{"id":8655,"date":"2026-01-14T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:22:23","slug":"a-new-major-group-is-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Major Group Is Born"},"content":{"rendered":"&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of <strong>January 1, 2026, ALCOS Srl \u2013 Food Plants of Parma<\/strong> is officially part of the <strong>FIRMAC Srl<\/strong> <strong>Group<\/strong>, based in Pilastro di Langhirano, through a merger by incorporation.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From today, <strong>all activities and commercial relations of ALCOS Food Plants<\/strong> are managed by FIRMAC Srl, which becomes the sole point of contact for customers, suppliers, and partners. Web and email references remain completely unchanged, while the new phone number for ALCOS Food Plants is <strong>+39 0521 604543<\/strong>, and the production site has moved to <strong>Via Ugo La Malfa, 29 43013 Pilastro di Langhirano (Province of Parma)<\/strong>.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this operation, FIRMAC Srl acquires <strong>the ALCOS brand<\/strong> and its valuable know-how, consolidating its position in the <strong>food technology<\/strong> sector and confirming the expansion strategy that has already seen the entry of <strong>OMAR Fish Machinery (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.omaromar.com\/\">www.omaromar.com<\/a>)<\/strong> and <strong>LAGHI Costruzioni Meccaniche (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laghibuttermachines.com\/\">www.laghibuttermachines.com<\/a>)<\/strong>.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This acquisition marks a decisive step toward the creation of <strong>FIRMAC ENGINEERING<\/strong>, the new division dedicated to developing innovative solutions for <strong>food processing<\/strong>. The goal is clear: to build <strong>a center of excellence<\/strong> capable of offering cutting-edge technologies and integrated services for the food industry. FIRMAC Srl: innovation, expertise, and vision for the future of food processing.<\/p>&#13;\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of January 1, 2026, ALCOS Food Plants joins the FIRMAC Srl Group through a merger by incorporation.<br \/>\nA strategic step that strengthens our presence in food processing and launches the new FIRMAC ENGINEERING division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[117,115,116,114],"class_list":["post-8655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate","tag-acquisition","tag-firmac","tag-food-processing","tag-merger"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A New Major Group Is Born - Alcos Food Plants<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A New Major Group Is Born - Alcos Food Plants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As of January 1, 2026, ALCOS Food Plants joins the FIRMAC Srl Group through a merger by incorporation. A strategic step that strengthens our presence in food processing and launches the new FIRMAC ENGINEERING division.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alcos Food Plants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-14T14:25:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-06T11:22:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"819\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"463\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"stefano@marketingspecialistico.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"stefano@marketingspecialistico.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"stefano@marketingspecialistico.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13f434d8fa84d07ac8b63dcc3782416d\"},\"headline\":\"A New Major Group Is Born\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T14:25:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-06T11:22:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Acquisition\",\"FIRMAC\",\"Food processing\",\"Merger\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Corporate\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/\",\"name\":\"A New Major Group Is Born - Alcos Food Plants\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T14:25:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-06T11:22:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/1.jpg\",\"width\":819,\"height\":463},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/a-new-major-group-is-born\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A New Major Group Is Born\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alcos Food Plants\",\"description\":\"Impianti per Food Processing e Packaging alimentare\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"alcosfoodplants.it\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/logo-alcos-definitivo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/logo-alcos-definitivo.png\",\"width\":1638,\"height\":976,\"caption\":\"alcosfoodplants.it\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13f434d8fa84d07ac8b63dcc3782416d\",\"name\":\"stefano@marketingspecialistico.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f546ee043db29984b3973647cb4aec1c3baa233d0137658a98c35bb4b133dd8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f546ee043db29984b3973647cb4aec1c3baa233d0137658a98c35bb4b133dd8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f546ee043db29984b3973647cb4aec1c3baa233d0137658a98c35bb4b133dd8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"stefano@marketingspecialistico.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\\\/en\\\/author\\\/stefanomarketingspecialistico-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A New Major Group Is Born - Alcos Food Plants","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A New Major Group Is Born - Alcos Food Plants","og_description":"As of January 1, 2026, ALCOS Food Plants joins the FIRMAC Srl Group through a merger by incorporation. A strategic step that strengthens our presence in food processing and launches the new FIRMAC ENGINEERING division.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/","og_site_name":"Alcos Food Plants","article_published_time":"2026-01-14T14:25:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-06T11:22:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":819,"height":463,"url":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"stefano@marketingspecialistico.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"stefano@marketingspecialistico.com","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/"},"author":{"name":"stefano@marketingspecialistico.com","@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/13f434d8fa84d07ac8b63dcc3782416d"},"headline":"A New Major Group Is Born","datePublished":"2026-01-14T14:25:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-06T11:22:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/"},"wordCount":198,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1.jpg","keywords":["Acquisition","FIRMAC","Food processing","Merger"],"articleSection":["Corporate"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/","name":"A New Major Group Is Born - Alcos Food Plants","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-14T14:25:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-06T11:22:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1.jpg","width":819,"height":463},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/a-new-major-group-is-born\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A New Major Group Is Born"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/","name":"Alcos Food Plants","description":"Impianti per Food Processing e Packaging alimentare","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/#organization","name":"alcosfoodplants.it","url":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo-alcos-definitivo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo-alcos-definitivo.png","width":1638,"height":976,"caption":"alcosfoodplants.it"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/13f434d8fa84d07ac8b63dcc3782416d","name":"stefano@marketingspecialistico.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f546ee043db29984b3973647cb4aec1c3baa233d0137658a98c35bb4b133dd8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f546ee043db29984b3973647cb4aec1c3baa233d0137658a98c35bb4b133dd8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f546ee043db29984b3973647cb4aec1c3baa233d0137658a98c35bb4b133dd8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"stefano@marketingspecialistico.com"},"url":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/author\/stefanomarketingspecialistico-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8674,"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655\/revisions\/8674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alcosfoodplants.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}