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Josep Solé, elected new president of Avianza

  • The Board of Directors of Avianza unanimously approved the appointment to replace Antonio Sánchez, president of the institution since 2019.
  • The position of vice president falls to Jordi Salvador (APPE) and that of treasurer to Pelayo Hidalgo (AMACO) and Jordi Montfort will continue as general secretary of the interprofessional
  • The Spanish Interprofessional Poultry Meat Association brings together more than 65 associated companies and represents more than 90% of companies linked to the chicken, turkey and quail meat sector.

Madrid, January 26, 2023. The Board of Directors of the Spanish Interprofessional Poultry Meat Association (Avianza) has unanimously elected Josep Solé as the new president. Solé replaces Antonio Sánchez, president of Avianza since 2019, in the position.

Likewise, Jordi Salvador, from PADESA, has been elected vice president representing APPE (Association of Chicken Producers of Spain) and Pelayo Hidalgo as treasurer, representing AMACO (National Association of Poultry, Rabbit and Poultry Cutting Plants Processors). ) and CEO of Grupo Avícola Hidalgo. For his part, Jordi Montfort will continue in the position of general secretary of the institution.

Josep Solé Rocaspana, son of beef ranchers, studied Agricultural Technical Engineering. He has a long career of almost 30 years in the Vall Companys Group, where he started in the pig area. Currently, and for the last fifteen years, he has held the position of general director of the Poultry Area. “I assume this new position with enthusiasm and a great desire to contribute my vision to continue giving the interprofessional the weight that we deserve,” he said at the time of his appointment, adding that “we need a powerful and visible interprofessional and for this the formula is continuous work, proactivity and, of course, getting the institutional support that the meat sector in general, and the poultry sector in particular, has earned.”

The now president of Avianza and his new team collect the previous legacy and will continue working for the poultry sector with the clear objective of promoting the consumption of poultry meat, putting the focus on the internationalization of the sector (where agreements have been closed with the European Commission and relations have been opened with the Arab Emirates, among others) and guarantee the quality and safety of Spain's birds through a quality seal that will be released in 2023.

A consolidated interprofessional

The Spanish Interprofessional Poultry Meat Association brings together more than 65 associated companies and represents more than 90% of companies linked to the poultry sector, both chicken, turkey and quail meat. This translates into more than 5,000 farms and production centers, 281 cutting and processing plants, which provide direct employment to more than 40,000 professionals.

Avianza provides support to its associates in everything related to relations with European, Central and Regional Administrations, foreign trade and legislative issues, both at the level of Spain and Europe. But it also develops promotion and dissemination campaigns for the sector for all products related to birds, promotes R&D programs that promote innovation and sustainable production processes, among others.

Likewise, the association has become a spokesperson and means of transmitting to society the critical situation that the sector is experiencing due to a series of events that all members of the poultry production chain have suffered during these months, such as the rising energy costs, the war in Ukraine with the consequent rise in feed prices and inflation.

Josep Solé, new president of Avianza.