Aldino Zeppelli is the new CEO of Pieralisi Group, a leading manufacturer of olive oil milling equipment and technology.
He succeeded former executive Alessandro Leopardi after having worked for four years as senior vice president and CEO of the Cargo Cranes Division at Cargotec, a manufacturer of cargo handling machinery.
Our clients are increasingly more sophisticated. Therefore, they need a technical interface that responds in a much more specific, fast and appropriate way to the complexity of our machinery.– Aldino Zeppelli, CEO, Pieralisi Group
““I am very proud to be in this position, with the support of our main investor, DeA Capital, who believes strongly in the olive oil business,” said Zeppelli. Olive Oil Times. “Today we intend to improve our already consolidated position in terms of technology and market coverage.”
Aldino Zeppelli
“Additionally, we aim to expand into new areas that we believe have great growth potential that has not yet been expressed,” he added.
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Adeodato Pieralisi founded the company in 1888 in the town of Monsano, in the province of Ancona, in the Marche. Since then, the company has expanded and has production and commercial centers in Italy, Spain, Greece, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, Brazil and Tunisia. In 2020, DeA Capital Group became a shareholder in the company.
“Another area we will focus on is customer service,” Zeppelli said. “To this end, we intend to increase our local presence in the main markets and strengthen central functions, in order to provide an even more prepared and competent response to our clients.”
Zeppelli noted that a growing number of farmers aspire to produce premium food. extra virgin olive oils, and his work has evolved over the years. Therefore, he plans to focus the company’s strategy on further developing the product range and improving the quality of service.
““Our clients are becoming more sophisticated,” he said. “Therefore, they need a technical interface that responds much more specifically, quickly and appropriately to the complexity of our machinery and current challenges such as sustainability and resource savings.”
“My goal is to provide a precise and timely service from the first installation of plants and machines throughout the entire life cycle of the production process, but above all also in the after-sales phase,” Zeppelli added.
“In this regard, we seek to improve spare parts availability and delivery times, including long-term delivery,” he continued. “In this sense, in addition to carefully analyzing the needs of our clients, we guarantee a capillary presence.”
Zeppelli highlighted that the company supplies machinery and components for small and large productions, which he considers one of its strengths. He also highlighted that significant investments have been made recently to eliminate bottlenecks in production departments.
“However, to date we are still not satisfied and ““quality” is the key word,” Zeppelli said. “In terms of technology, we have solved problems with some components and we are strengthening technological and technical alliances with our main suppliers.”
“We also aim to offer our clients a more linear start-up phase that does not present the disruptions typical of periods of high seasonality,” he added. ““I am committed to working across all lines, that is, manufacturing, quality and service, to provide you with a better experience with our technology.”
