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Multinational food company Ecotone announces €20 million investment to meet growing demand for plant-based beverages in the European market
Ecotone
a company specialising in organic and plant-based alternatives in Europe
has announced a €20 million investment in its plant-based beverage production site located in Badia Polesine
The major investment has enabled the creation of a new production line
making it – what the company claims to be – one of the largest plant-based drinks producers in Europe
The new site and production line will enable the multinational food company to produce an additional 27 million litres of plant-based beverages per year; a 30 percent increase in production capacity
This investment is part of the group’s strategy to “strengthen the competitiveness of its production sites
while driving forward sustainability throughout its operations”
which produces organic plant-based drinks for brands including Bjorg
now employs 163 people across its five production lines
and produces 120 million litres of plant-based drinks each year
The aim is to make the Badia Polesine site a flagship of Industry 4.0
including the implementation of an internal pallet flow management system via laser-guided vehicles
A reorganisation of the factory’s production workshop also allows for increased automation – with 50 percent of its intralogistics requiring no human intervention
and a fully automated production flow between bottling and loading pallets into trucks
the new installation also reduces the use of plastic by 15 percent and optimises transport with the elimination of 58 tons of CO2
which operates exclusively on renewable energies
has also been equipped with sustainable solutions
including the implementation of a system of total circularity of water
whereby industrial washing water undergoes biological treatment with activated sludge and is then reused in agricultural production processes
which recovers energy from the factory’s production processes
also supplies the site with 40 percent of its energy
To carry out its mission of “Food for Biodiversity”
Ecotone relies on a vast network of more than 100 producers of 100 percent organic cultivation
“Ecotone is committed to developing agroecological practices that go beyond the organic specifications to promote more biodiversity
and to cultivate more than 35 plant species
thus stimulating cultivated biodiversity and the diversity of diets,” the company said in a statement
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“This major investment aims to strengthen Ecotone’s industrial competitiveness in a growing market for plant-based beverages,” explained Christophe Barnouin
Ecotone is committed to its values and leading the way towards more innovation and sustainability in the food industry.”
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the Ducal Palace recently enriched its collection of Renaissance art with an extraordinary work by Girolamo Bonsignori
The painting was purchased at a Christie’s auction in New York on May 23
and represents one of the institution’s most important acquisitions in recent years
The news of the acquisition was only given in the last few days on the occasion of the presentation of the work
which has been available to the public since last October 25
in the new display of the Renaissance collections of the Ducal Palace.Considered by scholars to be one of the pinnacles of Bonsignori’s production
this painting offers a unique testimony to the work of the painter
it was only later traced back to Bonsignori
beginning with a critical reappraisal in recent decades
This change made the work even more valuable
and its current attribution is now well established
scholar Gianni Romano even regarded theAdoration of the Shepherds as Bonsignori’s masterpiece
Renato Berzaghi wrote instead that the work offers a summa of the artist’s poetics
The acquisition of theAdoration of the Shepherds has aroused great interest because of the rarity and compositional complexity that characterize the work
Bonsignori is known for an extremely limited body of work
but one of considerable historical and artistic significance
Bonsignori was probably still called Matteo before taking vows in the Dominican order
where he later became “fra Girolamo.” In all likelihood
and during his lifetime made only a few paintings
“The work,” says Stefano L’Occaso
The painting sums up the poetics of Girolamo Bonsignori
with forms and details that tie in with the decoration of the refectory of San Benedetto in Polirone and that assure us that both the canvas (now in Badia Polesine) and the frescoes
referred to Correggio at the time of their discovery
Participating in an international auction was a complex operation
endorsed by the supervisory bodies and supported once again by the General Directorate for Museums
It is a work that has allowed the heritage of the Ducal Palace to increase in a few years
was the brother of the better known Francesco Bonsignori
probably known by his baptismal name Matteo until the age of 20
A testimony to his monastic and artistic life is offered by Giorgio Vasari
who in his work Le vite de’ più eccellenti pittori
e architettori speaks of Bonsignori as a man “not only of a holy and good life
as can be seen in the convent of San Domenico in Mantoa
he made in the refectory a beautiful Last Supper and the Passion of the Lord
He painted the same that beautiful Last Supper which is in the refectory of the monks of St
in the very rich abbey which they have in the Mantoan.”
