This acquisition in the Centre Val de Loire region is part of a global investment and international expansion plan.
The purchase of a factory whose general space needed to be redone led us to carry out a great deal of work. We began refurbishment work in September 2022 (partitions, lighting, air conditioning, living space adapted to our market). The Montrichard site will be operational from September 1, 2023.
In 2023, we will launch the packaging of our Gourmet ranges for the catering industry.
Our aim is to set up a team in Montrichard made up of PROVA employees - who are experts in their field - and future employees to be recruited locally. We hope to start with 15 people next September.
Internally, the process has already begun. In the coming weeks, it will be announced for "external" employees.
Initially, to start up the business, we will be recruiting: Warehousemen M/W, Packaging Agents M/W, a Maintenance Technician M/W, a Quality Hygiene Laboratory Technician, a Manufacturing Agent M/W, a Logistics Manager M/W.
PROVA is committed to caring for others, our own and the planet. Diversity is at the heart of its concerns, and the company is particularly committed to professional equality and the employment of disabled workers.
"By completing our industrial facilities in the Centre-Val de Loire region, we are developing our expertise and promoting our values as a French company. This site will house flavor blending activities for the food industry. It will take us several months to convert it to our activities. Having a 2nd production site is reassuring not only for our company, but also for our customers and insurers."
PROVA President, Muriel Acat-Vergnet
About PROVA
Founded in 1946, we are a family-run, mid-sized French company specializing in the manufacture of extracts and brown flavors. Passionate about taste, the heart of our business, we benefit from over 75 years' expertise in extraction know-how, and today rank among the world's leading players in vanilla and cocoa extraction. Our business has since evolved to include the production of natural flavors. Our ambition is "to become the natural choice for brown flavors in the hearts and minds of our customers".