31Aug

What is Effegidi’s role in the creation of oenological capsules?

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Effegidi, thanks to its know-how in the world of technical laminates, is able to produce aluminum laminates intended for the production of oenological capsules for still and sparkling wine bottles. These are poly-laminates in typical ALU/PE/ALU structures equipped with the head and opening strip.

Specifically, it is responsible for supplying the aluminum to develop the three main elements of which an enological capsule is composed: capsule, head and opening strip.

By capsule we mean the colored aluminum foil, which can be printed plain or embossed and bi-laminated with polyolefin film. Lacquering, coloring and printing are defined together with the customer and custom designed.

The head is the top disk also consists of an annealed, lacquered, colored and printed aluminum laminate.

Third element is the strip, this is the aluminum tab that facilitates opening, giving the bottle an elegant and functional design.

Effegidi with its aluminum laminates makes it possible to produce oenological capsules as well as a safety seal that prevents the cork from drying out and air from penetrating the bottle allowing the perfect preservation of the product and making the bottle aesthetically more elegant and attractive.

Under the aspect of sustainability in this sector, Effegidi offers green solutions based on PETG (recyclable) and PLA (compostable) to replace traditional PVC. In this way Effegidi strengthens its commitment to environmental issues by choosing an even more sustainable material without compromising product quality.

There are many advantages that make PETG a viable alternative to PVC, certainly recyclability and strong thermal stability, but that’s not all! It is a material suitable for all types of customization, can be laminated or painted without negative repercussions, and is less harmful to the planet.

To learn more about wine capsules and the solutions Effegidi offers, visit the dedicated page!

28Jul

Safe, adaptable and sustainable: the food packaging signed by Effegidi

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Food packaging must protect its contents from external factors, be attractive to sell them and be practical to carry. And it must be a friend of the environment. We at Effegidi have succeeded in creating packages which bring together all these features.

The food field has always been one of the pillars for the packaging made by Effegidi. Like all the others, this business pillar of ours rests on firm foundations: active listening, meticulous attention and the search for dedicated solutions tailored to our customers’ needs. This is why we are able to offer them conventional and non-conventional products, always guaranteeing the quality of the packaged product.

Over the years we have learned that each of our customers is a universe unto itself, with its unique needs and preferences. Thus, we dedicate ourselves to choosing the most suitable material that fits perfectly with all their needs. We are spoilt for choice: in fact, we provide a wide and ever-evolving product range, to fulfil any request. Backed by years of experience and technical expertise in the laminate field, we at Effegidi ensure that every polymer we use suits mechanical, thermal and chemical characteristics.

A DIFFERENT PACKAGE FOR EACH PRODUCT

Our food packaging “dresses” a kaleidoscopic range of products: from our three cornerstones cold cuts, cheeses and fresh pasta, to coffee, yogurt, jams and sauces, passing through ice creams and chocolate, just to name a few.

Therefore, we attune our packaging offer to the various product categories, making packages customized to the features of their contents.

PROTECTIVE PACKAGING FOR YOGURT, JAMS AND SAUCES

These preparations need maximum protection. We make a wide set of jars and trays, with laminated or lacquered aluminium lidding. From aluminium to plastic films, we use top quality materials, and we carefully run flexographic printing and heat-sealing coating processes.

PACKAGES FOR CHOCOLATE, OR THE PALADINS OF TASTE

The ‘black gold’ is an extremely delicate and demanding food: all its qualities, from shape to taste, from smell to look, must be preserved until the package is opened, just before tasting.

We at Effegidi are masters of the processing and lamination of both aluminium and plastic films. This is why we can make printed, lacquered, coloured and paper-laminated aluminium films. Therefore, we provide wrappers for chocolate eggs, pralines, coins, bars, Gianduiotti, Boeri, candies and nougat bites.

We also supply packaging for Easter eggs, offering both metallized and printed films in mother rolls and sheets.

THE PRACTICAL AND EYE-CATCHING PACKAGING FOR ICE-CREAM

The ice cream packaging is where creativity meets technology, to guarantee the maximum ease of use.

