Synercore Food Holdings is pleased to announce that it has been appointed as a Distributor Partner of the Italian based companies, Sacco, CSL & Caglificio Clerici S.p.A. in Southern Africa.
Sacco, CSL & Caglificio Clerici S.p.A. are leading manufacturers of probiotics, lactic acid bacteria, moulds, yeasts, enzymes and antimicrobials intended for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, dairy, food and agro-livestock sectors. According to Dr Luigi Rossi, Director of Sacco, CSL & Caglificio Clerici S.p.A., the appointment will enhance the footprint of the Italian based companies in Southern Africa. “Our companies are based on family values with a rich Italian heritage which serves both local and international customers, and are globally recognised for their industrial innovation, research and development and customer excellence.” He added, “We were duly impressed by Synercore’s intellectual property and human capital, research and development and application skills, and general philosophy towards business. We believe that these values are in alignment of that of our companies. We further commit to supply the technical support required to keep Synercore and its customers up to date with the latest global R&D and biotechnological trends in our relevant industry.”
Dr Tertius Cilliers, CEO of Synercore, stated, “The partner distributor agreement signifies an important milestone in the short and exciting history of the Synercore group. We are indeed privileged to have been granted the opportunity to work with Dr Rossi and the extremely competent and talented Sacco, CSL & Caglificio Clerici S.p.A. teams. These companies have a remarkable heritage, and the product solutions the group offer are globally recognised for their innovation and technology advancement. Add to this accolade Italian flair and passion, and you have a winning formula!”
Alex Zabbia, Innovation and Quality Executive at Synercore, confirmed that the strategic partnership offers various product development opportunities within the market in Southern Africa. “The Sacco, CSL & Caglificio Clerici S.p.A. brands are well established, and their product offering is extensive. The SACCO System group’s strength definitely lies in their Research & Development team, who can produce customised cultures for the individual customer through validated and guaranteed procedures. Not many global players in this market can offer such a service. Their science and research together with tailor-made innovation on, for example, probiotics and protective cultures, means that they are among a select few companies globally that can offer such product solutions. We are excited to showcase the technology to our customers. It is easy to see why they are global companies selling their products in more than 110 countries.”
About Sacco (www.saccosystem.com)
Sacco is a biotechnology company that has positioned itself in the international market since 1934, as a producer and partner in research areas, scale up, production and packaging of selected frozen and lyophilized, microbial cultures, to be used for the production of probiotic products. The Sacco know-how and expertise supports the fermented foods industry in the production of healthier foodstuffs, enriched by the characteristics appreciated by customers and end consumers. The company’s strength lies in the Research & Development team, who can produce customised cultures for the individual customer, through validated and guaranteed procedures. More than 250 suppliers, more than 40 laboratory technicians, more than 20 agents in the country and more than 2500 customers in Italy and worldwide, are the numbers of this successful business.
About CSL (www.saccosystem.com)
The CSL (Centro Sperimentale del Latte/Experimental Dairy Centre) is an Italian company founded with the objective to study and enhance food grade lactic acid bacteria and other microorganisms. Founded on the teachings of its creator, Dr Leo Vesely, today the CSL researches, develops, manufactures and sells probiotics, lactic acid bacteria, moulds and yeasts, intended for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, dairy, food and agro-livestock sectors. Following their acquisition, together with Sacco, it has become the Italian point of reference in the field of lactic acid bacteria and is, in fact, the third productive force in the field of thermophile cultures, with an extensive collection of isolated microbial strains, isolated and selected on the basis of their fermentative and functional characteristics. Industrial work is supported by copious technical and scientific, basic and applied research, which is embodied in over 300 CSL publications amongst experimental works and reviews. The customer is always central to CSL’s activity, an ideal partner for the study and development of new products and technologies that meet the needs of the individual customer and the market.
About Caglificio Clerici S.p.A. (www.saccosystem.com)
The history of Caglificio Clerici S.p.A is basically a family history: 145 years of passion for quality, research, development and technology all made in Italy at the service of the worldwide food industry. Founded towards the end of the nineteenth century, it produces animal rennet and other enzymes for the dairy industry. Today the company is managed by the fourth and fifth generation of the descendants of the founder, Martino Clerici. The adventure of a simple but brilliant man which through the years brought the creation of a system of companies, now called the Sacco System, united by respect for tradition combined with a focus on dynamism and the sharing of know-how. Non-stop evolution, traced step by step, towards promoting a culture of healthier, more wholesome eating and living for the sake of its clients and end consumers.