Colanta Company

COLANTA 

History

In 1964 a group of 65 farmers planted base COLANTA.La Cooperativa The cooperative began with the assembly of a small warehouse of agricultural inputs in the municipality of Donmatías.Los few associates made a commitment to provide two cents per liter of milk cheese or sold to existing pasterizadoras. However, little time was enough to demonstrate the economic difficulties of the Cooperative and the peasantry because the latter produced only an average of 20 liters; production deriving the subsistencia.En the period between 1964 and early seventies legally bankrupt three times, and with this panorama, the National Superintendency of Cooperatives then ordered liquidation prevailing crisis in several ocasiones.La La Cooperativa until 1973 he said taking a decision or saving formula. To fulfill this purpose, he was appointed as Chief Veterinarian and Zootecnista Medical, Jenaro Perez Gutiérrez, the new Managing proposed to the Board of Directors assembly plant concentrates to be less expensive, however, it was clear that the partners wanted a pasterizadora milk. He also raised the need to rename Coolechera (as it was called La Cooperativa) by the acronym meant COLANTA Dairy Cooperative of Antioquia; the time was defined as the object of the institution was buying, pasteurizing and sale of milk captured productores.En associates and 1974, and given the precarious situation of COLANTA, COFIAGRO, Agricultural Finance Corporation approved a loan of 20 million. Additionally, the Government of Antioquia, through the Ministry of Finance contributed five million dollars. Subsequently, a new loan for 20 million pesos from the Banco Ganadero and then IDEMA, Agricultural Marketing Institute, which paid $ 10 million dollars each was approved. To grant these loans, COLANTA offered as collateral, along with the signatures of the Manager, Jenaro Perez, and members of the Board of Directors, the land purchased on credit where the Caribbean plant was built and the equipment they would buy the loans and the building itself would be built in Caribe.La operation of the pasteurization plant occurred in 1976, on the date of July 25, 1976, the first three thousand liters of milk sold pasterizada.Con commissioning of the processing Milk, the opening of new agricultural stores in other municipalities of Antioquia became necessary, which was needed to increase its personnel that generated 71 new empleos.Hoy COLANTA is the first major agricultural chain with 45 strategically AGROCOLANTA® located. In these, partners and peasant acquired, at cost, fertilizers, concentrates, veterinary drugs and products for the farm and home. Are true centers of agricultural development and support for the Department of Technical Assistance, where professionals including veterinarians, agronomists and animal scientists were integrated.

Produce

Colanta company not only produces dairy products as milk, cream, butter, yogurt, soda, Colanta kids, fiber yogurt, milk powder and cheese. It also produces wine, oil, honey, caramel, and dog food, canned variety of grains such as rice, lentils and beans. It also has a line of meat called “Monte  Frio”.

Colanta Solidarity

The altruistic spirit of COLANTA also ratifies supported through a distributor, "Glass of Milk" the Mayor of Medellin, in schools and colleges in the capital of Antioquia and benefits 120 000 children daily program with a bag fortified with vitamins and added 200 cubic centimeters, to combat child malnutrition milk.