Cusinato Giovanni

What Cusinato Giovanni does

Cusinato Giovanni, founded in 1964 in San Martino di Lupari (Padova, Italy), designs and manufactures industrial machines for the transport, handling, and storage of fragile granular products, with a primary focus on the pasta industry and secondary applications in coffee, pet food, and related food sectors. The product portfolio includes bucket elevators (including the patented K Series and the Washable Bucket for food-safety hygiene), screw and belt conveyors, vibrating sieves and screens, and modular storage silos, plus the Storage Evolution 8.0 plant-management software and the Assistance Evolution 4.0 remote-assistance platform. The company states it has installed more than 2,600 silos across 85 countries and claims its equipment handles over 30% of global short pasta production, with named reference customers including Barilla, Nestlé Purina, Illy Caffé, Rummo, La Molisana, and Farmina. It has held ISO 9001 certification for more than 20 years.

The business model is that of a specialized industrial OEM: revenue is generated through the engineering, manufacture, and commissioning of custom capital equipment for food-industry plants, supplemented by recurring software subscriptions (Storage Evolution 8.0), remote-assistance service contracts (Assistance Evolution 4.0), and spare-parts revenue across the installed base. Sales are direct to industrial processors with international reach supported by participation in major food-industry trade shows (SIGEP, Gulfood, Djazagro, ProPak MENA) and a multilingual website covering seven languages. The company is family-owned, organized as a single-member limited liability company (società a responsabilità limitata) under Cusinato Group S.R.L., and expanded its offering in June 2018 with the acquisition of CMB S.r.l., extending capabilities into flour handling for integrated pasta-plant builds.

Name

Cusinato Giovanni

Legal name

Cusinato Giovanni S.R.L. S.U.

Website

https://cusinato.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cusinato Giovanni is an Italian industrial OEM founded in 1964 that designs and manufactures handling, transport, and storage equipment — bucket elevators, conveyors, vibrating screens, and silos — primarily for pasta producers and adjacent food processors worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Martino Di Lupari

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Industrial Storage Systems: Design, manufacturing, and installation of custom storage plants for pasta, pet food, and other food products. Systems include silos and automated handling equipment tailored to customer specifications.
2. Industrial Handling Machines: Sale of individual machines including bucket elevators, conveyors, vibrating screens, and extractors. Machines can be sold as standalone equipment or as part of complete system installations.
3. After-Sales Services and Spare Parts: Through Assistance Evolution 4.0 platform, customers can request spare parts, technical assistance, scheduled maintenance, and receive updates. Revenue from service contracts and spare parts supply.
4. CMB Systems (via Subsidiary): CMB S.r.l. specializes in storage and processing systems for flours, cereals and derivatives for feed, milling, pasta and chemical industries, operating as part of Cusinato Group.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cusinato Giovanni designs and manufactures industrial machines and complete storage plants for the transport, handling, and storage of fragile granular products. The company specializes in equipment for the pasta industry (handling over 30% of global short pasta production), as well as pet food, snacks, dried fruits, cereals, legumes, seeds, sweets, and selected non-food granular materials.

Product overview

Cusinato Giovanni designs, manufactures, and distributes high-quality custom plants and machines for handling and storage of fragile granular products for the food and non-food industries. The company's product portfolio comprises industrial storage systems (including the proprietary Nidi pasta storage system and Industrial Pet Food Storage Systems), a comprehensive range of material handling machines (bucket elevators in patented K Series and Jolly models, washable bucket elevators, belt conveyors, vibrating sifters and screens, vibrating conveyors/feeders/surfaces, chain conveyors, spiral chute conveyors, and vibrating extractors), and software solutions (Assistance Evolution 4.0 for after-sales service management and Storage Evolution 8.0 for storage system automation). The company also acquired CMB Srl to expand into flour and milling processing systems. Products serve sectors including pasta, pet food, snacks, dried fruits, cereals, dried legumes, seeds, sweets, and non-food products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K Series Bucket Elevators

Quantifiable outcome

• Handles over 30% of global short pasta production annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CMB S.r.l.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2018In June 2018, Cusinato Group acquired majority control of CMB S.r.l., a company based in Marostica (province of Vicenza), Italy. CMB specializes in storage and conveying systems for flour and milling products, serving the feed, milling, pasta, and chemical industries. CMB has been operating since 1948 (76+ years of history). This acquisition expanded Cusinato's product portfolio to include flour handling systems. Sergio Battistello co-governs CMB alongside Cusinato.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group: German-listed broad-line food processing equipment supplier covering separation, homogenization, filling and material handling. Larger incumbent competing at the broader food-engineering level rather than Cusinato's pasta niche.
• Marel: Icelandic global food processing equipment maker (now JBT Marel) covering meat, fish, dairy and pasta through acquired brands including Pavan. Competes via scale, global service network and cross-segment bundling.
• Tetra Pak: Swedish-Swiss food processing and packaging giant with adjacent handling/automation solutions for food and beverage plants. Competes at the broader processing-equipment RFP level rather than pasta-specific storage.
• Alfa Laval: Swedish broad-line industrial equipment supplier serving food, dairy and beverage processors with separation, heat transfer and fluid handling technologies. Larger incumbent with overlapping food-plant engineering scope.

Direct peers

• Clextral: French twin-screw extrusion and pasta/co-extrusion equipment maker (Bühler group). Comparable in serving pasta and snack manufacturers with industrial processing and handling equipment.
• Bühler Group: Swiss global leader in food processing machinery with dedicated pasta, grain handling and storage product lines serving many of the same multinational food customers as Cusinato. Most direct competitor in pasta processing and storage.
• Heat and Control: US-based manufacturer of food processing, conveying and seasoning equipment for snack and food manufacturers. Comparable in delivering custom-engineered handling systems for fragile food products to enterprise customers.
• Fava S.p.A. Italian pasta equipment maker with a long-standing presence in pasta lines and downstream storage. Competes with Cusinato for the same pasta manufacturer capex budgets.
• Pavan: Italian pasta processing equipment specialist (now part of Marel) supplying pasta plants, drying and handling systems. Overlaps directly with Cusinato's pasta storage and handling offering.
• Storci S.r.l. Italian designer and manufacturer of pasta production lines, drying and storage systems based near Parma. Closest country- and category-comparable specialist to Cusinato within the Italian pasta equipment cluster.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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