Torrent learned from Valentí Grané about the company’s history, the products it makes and visited the Pacs del Penedès facilities
The Minister of Business and Work, Roger Torrent, visited the Cales de Pachs facilities, in Pacs del Penedès, a few days ago to learn about the company from Penedès that this year has been awarded the Ministry’s National Environment Award of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO).
Torrent met Valentí Grané, owner of the company together with his brother Xavier Grané, who explained to him how the company works and what the lime production process is. Grané emphasized the commitment that Cales de Pachs has made in recent years to excel in the development of innovative products.
The company from Penedes is one of the most important in the lime sector in the state. For more than fifty years it has been dedicated to the manufacture of limestone derivatives, with a special focus on those with environmental applications. Among them is the TECHNICAL-NET for the sanitization of sewage sludge (including SARS-CoV-2) or the TECHNICAL-AIR for the filtering and purification of fumes with sulfur, chlorine and fluorine contents.
Valentí Grané spoke about this type of product with Councilor Torrent, to whom he also advanced some future projects that the company is working on. Likewise, the owner of Cales de Pachs conveyed to him some concerns arising from the current economic situation, such as the increase in the price of energy, or the administrative hurdles companies are facing.
After a meeting at the company’s offices, Roger Torrent also visited the lime factory in Pacs del Penedès and the quarry where the raw material to manufacture this product comes from. The one in Pacs is one of the three quarries that the company has. The others are located in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Garraf) and Fátima (Portugal).
Roger Torrent and Valentí Grané met for a while after the visit to Cales de Pachs as part of the Business Night of the Business Federation of the Greater Penedès (FEGP), which took place at the Juvé and Camps de Sant Sadurní d’Anoia. During the evening, the lime manufacturing company received the FEGP Award for Innovation.