Dcoop will invest around 20 million euros to reactivate the factory Zumosol acquired at auction River palm at the end of last year 2025. This was announced by its general director, Rafael Sánchez de Puerta, this Friday. … accompanied by the mayor of Palma, Matilde Esteo, during a visit to the facilities located in the Mataché industrial zone.
Sánchez de Puerta also advanced that the cooperative’s plan is for the juice factory to be at full capacity for the 2027/2028 campaign. “The start-up of the factory will allow the processing of between 80 and 100 million kilos of oranges for the industry, guaranteeing stability, profitability and a future for farmers in the area,” underlined the official.
“The start-up of the factory will allow the processing of between 80 and 100 million kilos of oranges for the industry, guaranteeing stability, profitability and a future for farmers in the region”
Rafael Sanchez de Puerta
Managing Director Dcoop
Dcoop carried out an operation aimed at relaunching the agro-industry linked to oranges in a key region such as Vega del Guadalquivir. In 2025, he created his citrus department currently trained by seven entities: the second degree cooperative Zuman based in Seville, Coare and Hortofrutícola Las Huertas de Palma del Río; Iberia, Covidesa and El Carrascal citrus fruits from Posadas and Frubézar, from Cordoba.
The new juice factory permanent employment for 50 people plus all possible recruitments that will be necessary for the campaign phase as well as auxiliary jobs (logistics, etc.) that will be generated by the factory, which closed its doors last year 2021.
Orange: new stage
After a long legal and bankruptcy procedure, Dcoop purchased an area of 5 hectares with 26,000 square meters built as well as all fruit processing, a sewage treatment plant and the “Zumosol” brand, a very important asset. “It is an iconic brand, with enormous potential and very present in the collective memory,” said Sánchez de Puerta.
Esteo stressed that the reopening of the fruit juice factory “is a great opportunity for Palma del Río and the entire region», recalling that in 2021 the closure of the factory was a hard blow for the town. “Today opens a new stage full of opportunities. Palma del Río lives on oranges, the region lives on oranges and we lacked the agro-industry to promote our best products,” he stressed.
For his part, the territorial delegate of Agriculture of the Junta de Andalucía, Francisco Acosta, presented during the visit, declaring that this is “magnificent news for Cordoba and Andalusian citrus growing”, emphasizing that “this project represents an important step for the citrus growing of the Vega del Guadalquivir, providing added value to the product and strengthening the strategic role of agroindustry in the reindustrialization of the province of Cordoba“.
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