NEWS
Dear friends and customers of this great family, we started life in the early twentieth century and have always been true to our roots. So what is our shared goal? To continue to be original. What is the secret of our success? Doing normal things in an unusual way.
Inspired by the positive feedback and growing and dynamic involvement in the OcrimWebinars, we decided to create the new OCRIMONDEMAND forum. This will allow for greater and more tactile interaction between Ocrim’s experts and you, the customers and followers.
Following the success of the OcrimWebinar on 13 October conducted by Ocrim’s Sales and Marketing Manager, Stefano Mazzini, we announce that the website dedicated to Superior - www.ocrimsuperior.com - is now online.
Paris (France) - On September 15th, Alberto Antolini, Ocrim CEO, and the staff flew to Paris to meet Mansour Ben Haif Al-Kahtani, CEO of Haif Company, to sign a new agreement that will see them together in the realization of a new important project on behalf of SAGO (Saudi Grains Organization).
Cremona (Italy) – Right here in our area of Cremona, on Saturday the 25th of September at the Cremona palace Hotel, the first technical day dedicated to the milling industry that the Antim association has organised since the forced stop imposed by the pandemic emergency was held. A must-attend event for everyone who works at mills or who, in some manner, operates in the milling sector. Great attendance was expected, thanks to an interesting program which saw Ocrim and the Milling Hub as protagonists.
Last June – the month celebrating Italian Republic Day - Ocrim thanked several important Italian companies for having contributed to making our nation an example of excellence and social solidarity throughout the world. Companies that have recently increased their business, despite the difficulties related to the consequences of COVID 19, by choosing to invest in Italy, the first western country hard hit by the pandemic.
Back in 2017 Ocrim officially launched the innovative plastic antimicrobial sieve on the market. The result of a sophisticated biotechnological/engineering study that produced the results that translated into an actual revolution for those who own or work in mills on a daily basis.
Ciminna (Palermo, Italy) – The awareness of relying on a winning partner and the certainty of being able to obtain significant results thanks to highly technological and qualitative machinery led Daniele Cassata, Managing Director of Molino San Vito Società Cooperativa, to entrust Ocrim, in June 2019, with the modernisation of its durum wheat plant for the production of semolina.
Milling Hub has come to life: the first mill of the milling plant designed and built by Ocrim together with Bonifiche Ferraresi has been completed.
Cremona (Italy) - on June 29th, at Ocrim’s headquarters, the agreement was formally signed between AGCO, a world-renowned company in the design, production and distribution of precision agricultural machinery and technology, and Ocrim, a primary player in global level in the production of milling plants supplied "turnkey" and through tailor-made solutions.
Felizzano (Italy) - The new 3 T/h line for storing, transporting and dosing of different types of cereals and derivatives to obtain special flours useful for the production of trendy food products, also using stone grinding, was tested on the 31st May.
Cremona canal port (Italy) – Ocrim’s CEO, Alberto Antolini, has given the go-ahead for the creation of the new department for managing the grinding rolls, which will include fluting, grinding and balancing stations and an innovative system for coating the rolls in titanium.
Sergio Antolini on May 16th will present his new book "Argonaut": an accurate anthropological-cultural analysis, which takes the reader on a synaesthetic journey that starts from the Wheat and ends with the Bread.
Modica (RG, Italy) - “When we decided to build a new mill, distinguished for its energy savings, we had no doubts: Ocrim is the partner with the right means and technology to come up with an innovative strategy that is able to fulfil our needs”.
About four years ago, Ocrim took over FBC, a long-established company based in Medesano (Parma, Italy). The business has been manufacturing end-of-line systems since 1980, specialising in palletising and packaging in bags, bundles and other forms of packaging.
Grand Forks (USA) - North Dakota Mill has entrusted Ocrim with the construction of two new milling plants and the revamping of an existing one. A real challenge that Ocrim accepted without hesitation.
Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) – Ocrim, fifteen years down the line, has supplied a new plant to SBCI Industrie, a company forming part of Groupe Hajjar.
