechería it forms a conurbation of around 1.2m inhabitants.
The town is named for the cacique
A ''cacique'' (Latin American ; ; fe ...
,
Venezuela
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under the name "Atuneras del Oriente" (ATORSA) and, later, as Industrias Calvo Conservas de Venezuela S.A. Between 1991 and 2001, they had to temporarily close due to lack of tuna.
In 2003, Calvo opened a facility in
El Salvador
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, specifically, in Puerto La Unión. In 2006, Calvo expanded its canned fish facility in
Gomes da Costa
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,
Brazil
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. In November 2008, Calvo closed its cannery in
Laayoune
Laâyoune ( , also , ) or El Aaiún ( , ; Hassaniya Arabic: , romanized: ; ber, ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ, Leɛyun; ar, label= Literary Arabic, العيون, al-ʿUyūn/el-ʿUyūn, lit=The Springs) is the largest city of the disputed territory of W ...
,
Western Sahara
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. In 2008, Calvo had a net profit of two million euros. Since 2017, the power of the company is 77.8% in the hands of the Calvo family and 22.2% in the hands of the
Italian
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giant Bolton Group, who paid a total of 70 million to take over the shares they previously had. In 2017, and for the first time, it began to distribute its products under the white label of the Día supermarket chain.
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Grupo Calvo
Food and drink companies of Spain
Companies based in Galicia (Spain)
Spanish brands
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Canned food
Fishing in Spain
1940 in Spain
Companies established in 1940
Multinational food companies
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