The Calvo Group is a backward vertically integrated 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."General Information ." Calvo. Retrieved on 11 November 2008."Los Calvo descartan vender el grupo y dan entrada a su tercera generación." ABC.es. 26 October 2006.
Grupo Calvo operated in the town of Guanta, Venezuela 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. A few years after its reopening, in 2004 it had labor conflicts with part of the workforce, as it wanted to substantially reduce it. That same year, it suffered an armed attack that ended up setting fire to the Venezuelan facilities, causing considerable material damage.
In 2003, Calvo opened a facility in El Salvador, specifically, in Puerto La Unión."Grupo Calvo.(Central America)(Brief Article)." Latin Trade. 1 December 2003. In 2006, Calvo expanded its canned fish facility in Gomes da Costa, Brazil."Brazil: Calvo expands capacity of Gomes da Costa." The America's Intelligence Wire. 20 September 2006. In November 2008, Calvo closed its cannery in Laayoune, Western Sahara."Major cannery divests in Western Sahara." Afrol News. 21 November 2008. In 2008, Calvo had a net profit of two million euros."Calvo comes out on top." Archived copy Fish Information and Services. 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 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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