We at Effegidi work with paper, top and bottom systems, horizontal and vertical new packs, packaging for powders and preparations for ice creams, aluminium-free items, that are some of the most common applications of this market.

THE COFFEE PACKAGING: THE AROMA CASKET

Coffee is aroma, as intense as volatile. Therefore, for its packaging you need high barrier materials that can both properly vacuum seal coffee and keep the aroma intact. We at Effegidi take great care of coffee, with lacquered aluminium, double or triple layer laminates, in neutral or printed bobbins: in such a way, we contribute to effectively communicating the value of their precious contents. We also supply pre-packaged bags of various types and sizes. We pay particular attention to the needs of our customers who wish to develop eco-friendly packaging solutions.

THE FUTURE IS SUSTAINABLE

We remain and will remain dedicated to creating packaging that respects the environment: the one which is made using as little material as possible, which extends the food shelf life and which is recyclable at a time. We must be responsible, draw forward-looking strategies, to create a sustainable future. Together.

23May

Flexographic printing: a strength of our company

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Today we will speak about flexographic print, one of the best fields in which Effegidi has been growing the most and having the best results in the last few years.

Flexographic print, or more commonly Flexo, is a direct rotating relief printing system mostly used in the packaging industry which offers high quality combined with utmost versatility in producing any kind of packaging: corrugated cardboard, aluminium, paper, flexible films, labels and so on. Flexography uses relief rubber rolls, or liquid photopolymer called cliché; flexing these embossing clichè allows us to transfer on the paper the customized and chosen image.

In the last few years Effegidi has been specializing more and more on flexographic print and more in general in the packaging field, reaching a consistent growing and innovation in this department. We have plenty of ambition and enthusiasm to enhance our skills and to create new opportunities in the food packaging field, and, furthermore they are a solid basis on which we want to develop the company’s future.

To this purpose as it can be read in the dedicated article, on November 17^th the flexographic community came together in Bologne to perform the award ceremony of the contest “Best Flexo 2021”. In this event, Effegidi was awarded in the category “Creative and/or innovative use of the flexographic process”. This prize has acted as a springboard that has allowed to Effegidi to move towards to more ambitious goals and achievements.

One among many is the attendance to the FTA Europe Diamond Awards, this event was held in Milan on May 5^th, 2022 in which the excellence in flexography has been celebrated while prizing the best flexographic products in Europe. All the competing companies were winners of national flexo competitions, and that made the event a unique occasion to gather together the flexo excellence. Besides, the FTA Europe association represents the common interests of the European flexographic printing industry by providing a dedicated platform, cooperating in common areas of interest and sustaining the industry presence in the EU Institutions. Getting in contact with these outstanding companies surely is a great honour which we will treasure.

Being able to reach the second place on the podium has been an unprecedented great satisfaction for us in Effegidi and as well having the chance to attend to such an amazing event. In particular, being witness of how what we do and our dedication and commitment to our work has been valued made us completely proud. Now our goal is to continue on this successful road, consistently grow up in the national market but also in the European and the whole world.

26Jan

Best in Flexo

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2021 has marked two years since, out of the blue, our world has been turned upside down. But most often the best satisfaction grows out of difficult times and BestInFlexo proves it.

The BestInFlexo award ceremony was held in Bologna on November 17th: this is a competition conceived and promoted by ATIF, the Italian technical association for flexography.

On that occasion, the Italian flexo community gathered to celebrate its reference industry, honouring the winners of two editions of the BestInFlexo award for flexographic print quality (2020 and 2021, respectively).

Our company has received the prestigious BestInFlexo award in the category “Creative and innovative use of flexographic printing”.

This acknowledged recognition makes all of us extremely proud: it highlights our work and our dedication in this sector and, at the same time, it recognises one of our main goals, i.e. the pursuit of cutting-edge solutions.

We create solutions where both innovation and creativity can thrive, and which are tailor-made to our customers’ needs. This has always been our core purpose. We dedicate ourselves to creating value and to fully satisfying our customers, to get better and better.

