Nestlé's investments in Guatemala
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Nestlé says it has invested ‘more than US$85 million over the last 5 years’ in Guatemala (as of July 2024), with some 1,800 employees, more than 700 local suppliers, a distribution center it describes as the largest in the region, head offices and Central America's first Nestlé Cultural Center; the note is based on a corporate release and should be treated as a promotional claim. A Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence Center costing more than US$5 million had construction scheduled for completion in January 2025, with some 1,500 indirect jobs on site, according to the Forbes Centroamérica headline (article inaccessible, 403). As a regional contrast, Nestlé closed its plant in Nicaragua in 2024 while investing in El Salvador and Guatemala (La Prensa headline only). A figure of US$3.7 million for the 2023 expansion of the distribution center was withdrawn from the dossier in the audit for lack of an accessible source.
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Figures
- Declared cumulative investment
- more than US$85 million
- Employees in Guatemala
- ~1,800
- Local suppliers
- >700
- Data Analysis and AI Center
- >US$5 million; ~1,500 indirect construction jobs
- Closure of Nestlé's Nicaragua plant
- 2024
Caveat
Sources
- RRHH Digital América, Nestlé incrementó la inversión en Guatemala a favor de la empleabilidad, 2024-07-25
- Forbes Centroamérica, Nestlé invierte en Guatemala para la construcción del centro de inteligencia artificial y análisis de datos, 2024-05-31 (titular; HTTP 403)
- La Prensa (Nicaragua), El cierre de planta de Nestlé en Nicaragua contrasta con inversión millonaria en El Salvador y Guatemala, 2024-02-01 (solo titular)
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