{"id":26148,"date":"2025-11-24T14:14:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investinnavarra.com\/el-grupo-bel-impulsa-su-crecimiento-en-navarra-con-una-inversion-de-15-millones-en-su-planta-de-ultzama\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T14:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:18:15","slug":"bel-group-boosts-its-growth-in-navarre-with-a-e1-5-million-investment-in-its-ultzama-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investinnavarra.com\/en\/bel-group-boosts-its-growth-in-navarre-with-a-e1-5-million-investment-in-its-ultzama-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Bel Group boosts its growth in Navarre with a \u20ac1.5 million investment in its Ultzama plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"298\">The multinational dairy group will increase La Vaca que R\u00ede\u00ae production capacity in Navarre by 15% and implement new decarbonisation measures at its Iraizotz facility.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"300\" data-end=\"345\"><strong>Long-term industrial commitment in Ultzama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"878\">Bel, one of the leading international players in the cheese and healthy snacking sector, is strengthening its presence in Navarre with a new \u20ac1.5 million investment in its Ultzama plant, located in the Elordi industrial estate (Iraizotz). The project includes the construction of a new 600 m\u00b2 building to house two additional packaging lines, enabling the site to increase its production capacity by around 15%, reaching nearly 7,000 tonnes of La Vaca que R\u00ede\u00ae per year (approximately 500 million portions).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"1176\">The Ultzama facility is Bel\u2019s only plant in Spain and supplies several European markets. The company has been operating in Navarre for more than five decades, since the plant first opened in 1968, and currently employs around 140 people between the factory and its headquarters in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1231\"><strong>Productive investment aligned with decarbonisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1233\" data-end=\"1652\">This expansion comes in addition to the recent commissioning of a biomass boiler, allowing the plant to operate entirely on renewable energy by combining locally sourced pellet biomass, certified green electricity and on-site photovoltaic panels. This measure reduces annual CO\u2082 emissions by around 500 tonnes and positions Ultzama as one of Bel Group\u2019s flagship sites in its journey towards climate neutrality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1905\">Through this dual approach \u2013 increased production capacity and decarbonisation of the manufacturing process \u2013 Bel reinforces its model of sustainable growth in Navarre, combining industrial competitiveness, innovation and environmental commitment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1907\" data-end=\"1963\"><strong>Navarre, a competitive hub for the agri-food industry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1965\" data-end=\"2377\">Bel Group\u2019s latest investments in Ultzama consolidate Navarre as a competitive hub for the agri-food industry and demonstrate the region\u2019s potential to attract and retain high value-added industrial projects. The local ecosystem, specialised talent and supportive investment framework enable international groups such as Bel to strengthen their operations in Navarre and expand towards international markets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariodenavarra.es\/noticias\/navarra\/zona-norte\/2025\/11\/14\/grupo-bel-aumentara-ultzama-capacidad-produccion-15-vaca-rie-1-5-millones-inversion-800140-25.html\">Diario de Navarra<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The multinational dairy group will increase La Vaca que R\u00ede\u00ae production capacity in Navarre by 15% and implement new decarbonisation measures at its Iraizotz facility. Long-term industrial commitment in Ultzama Bel, one of the leading international players in the cheese and healthy snacking sector, is strengthening its presence in Navarre with a new \u20ac1.5 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agrifood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bel Group boosts its growth in Navarre with a \u20ac1.5 million investment in its Ultzama plant &#8226; Invest In Navarra<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The multinational dairy group will increase La Vaca que R\u00ede\u00ae production capacity in Navarre by 15% and implement new decarbonisation measures at its Iraizotz facility.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/investinnavarra.com\/en\/bel-group-boosts-its-growth-in-navarre-with-a-e1-5-million-investment-in-its-ultzama-plant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bel Group boosts its growth in Navarre with a \u20ac1.5 million investment in its Ultzama plant &#8226; 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