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© Oleificio Zucchi S.p.A. 2016 FROM A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS TO A MAJOR OIL PRODUCER: the success of a great tradition Oleificio Zucchi originated in 1810 in the area near Lodi as a family business that milled oilseeds to make oil for human consumption. 1922 saw the introduction of the refining process, and at the end of the 50s, Oleificio Zucchi entered into the mass market for seeds and olive oils. In the 1990s, the company’s constant growth made it necessary to move the business to the current site of 80,000 m2 on the Cremona navigation canal, with production capacity grows up to 1.500.000 litres/day of packaged oil, nine highly automated lines, state-of-the-art technology and a Research and Development laboratory with an in-house team of skilled blendmasters for the performance of continual panel tests and the creation of the best blends. This specific team focuses on extra virgin olive, combining technical expertise and talent to achieve unique results of unrivalled excellence, through continual experimentation with new combinations of flavours. The art of blending is the ability to create an oil with a specific personality by putting together oils from different cultivars and origins for an end result that is greater than the sum of its parts, to suit various consumer taste catego- ries. To deliver an excellent oil with unchanging quality over time, Oleifi- cio Zucchi has also created an "OIL CELLAR", Italy's largest temperatu- re-controlled storage facility (at a constant 16°), capable of storing about 4800 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil with all its sensory characteristics intact. Oleificio Zucchi has an established policy of continual investments, updating its plant in line with the latest technical and engineering concepts for ever-improving environmental and economic sustainability. This continual striving for the highest sustainable quality has been rewarded by the many process and product certifications achieved over the years, and is now expressed by projects intended to add value to every link in the production chain, and boost the vitality of the entire Italian edible oil industry. The Quality Certification process 1992 1993 2000 2003 2005 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2016 DTP 112 Seed Oil Traceability and Sustainability ISO 22005:08 Olive Oil Traceability RSPO Certified Sustainable Palm Oil Carbon Footprint ISOTS 14067:2013 Health and safety BS OHSAS 18001 SA 8000 Social Responsability BRC, IFS International Standard GDO Enviroment UNI EN ISO 14001:04 Quality UNI EN ISO 9001:00 Revision and Certification of Financial Statements DTP030 GMO - free Corn and Soy Apart from the excellence of its products, Oleificio Zucchi’s success has been built on the 4 plus factors central to its modus operandi, which also give it a firm orientation towards the future. Company success Certification under the SA 8000 standard in 2011, focused on the adoption of social and ethically aware business practices, is only the latest step in a process that bears witness to the company’s daily commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility. Alongside our R&D and tasting laboratory, we have also created a research and design laboratory to develop the best pack formats and the best customised printing to bestow the highest value-added on every product. A service that considers every aspect, constantly analysing and developing packaging using innovative materials with low environmental impact. Shipping procedures responsive to the customer’s needs: selection and planning of the best logistics solutions for every requirement, with a special focus on delivery times, advisory services, quality and freight costs. Oleificio Zucchi constantly invests in efficiency and safety, so its customers are only offered the best. This is guaranteed by meticulous selection of raw materials, creation of the best blends, strict control of sensory characteristics, high-tech quality analysis, continual investments in technologies and the many environmen- tal and quality certifications held. Corporate Responsibility Logistics Quality Packaging
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FROM A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS TO A MAJOR OIL PRODUCER: the success of a great traditionOleificio Zucchi originated in 1810 in the area near Lodi as a family business that milled oilseeds to make oil for human consumption. 1922 saw the introduction of the refining process, and at the end of the 50s, Oleificio Zucchi entered into the mass market for seeds and olive oils.
In the 1990s, the company’s constant growth made it necessary to move the business to the current site of 80,000 m2 on the Cremona navigation canal, with production capacity grows up to 1.500.000 litres/day of packaged oil, nine highly automated lines, state-of-the-art technology and a Research and Development laboratory with an in-house team of skilled blendmasters for the performance of continual panel tests and the creation of the best blends. This specific team focuses on extra virgin olive, combining technical expertise and talent to achieve unique results of unrivalled excellence, through continual experimentation with new combinations of flavours. The art of blending is the ability to create an oil with a specific personality by putting together oils from different cultivars and origins for an end result that is greater than the sum of its parts, to suit various consumer taste catego-ries. To deliver an excellent oil with unchanging quality over time, Oleifi-cio Zucchi has also created an "OIL CELLAR", Italy's largest temperatu-re-controlled storage facility (at a constant 16°), capable of storing about 4800 tonnes of extra virgin olive oil with all its sensory characteristics intact.
