Invitalia, 37.5 million investments with Melinda. Mattarella visits Cles
From the Cles plant to the world's first cable car dedicated to apple transport: these are the two development programs that Invitalia has completed since 2024 with the Melinda Consortium.
Invitalia has concluded two development programs with the Melinda Consortium, one for the upgrading of the Cles plant and the other for the world's first cable car dedicated to apple transport. The programs, visited by Invitalia's CEO Bernardo Mattarella, brought 37.5 million euros of investments to the area, with 13.4 million euros in grants.
The Melinda Consortium, which groups 4,000 farmer families in 16 cooperatives, had a turnover of 375.6 million euros in 2025. The cable car, built with Leitner group, is 1.3 kilometers long and can transport 460 containers of 300 kilos per hour, reducing truck trips by over 5,000 per year.
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