who we are

Oltremare is an Italian private company that since 1960 has been designing and manufacturing integrated solutions for the agro and the food industry in Bologna, one of the major agro-industrial areas of the country.

Oltremare yesterday

Oltremare was founded in Bologna in 1960 by Francesco Massari. The company has gained experience trough the years especially in the supply of several cashew nut processing plants and machines in Africa, South America and Asia, carrying out turn key industrial projects financed by international commercial banks, financial institutions and development banks such as the W.B., the ADB, the FAO, the UNDP and the E.I.B.

Oltremare yesterday Oltremare founder Francesco Massari (left) with Julius

Nyerere (in the middle) in 1963, during the visit of the president of Tanzania to our factory in Italy.

Oltremare yesterday

Oltremare yesterday Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), 1964 : the inauguration of the

Tanita Cashew Nut Processing Co. Ltd. The factory had a capacity of 12.000 tpy of raw material in input.

Oltremare yesterdayKorhogo (Ivory Coast), 1977 : this plant had the capacity of 1.500 tpy of RCN. Later OLTREMARE supplied the line for frying, salting and packing the cashew kernels.

the cashew nut world

The cashew is grown for commercial purposes in 32 countries worldwide. The major producers are India, Africa (particularly Nigeria, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Benin), Vietnam, Brazil and Indonesia.

Oltremare marketOltremare operates worldwide on the international marketplace

A network of branch offices and agents covers the major commodities producing areas of Europe, America, Asia and Africa.We are present in Brazil with "Oltremare do Brasil" to serve Latin American countries; and in Vietnam with "Oltremare Vietnam" to serve Asian countries. Both branches are in a position to offer sales and assistance network thanks to qualified personnel trained in Italy.

Oltremare do Brasil

Oltremare VietnamOltremare Italy

Oltremare yesterday

In the 80’s and 90’s Oltremare has improved its competence in color and size separation, acquiring two of the most experienced companies in the field.Oltremare has been serving a variety of customers worldwide among which private companies, government companies and multinationals. Oltremare is now in a position to offer its customers a complete range of services and supplies covering a wide spectrum of agro-industrial and food products.

Oltremare expertise

Since the beginning in 1960, Oltremare has started a keen and global knowledge of the cashew nut mechanical processing technology, acquiring experience in the years through inside constant research, which now definitely makes it the undisputed world leader in the cashew nut processing industry.

Oltremare todayThe company is currently managed by the second generation of its founding family: Stefano Massari, the managing director of today.

Oltremare today

Over the years Oltremare has added to its primary activity in the cashew nut field two more machinery lines which complement and at the same time widen the scope of business: engineering, production and installation of electronic color sorters and packing machines for bulk commodities.Many are the treated commodities: rice, wheat, coffee, pulses, dry fruit, spices, aromatic herbs and leafy products.A customized approach is proposed to customers so to meet their specific processing needs.

Oltremare today

Oltremare today

Oltremare headquarters

Oltremare headquarters

Oltremare headquarters

Oltremare headquarters

Oltremare headquarters

Oltremare headquarters

Oltremare headquarters

Oltremare headquarters

after sales service

Oltremare gives the utmost importance to the after sales service. This is organized through a dedicated department inside the company that supervises the technical assistance service and the spare parts distribution.The technical assistance service is carried out in the major producing areas of the world by properly trained local technicians, speaking the local language and trained on the peculiarity of the local production.In many production countries Oltremare has a spare parts stock for a prompt delivery service.Usually technical personnel from the headquarters frequently visit customers and producing areas to address and supervise the work of the local personnel.

sales & marketingOltremare sales and marketing service is carried out from the headquarters in Italy and in cooperation with a network of representatives and agents that operate in more than 50 countries. Frequent visits on the spot by our area managers integrate and support the continuous and peculiar work of our agents.Customers are guided to the choice of the best possible solution to their processing requirements by experienced personnel constantly in touch with our technical department. In many countries trial machines are available at the agent’s premises to carry out tests on the customer’s product. Where this is not available, tests can be carried out at the headquarters in Italy.

analysis & technical solutions

A keen analysis of the product to be processed is carried out to determine its characteristics. The product samples are analysed in our laboratory that draws a report with all the necessary values to identify the lot and its processing requirement.The analysis provides all the indications for the study of the processing diagram. The customer is involved in the choice of the processing solution to be applied to obtain the required characteristics of the finished product.If required and if the conditions of the product allow it, trials are conducted in the Oltremare’s Trials Facility so to simulate the industrial processing conditions. Trials normally give indications about the productivity and the efficiency of the proposed solution.

laboratory

engineering & technical department

engineering & technical department

Oltremare technical office is available to study and project special layouts and/or solutions according to the customers’ needs.

Oltremare tomorrow

OLTREMARE is opinion leader in cashew processing technology, and in this respect it has introduced and will still introduce in the future many original and effective techniques and solutions.Thanks to a qualified team of experts and engineers, OLTREMARE know-how will still grant to cashew nut processors all over the world enhanced and perfected machines and equipment in the name of performance, quality and continuity.