We are pleased to announce that the advanced training courses have started being held at the Ocrim S.p.A. headquarters in Cremona
Ocrim never ever stops
Almost one year has passed since the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic, but we still have a long way to go through.
For a better tomorrow
The investor is someone who believes in a better tomorrow.
Ocrim believes it and that is why we dedicate more than 7.5 million euro in expansion and company improvement for the three-years period 2021-2023.
Back to the past to look to the future
If you happen to spend a few days in Tuscany, we suggest you go to the little village of Pomarance to look for Il Cerreto, a biological and biodynamic organic farm that stretches for about 370 hectares in the hills near Pisa.
Christmas countdown: -33
This year, more than ever, Christmas means awaiting: the expectation to be able to hug and rediscover each other again, to see friends and colleagues,
Behind the scenes of our Christmas video
Christmas is coming : it's time for music, magic, lights and great surprises. This year more than ever we are glad to share with you the preparations for our message of good wishes: distant, but close to all of you.
Ocrim marks an important win in Morocco
Nador (Morocco) - The CEO of Ocrim, Alberto Antolini, with part of the corporate team, met the top management of Compagnie SABA, S.A., one of the biggest mills of North Africa and delivered a football signed by everyone who played a decisive part in negotiations which, in the end, were successfully concluded.
Makfa reconfirms its trust in Ocrim
Makfa - one of the Top 5 pasta producers in the world and the No. 1 brand in Eastern Europe - is preparing for a new investment project: the installation of an additional and new mill for grinding durum wheat.
Five icu proning beds purchased thanks to the Ocrim donation
Dear All,
We are extremely pleased to share with you what, in our own small way, we have managed to do for our community.
From today we return to our work stations
It’s 8 o’clock on Monday May 4th, 2020. Among the noise of cars and roaring traffic, in the distance, in single file, keeping duly apart, you can see a part of the Ocrim team about to enter the company to go back to their work stations.
Bogasari Flour Mills: the retrofitting of the H, I & J lines is complete
With great satisfaction, also the testing of the last line that underwent complete retrofitting has been conducted, which involved the three H, I & J lines of the largest milling complex in Indonesia.
75 years of Ocrim
Ocrim was founded at a difficult time in history, like the one we are living through. The date was 25 March 1945, just after World War II. Together with its city, Ocrim was able to find the energy and motivation to become the business it is today.
COVID-19 emergency: informatione on the operation of Ocrim and Paglierani
Following the Decree of the Italian Prime Minister issued on 22 March 2020 and the decrees of the individual Regions where we are present, and to guarantee the health of families and of the community as a whole, we would like to inform you of the following:
#SIAMOTUTTITALIANI
Right now, Italy, OUR Country, is struck hard by the Coronavirus emergency.
Common effort is and will be necessary if we are to overcome this situation quickly. Effort by the institutions, the undertakings and the citizens: that is to say, all Italians throughout Italy.
"A group of people who share a common goal can achieve the impossible."
Dear all,
given the contingency situation following the measures taken by our Government and the provisions of the WHO, in order to contain the spread of COVID-19, we have decided, in light of ethics and public spirit, to implement some important measures
Ocrim fully operational
Dear all,
We are all witnessing what is happening in the world due to the spread of COVID-19. We feel for those who may have been directly or indirectly affected by this.
Successfully tested the handling system of Molinos de Costa Rica branded by Ocrim
“Thanks to Ocrim, we will soon have an innovative handling system. One of the most innovative and automated systems in Central America. We chose Ocrim 4 years ago, we have done it today and we will do it again in the future”
IAOM LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL CONFERENCE & EXPO (Panama City - Republic of Panama)
Dear friends and customers,
we are pleased to inform you that once again this year, from 4 to 6 February, we will participate in the IAOM Latin America Regional Conference & Expo, at The Westin Panama, table 21.
