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Technical tour
21st July 2011.
Meeting time 6:45 a.m. Departure 7:00 a.m. sharp from Hotel Ambasciatori.
Approximate return time 7:00 p.m.
Tour program:
La Linea Verde Soc. Agr. S.p.A.
La Linea Verde SpA, with head office in Manerbio, near Brescia, is an Italian Group, leader in fresh-cut fruit and vegetable market and chilled fresh ready meals. It produces for the most important Italian private label as well as for its own brand: DimmidiSì. The product range goes from salads to ready fresh fruits, from fresh vegetable soups to ready to cook vegetables, from fruit snacks and fresh fruit smoothies up to fresh mashed potatoes ready to eat.
La Linea Verde SpA is a company established in 1991 by Giuseppe and Domenico Battagliola and it is based on a solid family tradition. In 2009 the Company had a turnover of 170 million € continuing the positive results of previous years.
La Linea Verde Group includes the following companies:
La Linea Verde Soc. Agr. S.p.A., NATURA.com Soc. Agr. S.p.A., Ortomad Soc. Agr. s.r.l., Serena Azienda Agricola s.r.l., Vegetales Línea Verde Navarra S.A., VitaminiKa Service S.r.l. and B&B enterprise s.r.l.
The whole group includes: 5 production sites, 2 farms, 1 chilled-transport company, a production area of about 33,600 m2, and more than 1.000 employees.
For more information check the company website.
Bonduelle Italia s.r.l. and Bonduelle Fresco Italia s.r.l.
Bonduelle was founded in 1853 in France as a distillery to produce alcohol from grain. In 1926 a canning factory was constructed. Now the company is a world’s leader in processed vegetables with 1523.9 M€ of turnover, 10,000 employees (full-time equivalent), present in 18 countries with 43 production sites and 100,000 hectares cultivated. Bonduelle Italy has 185.4 M€ of turnover (12% of the total group), three production sites and ca 500 employees. The fresh-cut sector covers 69% of the turnover.
In 2011 a brand new plant will be ready in S. Paolo d’Argon, Bergamo.
For more information check the company website.
Mioorto S.r.l. Organizzazione di Produttori
Mioorto represents a perfect showcase of the changes which hav e take n place in horticulture in Northern Italy. Mioorto, which has existed for generations in traditional agriculture, shifted to growing crops in non-heated greenhouses and in 1991 converted entirely to growing pre-washed vegetables.
Over the years, the most innovative crop-growing techniques, new varieties, and modern machinery were tested and selected to set up a state-of-the art supply chain of fresh-cut vegetable. The company relies on the whole chain control through its nursery, cultivation, processing premises, representing the typical Italian fresh-cut industry. Today, Mioorto is a leading Italian and European player in producing, processing and packing ready-to-eat vegetables.
Mioorto is also one of the promoters of the “Consorzio Produttori Orticoli di Bergamo” (C.P.O.B. - Bergamo Consortium of Vegetable Growers), an organization that provides information and updates, governs and checks its members application of integrated production management principles.
For more information check the company website.
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Technical Tour
