| Italian Packaging Expand Into American Market 20/11/2012
In Chicago in the same place where a few days after Obama announced the famous phrase, "The best is yet to come" and in the middle of the hurricane Sandy, an Italian company got its initiation to "PACK EXPO," one of the most important trade fairs in the packaging industry. The Italian company was Cavanna S.p.A, based in the north of Italy, a leader in technology and distribution systems for packaging in flow pack snacks, cookies, crackers, chocolate bars and much more. The American exhibit and trade show, located at McCormick Place, in the heart of the city of Chicago, IL, took place from October 28th to 31st, this year and Cavanna Packaging Group joined 1,965 companies from all over the world recording 45,000 visitors, an increase in volume and value business generated. The presence at "PACK EXPO" was only one of several steps that characterized the marketing and promotion of the Cavanna Packaging Group which has participated in many other events for a total of 13 trade shows in one year. In the three autumn months, from September to November, Cavanna Packaging Group emphasized its strong international presence in 6 markets, from Germany to Poland, from America to France, from India to China. Cavanna S.p.A has decided once again to approach the U.S. market just when it officially opened a manufacturing plant in the southeast portion of the United States, near Atlanta. The strong results achieved by Cavanna S.p.A., with its founder, Mario Cavanna and his son and daughter, Riccardo and Alessandra in its 52 years of history, Cavanna S.p.A. decided to launch at "PACK EXPO" the first machine completely "made in the USA". In Chicago, relations were also improved with very important American clients, including Kellogg's and Kraft but also major projects were signed and new relationships were started which were significant for the future development of this sector. During the exhibition an event was organized that generated considerable success and was greatly appreciated. On the evening of Monday, October 29th in a well-known Italian restaurant in Chicago a dinner was held with about 80 of the biggest customers of the Cavanna Packaging Group in a relaxed and professional manner which further cemented developed relationships to an even greater degree. As evidence of this an important Italian entrepreneur packaging company, listed on the stock exchange during the evening, said: "Cavanna Group as a company is a breath of fresh air in the packaging world," referring to the way they manage relationships with customers and the business that distinguish this family run business. |
| The Long Journey of The Rice Starts in The North of Italy 20/09/2012
One of the elements that best characterize the Piedmont region located in north Italy is its endless expanse of rice fields. This resource ranks Italy first in Europe in rice production and first in the world for the quality and variety of the same. To this date, rice is grown in 113 countries and is the staple food for over half the world's population. This area is not only the place where rice is grown, but in the same area the rice is used to produce various products that are considered essential to a healthy diet, such as rice discs, rice cakes, puffed rice and rice flour used in the production of crackers. Cavanna Packaging Group is an Italian industrial group based in Prato Sesia, near Novara, specialized in flowpack, a small wrapper that wraps a single product or group of products with a plastic film. Among the various sectors in which these types of packaging are used, the most important place is the whole food sector (industrial baking, biscuits, products for breakfast, sweet and savory snacks, chocolate bars, bread substitutes, coffee pods, cheese portions), but also the sector of rice cakes and crackers. Cavanna, a leader in bakery and chocolate, has also entered the world of the rice, producing some of the most advanced systems that have been commissioned and sold in the world, from Poland to Australia, to France. In Italy was born the collaboration with Riso Invernizzi S.p.A., a family run company since 1890, also inextricably linked, as Cavanna, to the area of Novara. Cavanna Packaging Group and Riso Invernizzi S.p.A. continue the long journey of rice in Europe and in the world, by building a highly automated plant and a technologically advanced package of rice crackers and pastries. These are first packaged in packs of 4 sheets and then insert in another bowl. The flaps are welded so as to protect and at the same time facilitate the opening to the final consumer. Riso Invernizzi S.p.A. has selected Cavanna because Cavanna developed the technology to achieve two important advantages: wrap the product in portions, making it usable for consumption outside the home, and preserve the fragrance of a single sheet of rice, even for long periods of time. In addition, the automation of the packaging process has enabled the production of a safer product. With this plant Cavanna and Riso Invernizzi give a further impetus to the production and consumption of rice and diversification in the uses of a cereal that has always been a source of wealth for Novara's area. |
| Premio di risultato per i dipendenti Cavanna 01/08/2012
Nel mese di luglio è stato corrisposto a tutte le maestranze della Cavanna Spa, un premio di risultato di euro 1.047 cadauno. Il premio di risultato, recentemente rinnovato per il prossimo triennio, deriva dall'accordo presente in Cavanna da diversi anni e firmato dalla Società e dalla Rsu aziendale in virtù degli ottimi rapporti con loro instaurati. Il premio di risultato è collegato al raggiungimento di tre parametri(redditività, fatturato pro-capite e contenimento costi trasferte) tutti legati all'andamento economico dell'impresa e desumibili dal bilancio aziendale che tra l'altro, ogni anno, viene certificato da una Società di revisione, il tutto in un'ottica di completa trasparenza e serietà aziendale. Il premio erogato nel mese di luglio si riferisce agli ottimi risultati ottenuti dall'azienda Cavanna nel 2011, anno in cui la Società ha rimarcato la sua forte presenza nel mercato dell'automazione industriale e, nello specifico, nella progettazione e costruzione di macchine per l'imballaggio alimentare. Il gruppo Cavanna conta ormai ben 4 stabilimenti produttivi (due in Italia,uno in Brasile e 1 negli Stati Uniti) che fanno della Società, fondata nel 1960 dal Sig. Mario Cavanna, una realtà oramai internazionale. L'erogazione della somma ha premiato i dipendenti Cavanna, da sempre vero punto di forza e motore dell'azienda. Alla crescita ed attenzione delle proprie risorse la società da anni dedica diverse iniziative: dalla flessibilità dell'orario di lavoro in entrata per agevolare i dipendenti nella gestione scolastica dei propri figli, all'erogazione di un "premio figli studenti" rivolto a tutti i figli dei dipendenti che proseguono la scuola dell'obbligo fino al conseguimento del diploma e/o della laurea; alla somministrazione gratuita di vaccini antiinfluenzali a coloro che ne facciano richiesta; alla predisposizione di sala lettura e di postazione internet durante la pausa pranzo; alle svariate attività formative che ogni anno vengono svolte per valorizzare e sviluppare le professionalità interne. Un altro punto di forza dell'azienda è anche il valorizzare il team al di fuori del contesto lavorativo. Recentemente è stata organizzata una cena solo per le componenti femminili delle società del gruppo, mirante a porre la giusta attenzione "al lato rosa" della squadra. Proprio ieri sera, infine, si è svolta la consueta cena estiva aziendale. Nella suggestiva location della "Villa Caccia" di Romagnano Sesia si sono riuniti i dipendenti della Società per una divertente ed appassionante "cena con delitto". |