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Background
| 1958 |
| The English Lockwoods company bought an Italian company in via Otto Mulini that processed tomatoes. |
| 1975 |
| The first canning line for vegetables was installed which, through the years, has undergone continuous improvements to arrive at today’s modern and sophisticated configuration. |
| 1979 |
| The English Lockwoods began a close collaboration with Pepsi Cola, acquiring important packaging orders. The company gradually abandoned tomato production and installed the first automatic canning line for beverages, producing 230,000 cans a day, on one 8-hour shift. |
| 1980 |
| A group of Italian investors, led by the Politi and Giotti families, took over the English company and founded Lockwoods Italiana LIF Spa, with the objective of developing first the canning production and then the bottling production. |
| 1985 |
| In 1985, Mr. Cesari, currently the Managing Director, undertook the general management of the food company and, convinced that it always pays to be technologically avant-garde, installed a canning line for juices in 160 ml cans. |
| 1994 |
| The canning line for beverages in 330 ml cans was expanded, with the installation of the filling system for 250 ml cans (slim cans). |
| 2000 |
| The first re-organisation took place when the packing-canning plant for fruit in syrup, made from fresh produce, was removed and replaced with a juices and beverages bottling plant, producing 200,000 200 cc bottles a day in 8-hour working days. |
| 2003 |
| Expansion and re-organisation of the canning plant for vegetables. The legume packaging machines raised production from 130,000 to 180,000 500g cans and increased the production of 3 kg cans from 18,000 to 24,000 on 8-hour shifts. |
| 2004 |
| Development and implementation of the filling plant for beverages, for packing beverages made from coffee, milk and by-products, such as cappuccino. At the same time, a multi-pack packaging line was introduced. |
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