Vía Bolivar, Transístmica, Apartado 0816-01915, Panamá 5, Panamá.

Tels.(507) 261-0035 / 9594 • Fax:. (507) 261-0870 • Email: info@del-prado.com

Throughout these 45 years, Conservas Panameñas Selectas, S.A., has been distinguished for its history of accomplishments, perseverance and for having surpassed successfully countless challenges; being able this company, 100% Panamanian, to stand out in the region of Central, South and North America, by its contribution to the industry and the accurate vision of its founders from its early beginning.

 

From Panama to the world, an exemplary accomplishment


The history of Conservas Panameñas Selectas, S.A., initiates in 1958 with the industrial proposal of Ricardo Chiari, Alexander Psichoyos, Demetrio Rusódimos, and Marcel Penso, a select group of outstanding national industrialists of that time, for the production and canning of foods, being the Libby’s pear, apricot and peach nectars, the first products manufactured by the new company.
For such purpose, one of the most complete factories was implemented and organized, settling in the plant of manufacture, located nowadays, in Vía Simón Bolivar, present Transístmica; modern and sophisticated machineries. Everything under the direction and supervision of a select group of Panamanian professional experts. This important passage of the nutritional industry in Panama sets a precedent in the area, being able to surpass with great success the most rigorous sanitary exigencies and of manufacture of the Libby´s McNeill & Libby Company, exigencies also required by the North American and Panamanian government. This way and after reaching international standards of high quality, the company quickly acquires prestige and confidence that would characterize it to the present time, still obtaining the preference of the most demanding consumers of the country. Years later, in the decade of the ´60s, Conservas Panameñas Selectas, initiates the manufacture of products for its new trademark Del Monte. Along with this important accomplishment, new machineries were installed, which would extend the capacity of the factory, allowing it to produce and to package foods like the popular tomato juice, among others. The company, at that moment under the direction and management of the industrial chemical engineer, Demetrio Calenkeris, one of the key figures that would lead the most important decisions of the company; manages to surpass widely the exigencies of the Panamanian market, turning the trademarks of the company as the consumers’ favourites. At the beginning of the ´70s, the idea was born to to create new trademarks and to popularize other flavors, even fruits like naranjilla, melon, papaya and cashew fruit, under names of Royal and Del Prado.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On October 16, 1999, after more than 40 years with the company, Ing. Calenkeris dies. This great emptiness was filled with the figure of Ing. Edmundo Vidal. Under his management, he manages to accomplish in a short time important strategic alliances leading Del Prado products to occupy an important position of leadership, having a wider distribution, reaching a 90% of national geography.
Decided to compete strongly, the company reorganized and executed strict processes of reengineering, updating the machinery, image of the trademark, line extensions and the new management dynamics. During these changes, the productive capacity of Conservas Panameñas Selectas was amplified, even duplicating the manual labor. An interesting fact is that the company began operations with 20 employees and at the present time it has 88 employees, as a result of the organizational effort.

 
For the year 2002, the company gave one of the most important steps in its race to conquer new goals and to stay competitive in the market, launching the system of aseptic packaging Tetra Pak. This advance meant the entrance of Del Prado to new markets of the region and the formalization of new alliances with commercial partners in countries like Costa Rica, Chile, the United States and Mexico. At the moment, the flavor and the excellent quality of the new varieties of the products of Conservas Panameñas Selectas, S.A., have taken Del Prado to reach an outstanding position in the mind of the consumers who prefer it by tradition, as well as those who look for the latest trends. New lines of free sugar nectars, juices of great purity directed to satisfy the necessities of the smallest members of the family, and new presentations are some of the examples of the strategies that the company has carried out to maintain its active presence within the local and international markets. Conservas Panameñas Selectas, S.A., is a true example of effort, perseverance and success of a Panamanian company with quality and global projection, the capacity and the force necessary to compete with the most famous trademarks of the international market.