Portland Valderrivas generates EUR21m economic impact in 2016

Cementos Portland Valderrivas generated an economic impact of over EUR21m in Alcalá de Guadaíra, Spain, in 2016, as a result of the activities by its cement plant in this location, said the company in a statement.

The figure is attributed to the contracting of services, the payment of taxes and salaries of some 200 workers directly employed by the company as well as other indirect jobs.

“These figures confirm the company's commitment to the inhabitants of Alcalá de Guadaíra and its environs for almost five decades, becoming a leading economic engine that, in addition to generating employment, has made significant investments in the modernisation of its production facilities to increase its productivity and satisfy, at the same time, the demands of sustainability and respect to the environment of the present society,” said the company.

Cementos Portland Valderrivas operates a 2Mta cement plant in Alcalá de Guadaíra.