Although the number of works attributable to Girolamo Bonsignori is limited, their quality testifies to the artist’s talent. Among the most famous are the aforementioned Last Supper, now preserved in Badia Polesine and originally located in the refectory of San Benedetto in Polirone, where the frescoes framing the Last Supper, usually given instead to Correggio, have also been attributed to Bonsignori.
Another important work is theAllegory of Faith, kept in the abbey church of the same complex. In Verona, in the Museo di Castelvecchio, are two organ doors with a scene of the Annunciation, from the church of San Pietro Martire in Murano and also attributed to Bonsignori. Finally, a small Christ Carrying the Cross on panel, signed by the artist, is in the Olomouc Museum at Šternberk Castle in the Czech Republic.
Due to thescarcity of works, it is difficult to trace Bonsignori’s complete stylistic evolution. However, the painting acquired by the Ducal Palace provides a fundamental record of his artistic development.
One of the most interesting elements is the image of the Virgin drying clothes by the fire, an unusual scene that is more common in depictions of the Nativity of the Virgin. This detail perhaps reflects a sensitivity of the artist to the everyday and familiar world, which is intertwined with the sacred message of the work.
The background of the painting also reveals a certain uniqueness, with a landscape reminiscent of the atmosphere of Nordic landscapes, featuring a towering cliff on the left and a distant city in the center. The colors of the sky, in reddish tones, further enrich the atmosphere of the painting, giving the scene a fantastic, almost visionary dimension.
With the addition of this painting to its collection, the Ducal Palace is enriched with an important testimony to Italian Renaissance painting. Girolamo Bonsignori’s work, with its stylistic refinement and iconographic complexity, represents a valuable contribution to the city’s artistic heritage. The decision to invest in such a rare and significant work confirms the museum’s commitment to the preservation and enhancement of Renaissance art.
For the public and scholars, this acquisition offers a unique opportunity to take a close look at the work of a little-known but highly significant artist whose works represent an important chapter in the history of Italian art. Palazzo Ducale thus confirms itself as a dynamic institution attentive to the enhancement of its artistic heritage, always ready to seize opportunities for cultural enrichment.
19-May-2022 Last updated on 20-May-2022 at 08:10 GMT
It said the major investment has enabled the creation of a new production line, now in operation, making the factory one of the largest plant-based drinks producers in Europe.
The factory, which produces organic plant-based drinks for brands including Bjorg, Bonneterre, Isola Bio, Abbott Kinney’s and EcoCesta, employs 163 people at the site that extends to over 14,000m2.
The investment in its Italian site will enable it to produce an additional 27m litres of plant-based beverages per year. This is a 30% increase in production capacity.
The company said its aim is to make the Badia Polesine site a flagship of Industry 4.0. Its investment focus has been on automation, including the implementation of an internal pallet flow management system via laser-guided vehicles.
A reorganisation of the factory’s production workshop has also allowed for increased automation – with 50% of its intralogistics requiring no human intervention, and a fully automated production flow between bottling and loading pallets into trucks. The new installation also reduces the use of plastic by 15% and optimises transport with the elimination of 58 tons of CO2, it said.
The production site operates exclusively on renewable energies and has also been equipped with sustainable solutions, including the implementation of a system of total circularity of water. This means the industrial washing water undergoes biological treatment with activated sludge and is then reused in agricultural production processes. There is also a co-generator, which recovers energy from the factory’s production processes and also supplies the site with 40% of its energy.
Across five production lines, 120m litres of plant-based drinks leave the factory each year, 50% of which are destined for France, where Ecotone generates 60% of its turnover.
Christophe Barnouin, chief executive officer of Ecotone, said: “This major investment aims to strengthen Ecotone’s industrial competitiveness in a growing market for plant-based beverages. With a strong presence throughout Europe, just like its brands, with nine production sites, including two in France, Ecotone is committed to its values and leading the way towards more innovation and sustainability in the food industry.
"I would like to pay tribute to the unwavering mobilization of the teams over the past three years, which has enabled the project to succeed and make the Badia Polesine factory a European industrial flagship.”
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