The Lanfranchi Group opts for Pfannenberg solutions

Founded in 1980 by Lino Lanfranchi, the company designs, constructs and installs machinery for the handling of empty plastic containers for the bottling sector.

Over recent years, the Lanfranchi Group has become a market leader as sole supplier of complete, custom-tailored solutions for the handling, storage and palletization of all kinds of plastic containers: PET, PVC, HDPE, PP etc.

The group has 80 employees, an annual turnover of around 30 million euros and shows a positive growth trend for 2012.

Collecchio (PR) is the centre of all of its main activities, and since 2000 extra support has been furnished by the French branch office (Lanfranchi Nord Europe) and the US branch office (Lanfranchi North America) in order to increase commercial presence and improve after-sales service.

In a market distinguished by an ever-increasing demand for automatic machines that are high in performance and low in energy consumption, Lanfranchi has concentrated its efforts and chosen the ideal partner: Pfannenberg.
In fact, Pfannenberg's new series of εCOOL conditioners offers maximum energy efficiency combined with a design geared to ensure surprisingly quick maintenance. The development of specific components associated with intelligent electronics of the very latest generation contributes to reducing energy consumption to 43%, a tangible and highly appreciated result.

“Pfannenberg’s products and after-sales service fully reflect our own modus operandi, which ranks quality, reliability and prompt action as fundamental principles on which we are not prepared to compromise.”  declares Alessandro Ghirardi, Automation Manager of Lanfranchi srl.

The partnership started at the end of 2010, with the simple purchase of 2 conditioners for wall-mounted electric control panels and was consolidated when the urgent request for a stainless steel enclosure conditioner (DTS 3241, NEMA series, particularly suitable for the food industry and for outdoor applications) was satisfied by Pfannenberg with a delivery to the plant in Tampa, California, in only two weeks, in the period straddling the Christmas holidays.

Since then, Pfannenberg has been regularly supplying Lanfranchi – both the Italian office and the American one – with a wide range of cooling and thermal management products: Wall- and ceiling-mounted conditioners, radial heaters, filter fans of all sizes, thermostats…

These products are used on the electric panels for power control and management fitted on all Lanfranchi’s products.

“In order to guarantee the extremely high quality standard of the Lanfranchi systems, the company needs components that guarantee at least the same level of performance and safety. This is a real challenge for us and I can proudly say that our goal is successfully achieved every time we use Pfannenberg products” continues Davide Varricchio, Manager of the Food&Beverage sector for Pfannenberg Italia.

With its machines (complete with Pfannenberg conditioning solutions) Lanfranchi supplies the leading players in the Food&Beverage industry worldwide, such as UNILEVER and KRAFT and their industrial partners for bottling and production including KHS, SIDEL, KRONES, CFT, CATELLI HOLDING, ENVASES UNIVERSALES…

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Pfannenberg Italia is part of the international group that leads the market in cooling solutions and electrotechnology for industry, with headquarters in Hamburg, North Germany.
Its product range includes complete solutions for the air-conditioning of electric panels (thermal and cooling management) and for the cooling of closed circuits, but also visual and acoustic signalling devices with the most prestigious international certifications.