Since 1944
Eighty years of never wasting anything.
This is not the story of a company that always knew where it was heading. It is the story of a trade, cleaning up, treating, recovering, that a Roman family has kept reinventing for eighty years: from the first post-war street-cleaning trucks to the proprietary technologies now at work on four continents. Every milestone below is a real problem that was solved, with the original data and places, not a convenient narrative.
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A city to clean up
Rome
Rome, post-war. S.A.T.U.R. is founded, the first company of the Sorain Cecchini Group: its task is running street-cleaning services in the capital and in other Italian cities.
From collection to treatment
Rome, Perugia
A step up: not just collecting waste, but treating it. The first Municipal Solid Waste treatment plants open in west Rome (600 t/day), east Rome (1,200 t/day) and Perugia (250 t/day): the industrial foundations of what will become an international group.
The world beyond Italy
Canada, Brazil, Japan, Norway
The first waste treatment plants outside Italy and Europe: Canada, Brazil, Japan, Norway. In little more than a decade, international experience grows across four continents.
A proprietary technology is born
Perugia
Biorapid is installed in Perugia, the Group's first patented technology for biological treatment: the forerunner of the Biomax family, still produced by SORAIN today.
SORAIN CECCHINI TECNO is born
Rome
The Group's technological know-how takes shape in a dedicated company: SCT, Sorain Cecchini Tecno, is founded with the mission of developing proprietary technologies and taking them to international markets. From 1993, SCT handles the construction of plants outside Italy for the entire export market.
The long history of Biomax-G begins
Milan, Rome, Viterbo, Albano
Sorain Cecchini Tecno patents Biomax-G and oversees the construction of the first plants in Milan, Rome, Viterbo and Albano: the beginning of a story that continues today.
New markets in Europe and worldwide
Spain, United Kingdom, Australia
Sorain Cecchini Tecno enters the Spanish, British and Australian markets with 7 composting plants: Edmonton, Murcia, Mataró, Huelva, Eastern Creek (Sydney), Thornton and Leyland, for a total of 5,000 tonnes a day treated by 17 Biomax units.
New roots in Spain
Valencia
The growing number of plants in Spain (Murcia, Toledo, Barcelona, Mataró, Huelva, Valencia) calls for a stronger presence on Spanish territory: Sorain Cecchini Tecno España is founded.
The Guadassuar complex
Valencia-Guadassuar
In Valencia-Guadassuar, Sorain Cecchini Tecno España builds a state-of-the-art waste treatment complex: also a fine example of industrial architecture and landscape integration.
From Valencia to South America
Spain, France, Romania, Italy, Argentina
New plants open in Spain, France, Romania, Italy and Argentina. Sorain Cecchini Tecno formally separates from the Italian group, with Alberto Carrera acquiring the company's shares, and consolidates its presence on a global scale.
Biomatic, the small and medium scale
Valencia
Biomatic® comes to market: an automatic biological treatment system designed for capacities up to 30,000 tonnes a year, also suited to decentralised, local-scale plants.
From waste to biomethane
Spain and Italy
The partnership with W2M, Waste to Methane, begins, producing biomethane from organic waste: alongside compost and recovered materials, the Group adds a new energy output to its value chain.
The most recent plants
Madrid, Sydney, Malaga, Granada
New plants completed and under construction for organic waste treatment in Madrid, Sydney, Malaga and Granada, alongside the development of biodrying technology with the ENCE and Veolia groups and biomethane production.
International growth brings renewal
From Valencia to the world
The new corporate structure takes shape. The SORAIN Group is now organised into five specialised companies: SORAIN TECHNO, SORAIN BIOMETHANE, SORAIN SERVICES, SORAIN MECHANICS, SORAIN PROPERTY.
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