Solana s.p.a

The factory is located in Maccastorna (Lodi – Italy) in the Natural Parc of Adda South, covers 135,000 m² with a built area of about 22,000 m² and it has been designed to streamline the flow and production processes according to hygiene, energetic and production requirements. This allows an advanced process in compliance with environmental sustainability. The processing capacity it’s 3,500 tons per day for the Tomatoes and 400 tons per day for the Squash.

Technological lines for juices, purée, and concentrates are composed of:

• • ● systems of enzymatic de-activation cold/hot/warm break
    
    ● turbo-refiner machinery with innovative system of tuning the angle of the paddles and the revolution speed
    
    ● evaporation Plants Venus ® with a total capacity of evaporation of more than 100,000 liters of evaporated water per hour
    
    ● 4 lines for pasteurization, cooling and aseptic filling with a capacity of 50 tonnes per hour

Technological lines for pulp and diced tomatoes consist of: 

• ● 2 thermophysical peelers
  
  ● 3 dicers for cuts range from 10 x 10 to 19x19 mm
  
  ● 5 innovative electronic sorter machine
  
  ● 4 metal detectors
  
  ● 4 dosage groups for ingredients, pH regulation and salts addition
  
  ● 4 groups of pasteurization, cooling and aseptic filling with a capacity of 50 tonnes per hour
  
  ● 1 line for aseptic packaging in flexible pouches 3, 5 and 10 kg for pulp, diced tomatoes, pizza topping and pizza sauce
  
  ● 1 line for aseptic packaging in flexible bag in box 10, 15 and 20 kg for pulp, diced tomatoes, pizza topping, pizza sauce and paste

The technologies adopted are advanced, and the design allows a continuous and constant monitoring of process parameters to ensure product quality. Process and flow control enable the traceability of all production stages and raw materials processed. The computerized system of coding with bar-code, provided on the finished products, allows the transfer of all traceability information to our Clients.