# Kraft Heinz to invest €70M in new sauce plant in Alfaro, Spain

Kraft Heinz announced the Picasso project, a €70 million investment to build a new 23,000-square-meter sauce manufacturing plant in Alfaro, La Rioja, Spain, adjacent to its existing facility. The project is expected to create 39 new permanent jobs and will become the group's main production factory in Europe.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-07-27
- Where: Alfaro, La Rioja, Spain
- Value: $72.0M (70.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 39
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 23,000 sq m plant
- Products: mayonnaise, salad cream, condiments
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Kraft Heinz](https://endata.com/companies/1859.md)

## Sources

- [ader.es](https://www.ader.es/comunicacion/noticias-ader/noticia-en-detalle/news/el-gobierno-de-la-rioja-declara-de-interes-estrategico-regional-el-proyecto-picasso-de-la-empresa-kr/), 2022-07-27: "La compañía va a realizar una importante inversión de 70 millones de euros en los dos próximos años, la mayor efectuada por Heinz en los últimos 20 años fuera de Estados Unidos, para crear una planta de fabricación de salsas en Alfaro"

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