LEA will resume production in the autumn at a temporary polygon in Gamarra

The Vitoria-Gasteiz LEA-Lascaray Personal Hygiene Products Company has located a 13,000 square-metre ship at the Gamarra Industrial Estate, which will resume production "approximately" by the end of the third quarter of the year.

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The start of production in autumn 'will have a clear positive effect on the workforce', as reported by the LEA/AVC. This week, the company informed the committee of its intention to propose a temporary employment regulation dossier 'for reasons of force majeure', which would affect some 100 of the 120 workers currently in the workforce.

The company is "refurbishing" the new production center as quickly as possible and is working on the organization and division of the ship, which will house basic facilities such as white rooms, production area, packaging, packaging, warehouse, logistics, innovation and administration, among others.

While preparing this new temporary location, management and area management staff work in the offices assigned to the Álava Centre for Open Innovation and Creative Transfer (Hibridalab), after working in a hotel for the first few days, to meet orders and meet commitments to customers and suppliers.

Since the fire, the company has stated that "significant progress" has been made in the recovery of activity, adding: "There are many efforts and sacrifices that we still have to make to ensure the company's activity and employment, the main objectives."

The Lascaray-LEA family company in Álava is the oldest company in the Basque Country since it turned 200 in October 2023 and has been in the factory since 1973.