But the challenge is still there! The winners of the BestInFlexo award will be entered into the Fta Europe Diamond Awards and into the European nomination list for the flexographic sector. The prize-giving ceremony will take place on the 5th of May 2022 in Milan, and we will be glad to participate!

We hope that this will be the first of many other rewarding events…

19Oct

ACS-SYSTEM: the new boundaries of sustainable packaging

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Within the framework of an eco-logical plastic material management, Effegidi renews its commitment to the environment. In association with Geri Service we have developed a new film line, where our ever-greener soul expresses itself best.

We at Effegidi dedicate ourselves to the development of eco-friendly materials. And the goals we have achieved are also the fruits of our partnership with other leading companies: together, we create new solutions. ACS sinks its roots precisely in this context.

ACS-SYSTEM, the revolutionary food packaging

This patented air coating system stems from a Geri Service’s intuition, a company which works every day in the catering and ready meal industry. With its strong presence in Italy, Geri Service was the first to understand the need for a packaging which would allow the transpiration of the gases inside a vacuum-sealed ready meal, and which would be at the same time sustainable from both a hygienic and logistic point of view.

Our cooperation

We at Effegidi and Geri Service have teamed up, creating a specific solution for the packaging of prepared meals made in the cooking centres of collective catering services. In short, we have applied the state-of-the-art system for heat sealing films to the converting field.

Together with Geri Service, we at Effegidi have developed a dedicated product line: starting from the classical film currently used (in Pet/PP), it evolves in recyclable and biodegradable films. And we are looking forward to making them compostable as well. Always keeping in mind that we aim at the overall reduction in present-day thicknesses.

Ours is a winning partnership both for the technical aspect of the production of prepared meals and for the environmental sustainability. In fact, the plastic industry is always under the spotlight and constantly looking for real solutions which could improve the management and the appropriate use by all final users.

Its advantages

Air Coating System technical specifications allow degassing the vapour inside the meals/hot containers ready for consumption, thus preventing swelling without the puncture by an operator. This significantly reduces the possibility of external agent contamination, while ensuring a better food hygiene and safety: a key aspect for the pandemic era we are living in. Finally, eliminating the need for puncture in the closing cycle allows optimized processing and packaging times.

In other words, our system combines the indirect degassing, which prevents direct contact between food and the external environment, with the optimum logistics. Therefore, it minimizes the possible risks of contamination, and it doesn’t cause any swelling of the top covers of trays and Gastronorms. Last but not least, it allows keeping clean the containers intended for the transport of the meals themselves.

Giving the floor to our customers

Below you will find Mila’s – a client of ours – customer testimonial:

“We have been using the ACS film for 6 months now and we have solved all the issues related to swelling. The proper degassing optimises the packaging of cold ready meals too and, particularly for cheeses like Gorgonzola or very aged cheeses, the olfactory impact is greatly improved. As we all know, odours produced by prepared meals after their transport and once the traditional film removed are very “intrusive”. Instead, the ACS system provides a gradual degassing which makes every meal more pleasing”.

Our ambitious look

We at Effegidi have shared our expertise with Geri Service: our fields are very distant, our paths are so different from each other. Nonetheless, they can converge and lead to amazing results. Since we believe that “alone we go faster, together we go further”. And further is exactly where we want to go…

Put us to the test: tell us what type of container you use, and we will help you to make it safe!

If you want to find out more about our brand new ACS system, please write us (info@acs-system.it or https://www.effegidi.com/en/contacts/) to request our dedicated brochure!

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

21Sep

Lucio Enrietti, between winning new customers and hoping for a more sustainable world

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One of our team’s latest “signings” tells us a story of insight and foresight, where Effegidi and its customers grow together in a spirit of mutual trust.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR CAREER PATH AND HOW DID YOU JOIN EFFEGIDI?

I’m a Sales Manager specialised in Flexible Packaging and an expert on an international level in sales and coordination, in both family businesses and multinational companies. In particular, I’m focused on managing medium to large and key account customers.

I joined Effegidi in 2020, being committed to supporting and enhancing the company growth in the Packaging field. Since then, my mission has been to put to good use the knowledge in the field I’ve gained in most of the Flexible Packaging markets and technologies. Moreover, I’m sure I can rely on a strong professional network throughout Europe.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITHIN THE COMPANY?

