OVOPEL established in 1959, is today a leading company in both battery-fed hen eggs and open-range farm hen eggs. e da galline allevate con i "sistemi alternativi" (a terra, all'aperto e biologico) Furthermore, OVOPEL also offers a range of egg-derived products, such as crêpes, omelets and uovolungo (special hard-boiled eggs with a particular shape). In our site you will find useful information illustrating our products. HISTORY 1959 Mr Lino Pellizzoni, who is still the firm owner, and his family set up a small hen-farm (500 hens) in Casalmaggiore, in the heart of Po Valley. 1960 He develops a wholesale egg business with a distribution on a national scale The brand name is: Pellizzoni Eggs 1979 Packing Centre Licence No 4263: Ovopel is authorized to select 400.000 eggs per day. 1987 Ovopel changes its corporate name into Ovopel srl. 1988 Ovopel introduces an exclusively Italian new production, Uovolungo, hard-boiled eggs with a new shape. 1990 Ovopel becomes the sole agent in Italy for DANEGG, a Danish firm specialized in egg products for catering. 1991 Ovopel is the first firm producing and distributing in Italy open-range farmed hen eggs using the brand name Uova della Corte (eggs from the farm yard). Aiming at developing a vast Uova della Corte distribution in Lombardy Ovopel purchases Coccodì srl, a leading company in the retail egg distribution in Milan and Lombardy 1994 Ovopel begins to produce eggs having the "date of laying" printed on the shell with the brand name Coccodì. 1995 A Doxa survey shows that 74% of consumers in Milan are familiar with one or more brands of the Ovopel Group. 1997 Ovopel diventa S.P.A. ed incrementa la capacità lavorativa fino a 1.000.000 di uova al giorno 1998 Ovopel changes its corporate name into Ovopel S.p.A.. 1999 Takeover of CO.P.U.A. management and beginning of national distribution (excluding islands) of Ovopel products. 2000 Ottenuta la certificazione del Sistema Qualità a norme UNI EN ISO 9002 2001 Leader nella produzione e commercializzazione di uova di galline allevate con "sistemi alternativi" (a terra all'aperto e biologico) AREAS OF COMMERCIALISATION Wholesale distribution on a national scale. Retail distribution: Lombardia, Emilia Romagna, Piemonte, Veneto, Toscana, Liguria, Marche, Lazio e Campania Ovopel and Coccodì sales 1994 Lit. 25.000.000.000 1995 Lit. 28.000.000.000 1996 Lit. 38.000.000.000 1997 Lit. 40.000.000.000 1998 Lit. 45.000.000.000