Grain Tech Egypt Exhibition (Cairo - Egypt)
Dear friends and customers,
we are ready to start the year with determination and enthusiasm, since we have the pleasure to meet you from 20 to 22 January at the International Fair Ground at the Grain Tech Egypt Exhibition, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
Thanks to everyone for this wonderful 2019
Dear customers and friends of this great community,
I can't help writing to thank you personally for the wonderful year that is about to end. A year of successes, innovations and confirmations, a year that has enriched us both professionally and humanely, thanks to new projects conceived, which will see their achievement in the near future, and others successfully completed.
OCRIM and FMB - cutting edge solutions for aspiration systems
Ocrim technical team together with FMB Engine srl, an engineering company that deals with research and development of industrial plants, founded in 2014 as a spin-off of the University of Parma, have studied a "combined system", Flownex + Ansys Fluent, useful for an ever more efficient design of aspiration systems, both in technological and sanitation point of view.
Roll State Detector
Ocrim has recently studied and designed the Roll State Detector, a new innovative device that allows the precise calculation of the roll wear. The aim is to improve the performance characteristics of the mill, preventing possible losses in the production process.
The mill of the Cooperativa Gino Girolomoni has been tested
"That of having our own organic mill has always been one of my father Gino's dreams": these are the words pronounced last year by Giovanni Battista Girolomoni.
WHEAT, FLOUR AND... 2019 - SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
Another early start, the many guests gathered again at Ocrim’s historical premises to attend a conference on a completely different topic from the previous day.
WHEAT, FLOUR AND... 2019 - SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
The technical day brought together the institutions, the academic and the scientific worlds. A day full of exchange and knowledge. The participation of speakers who were skilled and clear in their explanations was key.
"WHEAT, FLOUR AND..." 2019 - record attendance for a business success without limits
On Monday, September 16th we Ocrim employees, involved in the realization of the event "Wheat, flour and ...", went to work tired and sleepy, but enriched by a unique, almost unexpected experience that gave us unprecedented satisfactions.
"14 & 15 SEPTEMBER 2019 - WHEAT, FLOUR AND...
Well yes! "Wheat, flour and..." in September 2019 is going to reach its ninth edition.
"Work in progress" for Yanbu wheat silo
Yanbu port (Saudi Arabia) - a hard and meticulous job for the Ocrim team that is dealing with the construction of the wheat storage silo for the SAGO (Saudi Grains Organization). Works entrusted to Ocrim by the Haif Company, loyal partner of the Cremona company.
Makprom chooses Ocrim again for its new milling plant
Balashov (Russia) - Makprom (a company affiliated with CI GROUP, through a joint venture in equal shares between Colussi Group and InfoLink Group) chooses Ocrim again to build a milling plant for durum wheat semolina,
Ocrim & Molitecnica - agreement for nixtamalized flour "Made by Italy"
Cremona (Italy) - last 2 April, Massimo Arduini, CEO of Molitecnica S.r.l., a historic company in Bologna, traveled to Cremona to meet Alberto Antolini, CEO of Ocrim S.p.A.
Agrimer-Astyk aims for organic... and relies on Ocrim
Kokshetau (Kazakhstan) - The new durum wheat milling plant of Agrimer-Astyk, a company belonging to the Agromean group, will be tested in May 2019. It is for the production of organic semolina and has a capacity of 200 T/24h.
Ocrim's innovative technology is the key player for the new plant of De Lotto Group
Another important Italian company, De Lotto Group, located in Volpago del Montello (Treviso - Italy), has chosen Ocrim for its new plant for maiz processing. It has a production capacity of 240T/24h and it is equipped with Ocrim’s innovative technology. Provided of two types of degermination, dry and wet, it produces several varieties of grits for different types of utilization.
Bogasari Flour Mills choses Ocrim's innovation for H, I & J mills
Once again, Bogasari Flour Mills, one of the most notorious milling companies in the world, has chosen Ocrim to perform a complete retrofit & expansion project, in two phases, of the H, I & J mills of Jakarta with precise production objectives.