ANDALO VALTELLINO, Sondrio, Italy – Gruppo Gimoka welcomes Giampaolo Arpe who, effective today, is Vice President Sales & Marketing of the Group. “Giampaolo Arpe’s arrival will certainly contribute significantly to ensuring the smooth implementation of the Group’s strategies in the international market. The Group boasts two business units (bean/ground coffee and single-serve products), three production plants, 27 capsule patents and a comprehensive range of solutions geared towards a circular economy.” says Massimo Faravelli, CEO Gimoka.
Arpe, who has worked in the coffee sector for thirty years, has gained extensive expertise in both Italian and international companies, such as Lavazza, Ueshima Coffee Company and Coind, managing all the business channels (Home and Out-of-Home), as well as all the products of the sector (ground coffee, coffee beans, single-serve products), both in terms of Private Label and branded products.
“The professional skills he has acquired in working in different channels and companies – also abroad – will certainly contribute to our company’s growth and to developing new partnerships in the international arena.” says Ivan Padelli, President of the Group.
Gruppo Gimoka, ranking amongst the most important coffee roasting companies in Italy, in terms of roasted green coffee, in recent years has invested substantially in infrastructures, equipping itself with two medium-sized industrial coffee roasting machines with a 5,000 kg/h production rate and 27 high-automation production lines, in addition to assembly and packaging lines.