Oleificio Zucchi has an established policy of continual investments, updating its plant in line with the latest technical and engineering concepts for ever-improving environmental and economic sustainability.
This continual striving for the highest sustainable quality has been rewarded by the many process and product certifications achieved over the years, and is now expressed by projects intended to add value to every link in the production chain, and boost the vitality of the entire Italian edible oil industry.
The Quality Certification process
1992 1993 2000 2003 2005 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2016DTP 112Seed Oil
Traceability andSustainability
ISO22005:08Olive Oil
Traceability
RSPOCertified
SustainablePalm Oil
CarbonFootprint
ISOTS14067:2013
Healthand safetyBS OHSAS
18001
SA 8000Social
Responsability
BRC, IFSInternational
StandardGDO
EnviromentUNI EN ISO14001:04
QualityUNI EN ISO
9001:00
Revision andCertificationof FinancialStatements
DTP030GMO - free
Corn and Soy
Apart from the excellence of its products, Oleificio Zucchi’s success has been built on the 4 plus factors central to its modus operandi, which also give it a firm orientation towards the future.
Company success
Certification under the SA 8000 standard in 2011, focused on the adoption of social and ethically aware business practices, is only the latest step in a process that bears witness to the company’s daily commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility.
Alongside our R&D and tasting laboratory, we have also created a research and design laboratory to develop the best pack formats and the best customised printing to bestow the highest value-added on every product. A service that considers every aspect, constantly analysing and developing packaging using innovative materials with low environmental impact.
Shipping procedures responsive to the customer’s needs: selection and planning of the best logistics solutions for every requirement, with a special focus on delivery times, advisory services, quality and freight costs.
Oleificio Zucchi constantly invests in efficiency and safety, so its customers are only offered the best. This is guaranteed by meticulous selection of raw materials, creation of the best blends, strict control of sensory characteristics, high-tech quality analysis, continual investments in technologies and the many environmen-tal and quality certifications held.
CorporateResponsibility LogisticsQuality Packaging
Oleificio Zucchi SpaVia Acquaviva,12 - 26100 Cremona - Italy
Tel. +39 0372 532111
www.oleificiozucchi.com
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AssortmentOleificio Zucchi has always successfully produced a number of products under its own brand covering the entire range of olive and seed oils, for the retail and food service channels. Drawing on the company’s experience and its passion for oil, they are available in a wide assortment of varieties and sizes. THE OLIVE OIL OFFERING COMPRISES EXTRA VIRGIN, ORGANIC EXTRA VIRGIN, OLIVE, OLIVE POMACE OIL AND FLAVOURED OILS, UNDER THE ZUCCHI, LE PLEIADI AND PALLADE LABELS. The seed oils, which include groundnut, sunflower, corn, soy, grapeseed, rapeseed, mixed seed and frying oil, are offered under the Zucchi and Pallade brands. The Zucchi range also includes vinegars, organic seed oils and “special” seed oils as grapeseed, avocado, sesame and pumpkin.
At the same time, the firm also produces several lines of private label products in both the olive oil and the seed oil sectors. Oleificio Zucchi supplies private label products to the top retail chains in Italy and abroad: a full service for the customer, delivering flexibility, extreme customisa-tion, packaging development, swift problem solving and raw material purchasing advice.
With leading-edge technologies, a wide product offering and more than two hundred years of experience and know-how behind it, today OLEIFI-CIO ZUCCHI IS ONE OF ITALY’S TOP EDIBLE OIL PRODUCERS AND THE IDEAL PARTNER FOR ANYONE OPERATING IN THIS SECTOR.
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LE PLEIADI ZUCCHIwww.zucchi.com
