CAST ALIMENTI

Founded in Brescia in 1997, it is an avant-garde training school that provides knowledge, teachings and technologies to reconcile theory with practice. It is the only school in Italy to offer specific Advanced Training and Specialisation courses for both young people and already established professionals, including cooks, pastry chefs, restaurant and hotel pastry chefs, bakers, icecream makers, pasta makers, chocolatiers, pizza makers and coffeemakers/barman. Lessons take place in classrooms-laboratories equipped with the most advanced and innovative equipment and technology, thanks to the collaboration with leading food and tech-food companies.

Cast Alimenti is a school in which excellence is practised and taught alsothanks to a rich teaching staff of professionals, chefs and masters, among the best in the sector. CAST Alimenti boasts the highest number of world titles in gastronomic disciplines – 19 to date – and is considered a space of choice for research and development of Made in Italy, always at the centre of the study programmes and practical lessons in the classroom.

The school’s Director of Operations, Founder and President is Vittorio Santoro. Master Iginio Massari is also the founder and Honorary President.

FEC

Founded in 1952, FEC represents European companies involved in cutlery, cookware and other non-electric domestic products used in food preparation, service and catering. It consists of a strong network of international companies, important national associations and key suppliers to our industry.

The association’s mission is to promote cooperation among its members and to provide essential help and support for economic and technical improvements by defining technical standards and representing the common interests of its members to international authorities and in particular to the European Commission in Brussels.

CONFINDUSTRIA BRESCIA

Confindustria Brescia traces its roots back to 1892 when the first proposal fora statute was presented for the establishment of a Commercial Club thatwould act as ‘interpreter of the vital interests of Brescia’s commerce and industry’.

Today, with over one hundred years of history and experience, it represents and protects entrepreneurs and companies in the Brescia area, offering widespread external representation at political, institutional, economic, administrative and trade union forums, both locally and nationally, thanks to an integrated system of relations with local stakeholders.

In addition to representation, Confindustria Brescia assists and protects the interests of companies in many areas such as, among others, relations with trade unions, social protection, taxation and the environment through an important and qualified professional structure with a wide range of services and facilities available.

Furthermore, the structure of Confindustria Brescia is strengthened by ASSOSERVIZI, a limited liability company owned by Confindustria Brescia. In addition to developing a series of activities functional to the life of the association and managing part of the buildings of the Confindustria Brescia System, provides bull-based services to individual member companies.

CENTRO INOX SERVIZI

Centro Inox Servizi S.r.l. was established with the aim of integrating some activities already carried out by Centro Inox (Italian Association for the development of stainless steels). In particular, its aim is to increase its assistance, consultancy and training services, getting closer and closer to the needs of processors and end users who require in-depth information on stainless steels and superalloys.

Centro Inox Servizi S.r.l. offers services to companies and freelancers providing, for a fee, the following services
– specific ‘tailor-made’ consultancy on various topics such as: choice of type of stainless steel according to use, mechanical and physical characteristics, corrosion resistance, identification of the causes of corrosive phenomena, machining, welding and filler materials, heattreatments, coatings and surface finishes, non-destructive testing, regulations and laws.
– training courses and didactic seminars for the training of technical or technical-commercial personnel on topics mainly of a technical nature and related to stainless steels and super alloys.

Mori 2A Srl makes use of the service network offered by Centro Inox Servizi Srl.

AQM

AQM srl was founded in 1982 by a group of entrepreneurs who, in need of a complete range of high-profile tools, services and skills, created a dedicated structure that could assist them, while minimising the costs borne by each individual company.

Having recognised its validity, the Service Centre was immediately supported also by some local institutions (Chamber of Commerce of Brescia, Province of Brescia) and trade associations, as it pursued the interest of the community by spreading the Culture of Enterprise and Quality.

Over time, in line with its statutory vocation as a not-for-profit company andits corporate identity, AQM has constantly reinvested its operating results instructures, staff training, the creation of new services and the improvement of existing ones. This approach aims to respond effectively to the needs of a constantly evolving market, to facilitate technological growth and compliance with Community standards and directives.

Today, the services offered with professionalism and flexibility, constantly acknowledged by partners and customers, are mainly addressed to national and international industrial and handicraft companies operating in sectors related to the transformation and processing of metals or the main industrial materials and to the mechanical construction of components, devices, machines and variously complex assemblies.

Its structures, organisation and highly qualified personnel make AQM a keypartner in a strategy aimed at increasing competitiveness and continuous improvement.

FOOD CONTACT CENTER

Food Contact Center S.r.l. was founded by Marinella Vitulli in 2016. After yearsof studying packaging and food contact materials, combining regulatory, technological and analytical knowledge, she built a reference centre forpackaging and food contact materials, able to meet all testing and consulting needs. Some tests are conducted at partner laboratories under direct supervision.

The Food Contact Centre plans and coordinates the testing project ensuring quality and compliance based on the customer’s needs and requirements. During these years, the Centre has grown very rapidly and is now one of the reference points in the field of food contact in Italy and many other countries. Today, many important brands rely on it.

Food Contact Centre is able to design and coordinate projects thanks to its distinctive skills and highly qualified resources in multidisciplinary fields; all team members are graduates in Chemistry and scientific faculties.

The experience gained in particular with regard to materials and theirinteraction with food in contact, gained in analytical laboratories andconsultancy and certification centres, has led our technicians to intervene invarious technical tables. They provide technical-scientific contributions anddeliver training and consultancy, in collaboration with Italian and Europeanreference bodies, having the possibility of continuous exchange withscientific bodies and actors in the supply chain.

INGEGNERIA ITALIA

Ingegneria Italia came to life in 2021 from an idea of Marco Ruocco, Mattia Alberti and Antonino Giacobbe and officially became a company in 2022 when Alvise Mori joined the team.

In addition to the established community on the main social networks, Ingegneria Italia is dedicated to supporting companies in their growth in the Corporate and Employer Branding spheres by creating content dedicated to making companies known, telling the story of the technology behind the processes and products, and helping them position themselves as a point of reference in their sector.