A reorganisation of the factory’s production workshop also allows 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 group aims to make Badia Plesine a ‘flagship’ of Industry 4.0 and investments have focused on automation, including an internal pallet flow management system via laser-guided vehicles. “Ecotone is committed to developing agroecological practices that go beyond the organic specifications (hedge planting, crop rotation or setting up hives in the fields) to promote more biodiversity, and to cultivate more than 35 plant species, thus stimulating cultivated biodiversity and the diversity of diets,” the company noted.
The location is important because of its proximity to Ecotone’s network of more than 100 producers that have 4,500 hectares of land under organic cultivation in Italy. The B-Corp certified food and beverage group has operated at Badia Plesine since 1993.
“The introduction of new line and operational improvements are giving us the chance to meet the significant growth in the dairy alternative market +41% growth in Europe vs 2019,” Ecotone CEO Christophe Barnouin told FoodNavigator. Across five production lines, Ecotone said 120 million litres leave the factory each year, 50% of which are destined for France, where Ecotone generates 60% of its turnover. One hundred and sixty-tree people are employed across a site, making it one of the largest European production sites of its kind. The factory produces organic plant-based drinks for brands including Bjorg, Bonneterre, Isola Bio, Abbott Kinney's and EcoCesta. The fresh investment includes the development of a new production line that will allow production of an additional 27 million litres of plant-based beverages per year. Emulsifiers, stabilisers, hydrocolloidsĮcotone is ramping up production output at its plant-based beverage production facility in Nadia Plesine, Northern Italy.Chocolate and confectionery ingredients.Carbohydrates and fibres (sugar, starches).
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