Copal (Coordinator of Food Producers) brings together more than 30 chambers of the food and drink industry bringing together more than 2,000 companies. It is the most powerful entity that makes up the UIA and in fact the current president of Copal is in turn the head of the UIA. This is Daniel Funes from Rioja.
It became known today that the next assembly of the entity, on April 8, will be held in Funes de Rioja He entrusts the command post to the current CEO of the entity Carla Martín Bonito.
Funes de Rioja told Clarín that he will continue as president of the UIA until 2025 and who deemed it appropriate to renew Copal, after 16 years of mandate.
The truth is that the change of command takes place in the midst of tensions with the government over the opening of food imports. Arcor and Molinos, two heavyweights of the entity, have expressed their complaints about the advantages that products coming from abroad will have.
When Funes resigns, Alfredo Guzmán, owner of Celusal, also leaves the entity. Adrián Kauffman Brea, Arcor representative at the UIA, He will be the vice president of Copal.
Source: Clarin
