9 October 2012 – Carle & Montanari and OPM have merged to create the new company named Carle & Montanari-OPM SpA.

This is an important milestone of the project started more than one year ago with the creation of the CMH holding by two important partners IMA and SACMI. The goal of CMH is to own a group of major companies active in the confectionary and chocolate industry and in the food industry at large. Carle & Montanari- OPM SpA is the first block of this Group.

The choice of the name is not due to lack of imagination. Both Carle & Montanari and OPM have a long history, and solid experience and know-how in their fields. By maintaining the two names we wanted to signal that our goal is to build on that know-how to become an even stronger leader in our market.