Silvateam

Silvateam S.p.A.
Family owned business
Founded 1854
Headquarters San Michele Mondovì (Cuneo) - Italy
Revenue 122 million euro (2012)
Website www.silvateam.com

Silvateam S.p.A. is a producer of tannins and specialty chemicals mainly for leather industry.[1] It was formed in 1854, when Carlo Giuseppe Battaglia built the first plant in Frabosa Corsaglia (Cuneo, northern Italy) for the extraction of tannins from chestnut wood.[2] The headquarters is located in San Michele Mondovì (Cuneo), with operations in Italy, Argentina, Peru and China. The group has approximately 800 employees with a turnover of 122 million euro.[3]

Activities

The company's activities were structured into three main lines of business: leather, food ingredients and a nimal nutrition.

The Leather business focuses on products for leather tanning and comprises vegetable extracts, synthetic tannins and fatliquors,[4] while the Food Ingredients business supplies pectin, Tara gum for food and beverage industry.[5] The animal nutrition division is dedicated to the production of natural extracts for monogastrics and ruminants.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Silvateam: world leather in vegetable extracts. ShopTalk!, June 2009, pp. 30-33.
  2. ↑ The Valleys of Tannin: A History of Entrepreneurial Families from Mondovì. A. Bienati, R. Ghiringhelli, Trauben, 2005.
  3. ↑ The Chemical Industry in Italy 2013. Federchimica, 2013.
  4. ↑ Alternative vegetable pretan systems. Leather International Magazine, 2009.
  5. ↑ Food for thought. Ingredients Insight. November 2012, p. 55.
  6. ↑ Effects of a Natural Extract of Chestnut Wood on Digestibility, Performance Traits, and Nitrogen Balance of Broiler Chicks. A. Schiavone, K. Guo, S. Tassone, L. Gasco, E. Hernandez, R. Denti, and I. Zoccarato. Poultry Science (2008), 87 (3): 521-527. doi:10.3382/ps.2007-00113.
  7. ↑ Influence of condensed tannin on intake, digestibility, and efficiency of protein utilization in beef steers fed high concentrate diet. R. Mezzomo, P.V.R. Paulino, E. Detmann, S.C. Valadares Filho, M.F. Paulino, J.P.I.S. Monnerat, M.S. Duarte, L.H.P. Silva, L.S. Moura. Livestock Science (2011), 141(1):1-11. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2011.04.004.

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