Overview
- Commercial courts finalized the liquidation of ARSA, shutting plants in Lincoln (Buenos Aires) and Monte Cristo (Córdoba) and cutting roughly 380–400 jobs after a failed reorganization.
- The Mercedes Civil and Commercial Court No. 7 declared bankruptcy for La Suipachense (Lácteos Conosur), ordering a general asset freeze and leaving about 140 workers without jobs.
- Lácteos Verónica’s three Santa Fe plants remain largely paralyzed with around 700 workers unpaid, and BCRA records show 3,898 bounced checks totaling about $13.6 billion pesos plus bank debts in deteriorated status.
- Workers and the Atilra union are guarding thousands of kilos of cheeses at Verónica’s Lehmann facility and monitoring equipment to prevent removals until wage arrears are addressed, while protests continue at multiple sites.
- Provincial and local authorities have deployed limited emergency aid, but no binding rescue or sale has been confirmed despite sector chatter about potential buyers, against a backdrop of weak demand and heavy inventories.