At present I’m an Area Manager, mainly in the fields relating to the aluminium sheet.

In this corporate role, I have responsibility for winning new customers both in Italy and in Europe in the traditional business areas of our company. Moreover, I’m in charge of seeking out new opportunities in tune with Effegidi’s corporate vocation, which are expressed in various products, markets and fields.

On an internal level, I deal with different corporate departments and in particular with the supply chain, constantly looking for the best synthesis of my customers’ needs with those of my company.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO EFFEGIDI?

Thanks to my daily selling activity and my strong background of personal experience and skills, I can bring to the company a significant information support which is always up to date, together with an in-depth understanding of the Flexible Packaging field.

Since I regularly communicate with the market, I arouse a keen interest in Effegidi, thus contributing to the further growth of its reputation. I also create new fruitful business opportunities and I establish strong relationships with new customers. In other words, I lay the foundations for sound and long-lasting partnerships, thus developing a mutual trust with our customers.

As a natural outgrowth of the work I do every day, the number of our customers, our turnover and margins continue to rise.

I’ve always been deeply concerned about the future of our planet, and I’m dedicated to promoting sustainability whenever I get the chance. I think this is a crucial issue.

WHERE DO YOU SEE EFFEGIDI IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS?

Because of the ongoing commitment and substantial investments made by the owners of our company, Effegidi has become fully conscious of its own value: we are at the cutting edge of technology, and we are building an outstanding reputation in our market. In the mid-term, we will be able to fully express all our potential vocations. In Effegidi’s future I see the capability of creating value together with our customers: in this way, we will reach our goals for a fruitful growth in the long run.

Thank you, Lucio, for your resolution and your wonderful food for thought. Welcome aboard Effegidi! We are ready to sail to more sustainable horizons with you…

25Jun

A fresh look: Effegidi seen through Roberto Bianchi’s eyes

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One of our team’s latest “signings” tells us a story of first impression, winds of change and enthusiasm.

WHAT WAS YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BEFORE “LANDING” AT EFFEGIDI?

I have been working in sales for more than 25 years, with extensive experience in the tourism, insurance, and food industries. In particular, the food field has always been a core part in my professional career.

I have mostly dedicated myself to export sales: at the beginning, I worked as an area manager, then achieving leading positions.

I knew the packaging field, even if not directly, but over the years the issues related to this business component have become increasingly prominent, an integral part for the success of every project.

So, when I had the opportunity to learn about Effegidi and to consider working with the company, I was glad to offer my contribution, fully aware of having still so much to learn.

HOW DID YOU JOIN EFFEGIDI? WHAT CONVINCED YOU TO START THIS NEW ADVENTURE?

A mutual acquaintance told me about Effegidi and about this engaging job, also in the terms of the promising prospects this company had and still has. As I said before, I believed that the experience I gained in the food industry would be valuable to both of us in this new professional adventure.

This was a mutual “bet”, and I think it will be rewarding and satisfying for all!

AFTER THIS INITIAL PERIOD IN THE COMPANY, WHAT ASPECTS IMPRESSED YOU THE MOST?

Effegidi works in a very fascinating industry, where the challenge is to blend in-depth knowledge with the cutting-edge technology and apply them to this field. It’s really inspiring! I strongly believe in this project, in the company and in the people who are part of it.

And, last but not least, the opportunity to fully tap the huge potential for improvement, at both a personal and corporate level. Even if we live in a competitive environment which affects all industries, I am confident that our commitment and dedication will allow us to reach even our most ambitious goals.

EFFEGIDI IS HEARTILY COMMITTED IN CREATING INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY. ACCORDING TO YOU WHAT ARE THE KEY FACTORS TO FOCUS ON?

Although I am new both to this field and in the company, in my latest work experiences I had a chance of studying and deeply understanding clients’ (from manufacturing through distribution to the consumer) point of view and attitude towards environmental friendliness, sustainability and recyclability.

