Camst S.c.ar.l. (CAMST)

Person in charge: Pasquale Saracino (pasquale.saracino@camst.it)
Main tasks in the project: WP2, WP3, WP4, WP5, WP7, WP8, WP9

Description of Participant and Expertise:
Camst is an Italian catering enterprise, founded in 1945
in  Bologna ad operating in the traditional catering sector.
During the '70, Camst developed and extended its
interest also in collective, firm, scholastic
and sanitary catering.

Nowadays Camst is present in all north and central Italy with Collective foodservice, commercial foodservice, central kitchens and school  refectories. Until today, Camst group supplies 75 million meals a year, 700 millions euro of turnover, 10 thousands employers, 15 controlled companies.
Camst is specializing, by means of the collaboration with University of Bologna, in technologies to extend shelf life - a significant innovation of the last 20-30 years in the panorama of industrial and trade catering.
Camst during the last 5 years is producing ready to eat products packaged with modified atmosphere (MAP). The preparation of the different meals assures the respect of tradition and genuineness, innovating only the packaging process. The result is a fresh and safe product, with best organoleptic and safety characteristics with over 30 days shelf-life.

The preparation and the packaging occur in the Catering Room located in Bologna.

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Participating people
8 technical unities with experience in the catering sector will take part in the project.