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Company Overview
SORDI, established in 1881 by Melchiorre Sordi, is a pioneer in the dairy sector, renowned for its innovative solutions. The company was the first in Italy to produce liquid rennet and has been a leader in dairy innovations, such as UHT milk lines and production automation. Currently led by Francesca, Cristina, and Federica Sordi, the company upholds its core values of innovation, competence, and reliability.

Design and Production
Based in Montanaso Lombardo, SORDI designs and manufactures machinery for both national and international markets, focusing on energy efficiency, sanitization, and performance. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified and adheres to ISO 3834 welding quality standards, offering technological support for various food formulations.

Product Lines
  • Milk and Dairy Processing: SORDI provides systems for milk and cream processing, including receiving, cleaning, pasteurization, and UHT lines, as well as membrane filtration and mixing lines.
  • Yoghurt and Probiotic Products: Advanced solutions for yoghurt production, including protein content enhancement, pasteurization, and ripening systems for various yoghurt types and kefir.
  • Cheese Making: Known for quality in cheesemaking lines, offering solutions for soft, hard, fresh, and analogue cheeses, and ricotta production.
  • Fruit Juices and Drinks: Solutions for fruit juice and beverage production, including syrup preparation and mixing systems.
  • Creams and Ice-Cream Mix: Systems for products like puddings and gels, focusing on efficient mixing and thermal treatment processes.


Product Processing
Jellies, panna cotta, and crème caramel are hot packaged at 50-60°C, with final cooling in the jar. Mousses are processed at 8°C, using an aeration system to increase volume by 80%. The mixing phase involves combining soluble powders with water at 50-55°C, managed automatically to ensure recipe accuracy. Products undergo pasteurization or sterilization, with CIP systems for cleaning.

Vegetable Drinks and Derivatives
SORDI leads in milk replacement drinks, developing technology for soy, rice, oats, spelled, hemp, almonds, and walnuts, including milling, enzymatic treatment, solid-liquid separation, heat treatments, and tofu coagulation.

Cleaning In Place (CIP) Lines
SORDI designs CIP lines for cleaning food lines and machines using detergent solutions, available as semi-automatic or fully automatic units.

Automation and After Sales Services
SORDI offers automation in PLC, LAN, and PC software for supervision, product traceability, and diagnostics. The company prioritizes customer satisfaction with qualified personnel and original spare parts, offering remote assistance through dedicated modules.

Historical Milestones
Since its founding in 1881, SORDI has achieved significant milestones, including the introduction of UHT Steriplak in the 1960s and production line mechanization in the 1970s. Celebrating 140 years in 2021, SORDI continues to lead in industrial automation and food processing technology.
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INDEX Indice PAGE 04-05_Our company: from design to production PAGE 06-07_Milk and dairy processing PAGE 08-09_Yoghurt line PAGE 10-11_Cheese making lines PAGE 12_Fruit juices and drinks lines PAGE 13_Lines for creams and ice-cream mix PAGE 14_Vegetable drinks and derivatives lines PAGE 15_Cleaning in Place lines PAGE 16_Automation PAGINA 04-05_L’azienda: dalla progettazione alla produzione PAGINA 06-07_Trattamento latte e derivati PAGINA 08-09_Linee Yoghurt PAGINA 12_Linee per la preparazione di succhi di frutta e bevande PAGINA 13_Linee per creme e miscele gelati PAGINA 14_Linee per bevande...

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OUR HISTORY La nostra storia Founded in 1881 by Melchiorre Sordi, SORDI has played since its born a leading role in the dairy sector, thanks to constant research of innovative solutions. SORDI was the first company in Italy to produce liquid rennet, following the new technology that was gaining ground in the last half of the 19th century in France and Northern Europe with the following production of the first machines. SORDI took part in the universal EXPO Paris exhibition in 1900 where it exhibited its own milk processing machines (skimmers, ice-making machines), rennet, chemicals and technological...

