Madrid, April 2, 2025. The Chairperson and CEO of COFIDES, Ángela Pérez, and the CEO of the Spanish multinational AMC GLOBAL, Antonio Muñoz Beraza, have signed a financing agreement under which COFIDES will provide a loan of €12.18M euros from the Fund for Foreign Operations (FIEX). This financing will be used to expand one of the company's packaging plants in Vlissingen (The Netherlands).
In particular, the facilities of the WHITE & GREEN division, specialized in plant-based drinks, in which the natural beverages multinational AMC GLOBAL will invest a total of €30M to strengthen its packaging capacity.
The purpose of this expansion of White & Green's plant in the Netherlands is to meet the growing demand for its products in the Central/Northern Europe and the United Kingdom markets. AMC Global maintains eight international plants located in three different countries. AMC GLOBAL operates in The Netherlands since 2013, when its first plant in Vlissingen was built to face the task of the packaging of juices, smoothies and other natural beverages, also with the backing of COFIDES.
Headquartered in Murcia, the multinational AMC GLOBAL is present in more than 70 countries and employs more than 1,700 people. As a European leader and an international reference in the research, development, squeezing, production and marketing of refrigerated fruit juices, gazpachos, functional drinks and high quality natural plant-based drinks, the company is focused in strengthening its presence as a player of international reference in the private label, allowing it to be present in the top 80 retailers in Europe.
Highly focused on increasing its production capacity, operational optimization and industrial digitalization, AMC GLOBAL holds an ongoing commitment to research and innovation, allowing it to keep more than 2,000 active references and generate an average of 400 new in&out products and collections for its customers per year, a driving force in the category.
AMC GLOBAL keeps an ongoing commitment to sustainability since its incorporation, integrating it into the strategic lines of its business plan, both in its innovation and operations. This operation with COFIDES significantly contributes to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 12, "Responsible production and consumption.”
After signing the agreement, COFIDES’ Chairperson, Ángela Pérez, stated that "for us it is essential to support companies like AMC GLOBAL, which lead innovation in the agri-food sector and bring the excellence of their products to international markets. Supporting Spanish companies that are firmly committed to R&D and competitiveness in their global expansion reinforces our commitment to the growth and international projection of companies with high added value."
On his side, Antonio Muñoz Beraza highlighted: "AMC Global, in its continued support of our European customers' needs, continues to invest in the expansion of our technical, differentiation and, of course, production capabilities. This new expansion of the White&Green division in Vlissingen entails more than €30M, a large part of which is to be thanked to the COFIDES’ support, essential to keep the pace of development set out in our strategic plan."
ABOUT AMC GLOBAL
AMC GLOBAL is a European leader and an international reference in the research, development, production and marketing of fruit juices, smoothies, gazpachos, functional shakes, teas, coffees, protein drinks, natural plant-based drinks, water kefir, kombucha and other categories of natural and healthy beverages. AMC GLOBAL's differentiation lies in its exceptional ability to design, develop, produce and internationally market a wide range of natural and innovative drinks, which stand out for their freshness, sustainability, innovation and competitiveness, all of these being the fundamental pillars that underpins the group's philosophy.
ABOUT COFIDES
COFIDES is a state-owned trading company that manages state funds, as well as its own resources and those of third-party institutions. COFIDES's mission is to support the internationalization of the Spanish economy, attract foreign investment into strategic sectors in Spain, promote the impact economy, and contribute to global economic development. COFIDES is also instrumental in strengthening the solvency of Spanish companies, particularly in response to challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic. COFIDES’s shareholders include the Spanish State, Banco Santander, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Banco Sabadell, and CAF-Development Bank of Latin America.
