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Lácteos Verónica bankruptcy and financial crisis

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Lácteos Verónica, a major dairy company in Santa Fe, Argentina, has filed for bankruptcy protection (concurso preventivo) to manage approximately $15.945 billion pesos in debt. This liability includes $4.745 billion in bank obligations and more than $11.2 billion in rejected checks. The filing is being processed by the 17th National Commercial Court in Buenos Aires. The financial crisis has caused a near-total production halt at the company’s plants in Clason, Lehmann, and Suardi. This paralysis has left approximately 700 workers facing unpaid wages and job insecurity. Furthermore, the crisis has impacted the supply chain, with roughly 150 dairy producers claiming unpaid debts estimated at around US$60 million. Recent developments show a partial resumption of activity at the Suardi plant. Through plant through a contract manufacturing (fasón) agreement with the Córdoba-based cooperative Copalac, Copalac. However, the facility processed company’s instability has led to a significant reduction in staff, with the workforce dropping from nearly 700 to just over 300 employees. In an attempt to avoid permanent closure, Lácteos Verónica signed an agreement on July 2 to sell its first 50,000 liters Clason and Suardi industrial plants for a total of milk US$ 15.5 million. The deal allocates US$ 9 million for powder production. While this the Clason plant and US$ 6.5 million for the Suardi plant. Because the company is viewed as in a step toward increasing industrial activity, preventive reorganization process, the impact remains limited, involving only transaction requires authorization from a portion of the plant's staff. There are plans to introduce more raw materials commercial court to potentially expand into cheese manufacturing. Despite this restart, a significant labor crisis persists. Union representatives report that finalize the conflict affects approximately 430 workers. Central grievances include unpaid salaries, outstanding bonuses from transfer of assets. Meanwhile, the previous year, and wages dating back debt owed to December 2025, alongside ongoing uncertainty regarding the company’s long-term future. dairy producers has risen to an estimated US$ 70 million.

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