CAPSA signed a Research Chair in nutrition and health with the UC
Madrid, March 2012.- the dairy company CAPSA (Corporación Alimentaria Peñasanta S.A.), to which belong the trademark Central Lechera Asturiana, ATO and LARSA, has signed a collaboration agreement with the Complutense University of Madrid to launch the Chair extraordinary Central dairy Asturian-UCM training and research in nutrition and health education ”.
The firm, headed by Managing Director of CAPSA, D. Pedro Astals Coma and the magnificent and his Excellency Mr. Rector of the UCM, D. José Carrillo Menéndez, involves collaboration between one of the main companies in the dairy sector and one of the largest and most prestigious Spanish universities to work closely in the integration between higher education and the business world.
Under the direction of Professor Luis Collado Yurrita, this Chair is born with a double objective: assist in the training of professionals in health sciences and develop lines of research in the field of nutrition and human health to enable its implementation on society in the future. In this regard, Central Lechera Asturiana benefit part of the development of follow-up to training and, on the other hand, the Complutense University integrates the teachings in the industrial with a world-class company such as Central Lechera Asturiana, reference in the food world.
The Chair will be located in the Department of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense of Madrid and will be supervised at all times by D. Javier EchevarrÃa (Deputy Director of CAPSA), could Ms. Marta Hernandez be (head of nutrition and health of CAPSA), Prof. DRA. Mrs. Mª Elisa Street Puron (delegate of the Dean of the Faculty of medicine to the degree of human and dietary nutrition) and D. Ismael San Mauro (Secretary of the Chair).
Corporation food PEÑASANTA, S.A (Central Lechera Asturiana, Larsa and Ato).
Corporación Alimentaria Peñasanta, S.A. is born sum of forces between three companies from the same sector, leaders in their respective markets and complementary between itself (Central Lechera Asturiana, Larsa and ATO) and is the leading company of the Spanish dairy market. The dairy company has seven production sites distributed throughout the Spanish geography giving direct employment to over 1400 people and generating many others indirectly.
Your brand, Central Lechera Asturiana is the first milk of Spain, leading brand in sale of liquid milk, as well as cream and butter. Offering the best quality to our customers and innovate in the market with new formats and new products with functional benefits.
It supports every year all those organizations that disseminate sport, culture and social welfare, to disseminate values such as teamwork, effort and integrity. Struggle for respect the environment managing scarce resources such as water, electricity, fuels, cardboard and plastic. He works tirelessly to reduce CO2 emissions by introducing alternative energy sources, betting on cleaner fuels, generating less waste and recycling more than 70% of them.
