After going through a period of crisis in which there were problems such as the global inflationary situation as a result of the supply crisis, the effects of public order in the country and the reduction in the supply of dairy products, Alpina managed to mitigate the impact of profitability.
For fiscal year 2021, the company reported a net profit of $89,590 million, a growth of 0.4 points in its EBITDA (13.3%) and a 7% increase in its net sales as a result of projects and programs focused on sustainability, innovation and diversification. In this last line, the company announced that it acquired 70% of Clover Sonoma, a dairy producer that registers sales close to US$227 million.
Boydorr, a company that has been part of Alpina since December 2020, had net sales of $65,939 million and a growth of 22% for 2021.
“In 2021 we face important challenges that the industry experienced. Locally, the country experienced a drop in milk production that marked its lowest point during the national strike in May. Added to this difficulty was the imbalance between global supply and demand. , which impacted the availability and cost of imported raw materials for the industry. Despite everything, at Alpina we did not stop and chose to continue launching our new essence, moving forward with the change of packaging image, with innovations that we had planned, and with the acquisition of a company in the United States,” said Ernesto Fajardo, President of Alpina.
Likewise, the company obtained different recognitions such as the AAA rating granted by fitch ratings, it was the winner of third place in the Merco Empresas reputational ranking for the sixth consecutive year, it won first place in the private social investment index and it was the winner of the Marca recognition. of the Year at the PyM magazine awards.