ANCONA Nice news at the next Cibus in Parma. After eight years of closure, Tinnea water is once again the protagonist. The credit goes to Rino Mini from Rimini, former owner of the Galvanina Group, also dealer of the Apecchio trace mineral, in the portfolio of the American Riverside fund since 2019.
Present and future
Last January, at the fifth auction, it was awarded the waters and factories of Sibilla di Montemonaco and Tinnea di Montefortino in which it has invested over 30 million euros so far. «Here – explains Mini – we bottle mineral waters of rare purity from internationally renowned sources. They have a flow rate of over three billion liters per year.” It will produce mineral waters in glass and PET, organic soft drinks, iced teas with direct infusion and 100% organic fruit juices. The result: a business plan that creates and works on shared values. Water is considered a precious resource from source to table; the company is green by location, it is located in the Sibillini Mountains Park and eco-sustainable by vocation, recycled plastic is used; innovative with five differentiated “high tech” production lines.
History
But above all it will employ 40 employees, 150 with exports fully operational, in an area that was already the victim of depopulation before the 2016 earthquake. The virtues of bottling mineral water, an activity that cannot be relocated, which creates employment and value in the communities locals. He says that it was an obstacle course and that he crossed the finish line with national and regional institutes, «I am – he concludes – the third generation, and my children Alessandro and Carlotta the fourth, of a family that, once again, has decided to invest in an internal area”. Willy nilly. Because, except Palmenso del Piceno, 25 of the 26 springs granted in concession by the Marche Region – half for thermal use and the other for mineral use including San Ruffino, Castellane and Calvagna, thermal waters to be bottled for therapeutic use – are in mountain areas which, by law, have the factories nearby. Which makes the Marche waters accelerators of the economic system and a powerful vehicle for the genuine image of the region.
Identification
The authenticity that has earned the water that comes from the Gola della Rossa and Frasassi Regional Natural Park a third place in the ranking of waters sold in large-scale retail trade drawn up by Gambero Rosso. «It rewards – declares Paola Togni, president and CEO of the Togni Group – the strategic choices, in terms of quality and respect and valorisation of the territory of the Frasassi source, the company’s commitment to combining innovation with sustainable development, putting at the center is the person, the territory, the quality of work, the well-being of the community”. With the brands Acqua Frasassi, San Cassiano, Goccia Blu and, since last June, Acqua Sepinia, the Togni Group is among the main Italian players in the distribution of low-mineral waters. The group has 5 production sites, employs 130 people and produces 350 million of water and 12 million of sparkling wine per year.
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