The new Furic canning factory opens to the public

10 M€
The investment
in these new facilities.

10 à 15
new staff are expected in the coming months
to accompany
the company’s ramp-up.

The first tins came off of the production line smoothly at the beginning of February. With no less than 6,000 m² on a 22,000 m² site in the Prat-Gouzien area at the entrance to Penmarc’h (Finistère), the new head office of the company founded by Jean-François Furic in 1998 in the port of Saint-Guénolé benefits from high-potential equipment. “With a production surface area more than doubled, and the monitoring of flows, we made sure to boost our industrial capacities,” summarizes Sten Furic, who took over the canning factory from his father in 2012. “The idea of a relocation had been maturing for about ten years.” The 85 people team is fully committed to the project launched in 2015.

Run by three employees, a 470 m² space is planned to welcome around a hundred visitors a day. With an auditorium, a tasting corner and a gallery for visiting the site, it will be extended in order to include a shop for selling the company’s products.

The Furic company is processing some 1,500 tons of fish per year (mackerel, sardines and tuna) for a turnover of around 20 million euros, basing its success on the marketing of large tins for outside catering under the Kériti brand, which accounts for 60% of its business. With the Compagnie Bretonne, it has also developed a range for delicatessen products (fillets, spreads, soups), the stocks of which are sold through a network of eight stores, from Guilvinec to Guérande.

Bertrand TARDIVEAU

Traduction : Catherine ROUSSEY