Unfortunately, strict and rigorous rules are still missing. Thus, it is responsibility of the companies both directly engaged and indirectly involved in these topics to start thinking about the future and how to structure themselves to be ready for it. How to do this? By creating alternative products, enriching our company expertise with new production technology, while providing steady knowledge and consulting support. This is the challenge facing our company.

WHERE DO YOU SEE EFFEGIDI IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS?

It is difficult for me to make forecasts, since I am still a “newbie”. However, I think that everyone (including me) at Effegidi aims to make the company playing an increasingly critical role in its market, a leading figure for our clients, relentlessly providing reliability, practicality, quality, and support.

I trust I can contribute to it, as all my colleagues already do, to get our company to where it wants to be. Together.

Thank you, Roberto, for your eagerness and your wonderful food for thought. Welcome aboard Effegidi! We are ready to sail to new horizons with you…

07Apr

Shrink capsules: the elegance of the bottle

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The shrink capsules are used together with the labels as a final touch to make each bottle of wine personalized and aesthetically more attractive, and are able to guarantee the integrity of the cork and therefore the perfect preservation of the product.The capsules have a triple function:

– They are a safety seal for the product: the capsule is open or removed, meaning that the wine has already been opened.

– They serve to avoid the excessive passage of air between the contents of the bottle and the external environment.

– They give beauty to the bottle: the capsule is the ideal place to report your brand, or give color notes to the bottle itself.

The capsule is therefore a safety seal that makes the bottle aesthetically more pleasant and safe from a food point of view.

The material of the capsules can be of different types: pigmented, satin, or metalized. The colors instead can be of any type.

Effegidi thanks to its know-how in the world of laminated films, can produce laminates for aluminum capsules for still and sparkling wine bottles. These are poly laminates in the typical ALU / PE / ALU structures equipped with the head and the opening strip for which customized lacquers and colors are available.

PETG A VALID ALTERNATIVE TO PVC

In this sector, Effegidi also offers green solutions based on PETG (recyclable) and PLA (compostable), with a view to an increasingly conscious use of materials that are less harmful to the planet and equally high-performance.

What are the characteristics that make PETG a valid alternative to PVC?

Excellent physical and mechanical properties;
Recyclable, it can be recycled without causing environmental pollution;
It can be laminated or painted;
Strong thermal stability;
Suitable for all types of customization.

Visit the page dedicated to Shrink Capsules, to discover our advanced solutions to dress your bottles with elegance and innovation.

08Mar

Past, present and future of Effegidi: face to face with Giovanni Basile

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The General Manager of Effegidi International tells us the recipe of his success.

Graduated in Electronics Engineering with a consolidated experience both at the plant and in the effective management of the Production, Quality and Purchasing departments: this is Giovanni Basile, General Manager of Effegidi since January 2008. He has a multifaceted career path behind him, which has always been driven by a natural curiosity. Business process control, management and optimisation are the underlying theme that ties multiple areas in which he has worked, allowing him to acquire a unique expertise and valuable skills.

YOUR DIVISION DEDICATED TO FOOD IS CONSTANTLY INCREASING. WHICH AIMS DOES YOUR COMPANY PURSUE IN THIS INDUSTRY?

It all started as an entrepreneurial insight from the Effegidi management team, led by Gabelli family and, when I joined the company, we began to manufacture food packaging.
Our curiosity and our desire to broaden our expertise and to create new opportunities: this is why we decided to consider food packaging as a cornerstone for guiding and boosting the future development of our company.
What are our objectives? We aim at motivating every day more all our employees, giving them new skills to share challenges and to seize market opportunities.
Our ambitious goal is to have a seat at the table in the food packaging field.

STILL ON THE FOOD INDUSTRY, WHAT ARE EFFEGIDI STRENGTHS AND WHAT MAKES THE COMPANY DIFFERENT FROM ITS COMPETITORS?

Since the very beginning, Effegidi listens to and addresses its customers’ specific needs, thereby offering a ‘tailor-made’ packaging.
Even in our stereotyped world, each company has its own special requirements, and each product implies customised solutions. For this reason, we engage every day to ensure an appropriate answer to all possible business demands.

