Italian agri-food excellence, industries and sustainability: Electrolux Professional partner of the CIBUSèITALIA Pavilion at EXPO 2015

electroluxThe CIBUSèITALIA Pavilion is the concept created for EXPO 2015 by Fiera di Parma and Federalimentare: the portrayal of our food industry concentrated in a single place.

Starting May 1st, CIBUSèITALIA will showcase the excellence of Italian food products, which will be organized in product chains in order to provide a comprehensive overview of Made in Italy foods.

This network of initiatives will bring functional and highly visible cultural events strongly connected with the urban exhibition area of EXPO 2015, with the presence of exceptional protagonists: food, food industries, but especially renowned companies such as Electrolux Professional.

italian agri food excellence"We are proud to be partners of the CIBUSèITALIA Pavilion" declares Natale Miniero, Marketing Manager, Electrolux Professional Italy. "We have the opportunity to make our technology available to the CIBUSèITALIA events, and to help make it an unforgettable culinary experience for the Pavilion visitors at EXPO 2015."

"It was an obvious decision for us to choose a partner like Electrolux Professional, which offers a comprehensive range of highly advanced solutions for professional kitchens; this decision adds a further distinctive feature highlighting the excellence of the CIBUSèITALIA Pavilion, which portrays Italian agribusiness in a comprehensive manner at the EXPO 2015," states Paul Martini, curator of the Pavilion.

For more than 90 years, the company has been designing and producing a complete range of appliances with an important mission: to provide hospitality professionals with solutions that will make their business more profitable and everyday life easier. In order to achieve and strengthen this result, Electrolux Professional invests 3% of its turnover in R&D every year. Over the past three years, this has enabled the company to renew more than 70% of its range with innovative and best-in-class solutions in terms of efficiency, ease of use, sustainability and design; these features are being continuously recognized and rewarded at an international level.

Electrolux will design a complete partially open-style kitchen for the CIBUSèITALIA Pavilion at EXPO 2015, which will be available during the events and the food tasting activities; preparation, storage, cooking and washing with high-performance and at low levels of environmental impact, with a special attention to sustainability and maximum energy efficiency.

Electrolux Professional offers food service and laundry solutions to a wide variety of customers around the world, from restaurants and hotels to healthcare and other service facilities. Our 2,000 service partners in 140 countries ensure that our resource-efficient equipment, leading in innovation and design, improve our customer's everyday business. In 2013, Electrolux Professional had sales of EUR 640 million, 2.600 employees, 7 factories and over 1.000 dealers. For more information, visit www.electrolux.com/professional.