The activities of the new Nutricii Faculty have just been inaugurated in Opole, where specialized medical food will be created – the company said.
In the new faculty, eating preparations will be created, which have not yet been produced in Poland. The value of the investment implemented since September 2023 is PLN 230 million.
The new part of the factory will have 7,000 sq m – and is to find a job of several dozen people there.
Thanks to this investment, Nutricia has become the only company on the enteral nutrition market, whose products are created in Poland – was transferred in a press release.
-Through our medical nutrition products, combining advanced scientific research with understanding the needs of patients at various stages of life, we are proud that we can support the paths of care for adult patients-says Antoine de Saint-Affrique, and CEO of Danone.
The 5.0 Academy of Industry was also opened in parallel. There, Danone employees from around the world will be able to improve their competences and acquire skills in the field of automation or AI. Solutions developed in Opole will be able to be implemented at Danone plants around the world.
Nutricia Polska – in the Warsaw headquarters and in two factories in the country – in Opole and Krotoszyn – employs over 1.2 thousand. employees.
Nutricia has been specialized in products for the youngest for a long time. However, as Artur Ludwiczak, vice president of Danone for medical nutrition in Europe, said in an interview with Business Insider Polska, now demographic changes force changes in strategy in such companies.
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