Biosio Oil Mill

In 2010, the company further expanded its olive-growing area, reaching around 700 olive trees, an almost record number for the olive-growing businesses in the area, held back in their drive for business growth by the accentuated fragmentation of the land and the steep position of the land with the presence of terraces. In 2012, the mill was upgraded with a new, high-capacity horizontal centrifuge (Decanter), a double-tank malaxer (in addition to the existing one) and a new self-cleaning vertical centrifugal separator, doubling the amount of work per hour, thus making it possible to meet growing customer demand, in parallel with the entry into production of the new plants built at the turn of the second millennium on the Lario and the need to minimize waiting times between harvesting and crushing, ensuring punctuality and processing speed, to maintain high product quality. This trend continued in the following years, leading to the need for further strengthening, which was achieved in 2021 by taking advantage of the “Transizione 4.0 – Credito d’imposta su investimenti strumentali per le imprese”. A new, more capacious and high-performance Decanter was purchased, as well as four new single-tank malaxers with a larger capacity, and a new control panel with a “touch screen” system, with real-time thermal sensors on the malaxers, which allows for better management of the process.