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OUR COMPANY: FROM DESIGN TO PRODUCTION L’azienda: dalla progettazione alla realizzazione In the Montanaso Lombardo headquarters, 30 km south of Milan, SORDI designs and manufactures machinery and systems for the national and international market. The offices and workshop occupy approximately an area of 8.000 m2, of which 4.000 are covered. A team of specialized technicians follows the customer in every design phase with accuracy and competence, advising customers on the best solutions for their needs. All phases of design, manufacturing, and final assembly are carried out within the Company in...

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MILK AND DAIRY PROCESSING Trattamento latte e derivati The consolidated experience of more than a century combined with exceptional expertise and strong ability for innovation of SORDI is at customers service. Sordi designs and manufactures systems for the treatment of milk and its derivatives, in particular: • Receiving, cleaning, measuring and cooling lines for milk and cream. • Insulated and cooled storage tanks. • Milk and cream pasteurization lines for food and industrial use, plate or tubular exchangers. • ESL milk pasteurization lines, plate or tubular exchangers. • STERIPLAK© UHT milk...

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YOGHURT AND PROBIOTIC PRODUCTS LINES Linee per yoghurt e prodotti probiotici The dairy industry is one of the most advanced sectors in food processing. SORDI since 1881 offer sophisticated engineering applications with high operational and quality standards. Sordi designs and manufactures yoghurt processing lines all over the world with high and unique expertise: • Lines for the preparation of milk with protein content raising for the production of yoghurt and probiotics. • Pasteurization lines for products with acidification. • Ripening lines for stirred yoghurt with ultraclean ripening systems....

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CHEESE MAKING LINES Linee di caseificazione The centuries-old experience in the production and installation of cheesemaking lines makes the SORDI brand synonymous of quality and reliability. Sordi design and manufacture coagulation vats, curd transfer, drainage line and pressing systems. Sordi supply the below cheese lines : • Process lines for high-moisture soft cheeses (Crescenza, Feta, Caciotta and similar). • Process lines for pressed and hard cheeses (Gouda, Emmenthal, Pecorino, Grana, Casera, Manchego, Rossijskij, Komstromsko and similars). • Process lines for fresh cheeses (Quark, Petite...

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FRUIT JUICES AND DRINKS LINES Linee per la preparazione di succhi di frutta e bevande The experience gained in the dairy sector has allowed the company to grow and develop excellent solutions also in the fruit juice and beverage sector. The preparation lines for fruit juice and different drinks provide for: • Preparation of sugar syrup. • Water mixing with fruit concentrates, flavours or other ingredients. The mixing lines can be of two different types: • discontinuous process where the components are mixed in tanks • continuous and automatic mixing with an in-line refractometric control and...

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LINES FOR CREAMS AND ICE-CREAM MIX Linee per creme e miscele gelati These are products made up of water mixtures and powdered components such as milk powder, cocoa, sugar, fat, etc. • The puddings are normally flavored with chocolate, vanilla or other flavors and can have different solids and consistency levels. The packaging is carried out cold at around 25-40 ° C. • The gels are jellies, panna cotta, crème caramel, etc. They are normally hot packaged around 50-60 ° C on a whole structure and the final cooling takes place in the jar. • The mousses have an outlet temperature of about 8 ° C and...

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VEGETABLE DRINKS AND DERIVATIVES LINES Linee di bevande vegetali e derivati Driven by the growing demand from the international market, in the last few years SORDI has become a reference company in the world of milk replacement drinks. Building on its experience, the company has developed its own technology, becoming a reference point for vegetable drinks from soy, rice, oats, spelled, hemp, almonds and walnuts. Lines for vegetable drinks work the steps of: • Milling (if necessary). • Enzymatic treatment (if necessary). • Separation of the solid part from the drink. • Necessary heat treatments....

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CLEANING IN PLACE LINES Linee per il lavaggio chimico CIP SORDI studies and manufactures CIP (Cleaning In Place) lines for washing food lines and machines through the circulation of detergent solutions. The CIP lines can be of two types: • Semiautomatic preassembled units with temperature and phase time control. • Completely automatic units with automatic pneumatic valves and control panel for the programmed execution of the washing operating phases with PLC. SORDI studia e realizza linee CIP (Cleaning In Place) per il lavaggio di linee e macchine alimentari attraverso la circolazione di soluzioni...

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