'En Colombia y Latinoamérica las inversiones más fuertes son en el sector pet': Dodona
Nelsy Barreto, CEO del Grupo Empresarial Dodona Foto: Cortesía
TL;DR
- Grupo Empresarial Dodona, now a fully Colombian company, is expanding its presence in Colombia and Latin America.
- The company specializes in machinery for bottling, food packaging, and automation of logistics centers.
- Investments are strong in the pet food sector, with Dodona providing machinery for production, packaging, and automated logistics.
- Innovations include software for automated order picking and package assembly.
- Automation investments range from US$6 million to US$150 million, depending on company size.
- Half of Dodona's sales are in Latin America, as Europe has already largely automated these processes.
- Other sectors served include beverages (soft drinks, water, juices, liquors, beer) and liquid/solid filling (oils, detergents, rice).
- Dodona imports much of its machinery but produces smaller items like linear fillers and bottle conveyors in Colombia.
- Key clients include Coca-Cola, the Gloria group from Peru, Licorera del Tolima, and Licorera de Caldas.
- Dodona operates in Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, Chile, and is re-entering Argentina.
- Their value proposition includes engineering studies to optimize existing production lines and automating current systems before clients expand.
- They partner with Italian companies Europool (bottle transport, line optimization) and Clevertech (plant engineering, machine improvement, palletizing).
- AI is utilized in their software development, with Clevertech having a dedicated center for Amazon focused on logistics and automation.
- Expectations for the next year include positioning within large Colombian and Latin American companies as a leading automation solution provider.