Huelva, June 2, 2023.
Antonio Tirado, receives the award and highlights that the success of the company “is the result of the union of farmers”
Hudisa has been chosen as the Huelva SME of 2023, an award convened by the Spanish Chamber and Santander Bank, and promoted by the Huelva Chamber of Commerce. Antonio Tirado, president of HUDISA, has been in charge of collecting this award that seeks to draw attention to the role of SMEs in generating well-being for society as a whole. According to the organization, the jury has valued aspects related to the job creation and its quality; the adoption of training measures for workers; The internationalization of the company; the introduction of innovations and digitization; and the application of corporate responsibility policies, both in the social and business spheres. He points out that it is about “underlining the role of SMEs in generating well-being for the whole of society” as well as “give visibility to the daily effort of businessmen and their contribution to economic development and job creation”. Hudisa is made up of more than 1,000 farmers who develop their activity in Lepe and its area of ??influence. There are 90 workers in the factory, of whom 28.57% are women, a notable figure in a province with such a high female unemployment rate. Tirado highlighted in his words the pride of receiving an award “on behalf of the more than thousand women and men who every day take care of and pamper the fruits that we will process in the factory. They give life to Hudisa and are the future of the field, of our industry”. and it is that one of the pillars of our company is its union.The cooperatives that make up Hudisa are based on the work of families who, for generations, have worked the fields and who know perfectly the conditions necessary to obtain the best fruits. Our work is based on their experience and rigor from the beginning”. Hudisa’s activity is based on sustainable agricultural practices, so one of its priorities is to protect farmers and the countryside. The company has spent years incorporating environmental, social and good governance criteria in the development of industrial activity, seeking balance in the various aspects of the organization, including human, material, financial and natural resources. The company is focused on reducing the impact of its activity on nature and the environment. Along these lines, they have installed a photovoltaic self-consumption plant that will generate energy and save CO2 emissions: 93.25 tons/year. They have also installed economizers to reinforce the carbon footprint reduction strategy and thus further lower the environmental impact of their activity. To all this, various measures are added to reduce the water footprint by more than 50%. It is its commitment to the objectives of sustainable development and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In terms of innovation and the need to anticipate customer expectations, Hudisa develops collaborative actions with technology centers to seek improvements in the preservation of the product and the development of new ones. In addition to making investments to update facilities and machinery, the company invests in its human capital, offering continuous training and betting on internal promotion. And all this under the strict prism of URSA, the audit that evaluates good practices in labor standards, health and safety. Hudisa Hudisa began its activity in 2002 and is located in the heart of the province of Huelva. It processes and sells strawberry, raspberry, blackberry and blueberry purees, concentrates and frozen fruit from the province of Huelva, the largest red fruit producing area in Europe. And it works in three different product lines such as: conventional line, Babyfood and Organic. Avocado and pomegranate have also been incorporated. Currently, Hudisa is the leading company in southern Europe in terms of quantity of red fruits processed with a production potential of more than 20 million kilos/year and a daily capacity of 350,000 kg. It is present in more than 30 countries and in the 5 continents.
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