Happy ending for the historic Piedmontese Pernigotti chocolate factory: the Novi Ligure plant will be reindustrialised, guaranteeing the operational continuity of the site and the safeguarding of all 92 employed workers. This was communicated by the Ministry of Economic Development, at the end of the decisive meeting chaired by Minister Luigi Di Maio, which was attended by representatives of the companies involved, the advisor Sernet, the trade unions and local authorities. The agreement, reached less than a year after the announcement by the Turkish property Toksoz of wanting to stop the activities of the Piedmont site, is according to the Mise "the result of the work carried out in recent months in a synergistic way by the advisor and by the Ministry, which allowed the identification of two new investors”.
This is the Turin cooperative Spec, which will take over the company branch that produces chocolate and nougat, and the entrepreneur Jordanian amendments which, on the other hand, will take over the segment relating to ice cream preparations. For both agreements, the closing is expected by the end of September 2019, with the start of production on 1 October: there is also talk of the possibility of founding a newco that manages both businesses jointly. However, the Pernigotti brand will remain in the hands of the Turkish Tokzos group, on behalf of which the two Italian companies will produce in Novi Ligure. Di Maio rejoices over a solution reached "in record time" and with zero redundancies: "Those who work for a brand and make it big in the world cannot be fired". The white smoke also satisfies the trade unions, who feared for the production for the Christmas season, now upon us.
