“For over 60 years we continue to innovate the meat industry, with constant investments in infrastructure, technology, research and development, systematically improving the production processes and products. In this new scenario, our efforts focused on the creation of a beef industry increasingly integrated and sustainable, particularly attentive to the social, environmental protection and to the demands of the agricultural world.
Today more than ever we are well aware that these issues are entered directly into the value chain and are competitive levers necessary for sustainable development of the company; we are also convinced that the company’s success will depend on its ability to combine economic objectives, ensuring growth and employment, with a strong link to the territory in which the company implements its activities.”
International leadership
The Cremonini Group, through INALCA, is the absolute leader in Italy and one of the largest European players in the beef sector, holds the leadership in Italy in the production of hamburgers and is the largest Italian producer of canned meat. Furthermore, through its subsidiary Italia Alimentari (formed from the merger of Montana Alimentari and Ibis), it ranks among the leading Italian operators in the cured meats & snacks sector. The company, through Inalca Food & Beverage, operates in a leading position in the distribution activities abroad of food products, typical of Made in Italy, with its own logistics platforms in various countries. In 2025, the Group’s production sector achieved total revenues of 3,750 million euros. The Gross Operating Margin (EBITDA) reached 323 million Euros, while the Operating Result (EBIT) was 211 million Euros. 90% of turnover comes from the production, processing and marketing of beef and veal, while 10% comes from the production and processing of cured meats & snacks. 44% of INALCA’s turnover is generated all’ abroad.
Beef
Inalca is a company of excellence recognized worldwide ; oversees the entire production chain of beef from farm to finished product. It manufactures and markets a full range of beef, fresh and frozen, vacuum packed and in a protective atmosphere, processed ready, burgers, canned meat and meat extracts, both under its own brand and for third parties. More than 400,000 tons of beef marketed by the company every year, of which 100,000 tons of fresh and frozen hamburgers.
Snacks and cured meat
In the cured meat industry Italia Alimentari is present with its plants in the areas of enhancement of typical cured meat products identified by trademarks P.D.O. and PGI (Culatello, Bresaola, Mortadella Bologna, Italian Salami Cacciatore).
Also it specializes in the preparation of pre – sliced products and packaging snacks and ready meals , having 30 advanced processing rooms, where you want to assemble approximately 160 million trays of pre-sliced year and 50,000,000 snack and sandwiches. Inside the Mantua plant there is also a modern production and processing of bacon department intended mainly for foodservice channel, consisting of 6 production lines with annual production of 12,000 tons.
