Atria to invest €14m in Lagerbergs chicken production in Sweden

Atria plans to invest €14m to develop Lagerbergs’ chicken production capabilities in Sweden, as a part of a long-term investment strategy.

The investment will be used to improve the entire production chain, from chicken rearing and industrial production to bolstering the Lagerbergs brand.

Securing approval of the board of directors, the investment will be made between this year and 2018.

Under the investment plan, production capacity of the Norjeby factory will be increased. The existing production facilities will be modernised and rebuilt, and production machinery will be replaced.

The company also plans to build new chicken rearing facilities near the Norjeby plant.

In April, the firm purchased the entire stake in poultry company Lagerberg i Norjeby AB (Lagerbergs). This purchase enabled Atria to foray into the Swedish chicken processing market.

The third largest poultry supplier in Sweden, Lagerbergs operates a production plant and chicken rearing facilities in Blekinge.

The company currently has approximately 120 employees.