YOUR R&D DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS TO SUCCEED IN AN EVER-CHANGING MARKET. WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU FACING?

The packaging field is ever-evolving. But now more than ever has social culture – rightly – propelled a drive towards sustainability.
Effegidi is a typical converter. We dedicate ourselves to the development of eco-friendly materials, since we collaborate with other leading companies and we are always aware of what is happening around us. Our strategy consists of understanding what film manufacturers are offering, working with them to fine-tune new solutions and, not least, being carefully and constantly updated about any legislative news or changes.

SPEAKING OF CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS, WHAT IS FILMECO AND WHERE IT COMES FROM?

Filmeco is a product line which goes exactly in the aforementioned direction.
In accordance with those of the reference market, Effegidi strongholds are the reduction of thickness and recyclability, in addition to the research of biodegradable and compostable materials.
I believe that none of these will prevail in an absolute sense, at least in the following 3-5 years. I believe, instead, that each of them could be a part of the solution, in a market where the scope of further improvement in the environmental, technical and economic areas will be the challenge facing us all.

WHAT ARE THE CORE FEATURES OF FILMECO?

With the Filmeco line we offer technical laminates made of single materials based on polyethylene, polypropylene and polyester, able to satisfy multiple requests in the packaging field, from food tray to flow-pack.
Effegidi finds its roots in the territory of Parma, embodying its culinary excellence and more generally that of Emilia region: cold cuts, cheeses and fresh pasta are three of the main – but certainly not the only ones – natural applications for Filmeco. In fact, this line focuses on the technical side of shelf life of the products, on their display in supermarkets and, last but not least, on environment.
Not to mention our offer of a biodegradable and compostable film, which stems from the cooperation with leading companies in the development of these materials.

WHAT ARE THE FUTURE PROJECTS OF EFFEGIDI IN THE FOOD FIELD?

First of all, the steady growth in the flexographic printing field, both on plastic film and on aluminium, i.e., in the chocolate and coffee sectors.
In fact, aluminium is the best suited material to combine past, present and future of Effegidi.
But we aim even higher: we want to carry around the world our expertise as a converter in the food packaging, thereby bringing a global reach to this corporate division too.
The epitome of Effegidi is its excellent evolutionary capabilities: it is transformed, it constantly changes, it progresses.
Resourceful, fearless, spirited, it has challenging goals.
It remains true to its roots and confidently advances towards future.

30Nov

Food Packaging: preserve cold cuts in the best way

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Cold cuts are a delicate food with precise characteristics that the consumer expects to find in the product, at every moment of tasting.

In order for cured meats to remain fragrant as freshly sliced, good and not to lose their nutritional characteristics, it is necessary to identify the materials suitable for proper conservation.

Often some wrappers and traditional envelopes do not guarantee sufficient protection for suitable storage: instead, the packaging is required that can maintain the organoleptic properties of the food for as long as possible.

What are the characteristics that good packaging must guarantee to ensure good preservation of the cold cuts?

Protection of freshness
Extension of the shelf-life
Protection of health

It is very important that food packaging has characteristics capable of adapting to the packaged sliced or cured meat: only in this way, with extreme customization of the material, is it possible to ensure that the product arrives intact until it is opened.

VACUUM STORAGE

As far as freshness-saving transparent films and films are concerned, they are suitable for the preservation of cold cuts under vacuum and are very performing packaging, capable of responding to all product protection needs.

Thanks to our experience in the laminate sector in the food sector, we are able to provide a product that preserves all the characteristics of food for longer than traditional food packaging.

PEELABLE FILMS FOR TRAYS

Our laminated films to be applied to the trays, being suitable for direct contact and heat-sealable, ensure maximum hygiene, and slow down the deterioration of the food, 100% protecting the health of the consumer.

In fact, in the packaging of cured meats, we offer packaging solutions that preserve the freshness and healthiness of the products without altering their characteristics.

To know all our proposals for a line of high-quality cold cuts, click here, our products are characterized by an elegant and exclusive, but above all functional packaging.

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