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OILS AND FATS With nearly 40 years of experience in processing oils and fats for the food and confectionery industry, Italian company Unigrà continues its race to success. Sales director, Mr Stefano Cavallari reveals more to Filomena Nardi.
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not news that the recent economic slowdown is having a major impact on the Italian manufacturing industry but despite the economic uncertainty, this was another positive year for Unigrà, the Italian leader in the production and sales of vegetable fats and oils, margarines, UHT non-dairy toppings, UHT ice-cream liquid 100 Industry Europe
bases, chocolate and compound chocolate, drinking chocolate, powder mixes and improvers for the bakery and confectionery industry and artisans. “Nowadays all you hear about is bad economic news coming from the Italian market,” comments Mr Stefano Cavallari. “I think it’s very important to highlight that in our country,
there aren’t only companies in trouble, but there are also companies like ours which are still growing and continue to consolidate their leadership in Italy and abroad.” The depth and breadth of expansion at Unigrà is strikingly illustrated by the ultra-modern oil refining plant launched last year in Conselice, a town near Ravenna. Currently this represents
