Food & Beverage

Conserve Italia

Italy’s tallest self-supporting warehouse for agri-food logistics

The Customer

Conserve Italia is one of Europe’s leading cooperative groups in the agri-food sector, specialising in the processing and marketing of fruit and vegetable products. With a turnover of over €1 billion and more than 2,100 employees, it is a major player in the Italian food industry.

To support production growth and increase storage capacity at its plant, the Group embarked on the construction of a new automated self-supporting warehouse, set to become one of the sector’s most significant logistics facilities.

The Challenge

The project was driven by the need to increase storage capacity while maintaining efficient production flows and preserving the layout of the existing buildings. An efficient system of laser-guided vehicles (LGVs) connects the production lines and a previously built automated warehouse to the new facility.

From a structural perspective, the challenge lay in combining two different storage configurations, triple-depth and multi-depth, to meet logistics requirements. This required structural modelling and the development of two distinct construction systems, fully integrated with one another.

During construction, the challenge was to keep the entire plant operational throughout the assembly and installation stages.

The Dalmine Logistic Solutions Solution

Dalmine Logistic Solutions carried out the complete structural design of the self-supporting warehouse, contributing to the logistics and automation decisions. The chosen solution offered the best combination of storage capacity and handling performance.

Standing over 43 metres tall, the new facility is now the tallest self-supporting warehouse built in Italy.

Its construction demanded exceptional precision in manufacturing and installation, together with meticulous site organisation: from deliveries and ground-level assembly to lifting the structures into position and installation at height.

The project numbers

Warehouse Configuration

Infrastructure designed for automation

The first test of the completed structural work came with the installation of the stacker cranes, providing an initial check of the seamless integration between the structure and the equipment. Verticality, alignment and tolerance checks were then carried out to ensure the correct operation of the automated system throughout its service life.

The warehouse envelope was also designed to meet particularly stringent requirements, as the facility uses an oxygen reduction fire prevention system. This technology requires all joints and fixings to be fully airtight to prevent outside air from entering.

Construction site organisation

Planning the construction site put the organisational skills of the Dalmine Logistic Solutions team to the test. With several contractors and a large number of workers operating on site at the same time, scheduling and safety required the utmost attention. Limited access and manoeuvring space called for careful coordination and continually updated plans.

Through ongoing coordination with Conserve Italia and all the contractors involved, Dalmine Logistic Solutions planned every stage of construction, organising staggered deliveries, managing internal traffic and scheduling work precisely to ensure uninterrupted production throughout the project.

The Value of the Partnership

The Conserve Italia project demonstrates that building a modern automated warehouse depends on more than manufacturing capacity alone. It requires a combination of engineering expertise, structural design, construction site organisation and precision in execution.

Drawing on its experience in designing highly complex self-supporting structures, Dalmine Logistic Solutions has delivered a facility set to become a new benchmark for automated logistics in Italy, combining innovation and reliability while making the best possible use of the available space.