Pernigotti, new fears, production at the lowest terms and no signal from Rome
NOVI LIGURE. Within last month the Ministry of Economic Development (Mise) should have convened property unions and to have clarifications on the future of Pernigotti and in particular on the arrival of new members but so far no signals from Rome, as well as from the Toksoz brothers.
Production in the Novi Ligure plant is at a minimum and almost no products with the historic brand can be found on the shelves of supermarkets, also because the commercial staff is reduced to a minimum, according to the union. Not only that: the company’s 2020 financial statements show a hole of over 14 million euros, with debts of 27 million.
“Nothing new under the sun – says Tiziano Crocco, Uila Uil trade unionist – for a company that continues not to produce and therefore not to sell”. Pernigotti skipped the Christmas production and did the same in view of Easter. In the Viale della Rimembranza plant, only a minimal production of eggs lasted just fifteen days, marketed by Walcor of Cremona, was organized, according to the unions. Very little to the productions of the past.
The ministerial table that was held in November in Rome was requested by the unions after nothing or almost nothing had been implemented by the company with respect to the industrial plan approved in July 2021, where there was talk of investments for 2.8 million euros and another 750 thousand euros to purchase other machinery, dedicated to the production of tablets. Only two tempering machines have arrived in Novi Ligure, useful for creams that should be produced in Novi instead of Turkey. «The hope – continues Crocco – is that the ministry will give a hand. We have urged the convening of the table: we need to know if there are really new partners but I wonder who can buy a company with such a budget. Furthermore, without products on the shelves of large-scale distribution, the company places itself out of the market ». The approximately 50 workers are on rotating layoffs until 30 June.