EPO S.r.l.

EPO S.r.l. is an Italian family-owned company founded in Milan in 1933 and specialised in the production of high-quality plant extracts. Its name is an acronym for "Estratti Piante Officinali" (Extracts of Officinal Plants), which also describes its core business. The company has remained headquartered in Milan, where its legal seat is located at Via Stadera 19, while its modern production facilities are situated in Fizzonasco di Pieve Emanuele, in the southern hinterland of Milan, an area with a strong agricultural and food-industry tradition. EPO supplies botanical extracts to a wide range of industries. In the nutraceutical and food sector it provides extracts for food supplements covering some fifteen health areas, as well as for beverages, functional foods, candies, chocolate, confectionery and dairy products. In the pharmaceutical and cosmetic sector it produces extracts for medical devices and cosmetic applications. For the veterinary sector it supplies extracts for feed and additives. In agriculture its extracts are used as natural insecticides and biostimulants; in textiles as natural dyes and textile finishing agents; and in the detergent sector for natural cleaning products for environmental and personal hygiene. The company's product range includes dry, soft and fluid extracts, glycolic extracts, tinctures and gemmoderivati (bud extracts). The entire production process follows GMP rules, and EPO holds certifications including UNI EN ISO 9001:2015, UNI EN ISO 14000:2015, 21 CFR 111-GMP for food supplements, Kosher, Halal and Organic certification. These certifications are presented by the company as recognition of the quality and safety that EPO extracts have guaranteed over the years. EPO has been controlled by the Nicotra family since 1992, when the family acquired 100% of the company's shares and began a programme of modernisation of both production and services. The company describes itself as a historic family business and continues to operate from Milan, combining tradition with technology in the service of botanicals.

EPO S.r.l. was founded in Milan in 1933 under the name "Estratti Piante Officinali" (Extracts of Officinal Plants). The original workshop, certified GMP, was located at Viale Certosa 147 in Milan, where extracts were produced mainly for the pharmaceutical industry or used as flavourings for beverages and liqueurs. In 1951 production was transferred from Viale Certosa to Via Stadera 19 in Milan, which remains the company's legal seat today. In 1992 the Nicotra family acquired 100% of the company's shares and began a programme of modernisation covering both production and services. In 2000, a new production department certified by AIFA (the Italian Medicines Agency) was opened at Via Norma Parenti 5 in Fizzonasco di Pieve Emanuele, in the southern hinterland of Milan. Other departments, new warehouses and offices were soon added alongside it. In 2014 all production departments were consolidated at Fizzonasco, while the legal seat remained in Milan. The company continued to invest in its facilities and certifications, and by the 2020s it held UNI EN ISO 9001:2015, UNI EN ISO 14000:2015, 21 CFR 111-GMP for food supplements, Kosher, Halal and Organic certifications. The company's history page lists milestones for 2017, 2023 and 2024, reflecting ongoing development, though the specific details of those later milestones are not provided in the available evidence. Throughout its history EPO has remained a family-owned business headquartered in Milan, specialising in the production of plant extracts for the food (food and food supplements), pharmaceutical, veterinary and cosmetic sectors, with additional applications in textiles, detergents and agriculture.

• 2017

  Milestone listed on the company's history page (details not specified in available evidence).

• 2014

  All production departments consolidated at Fizzonasco; legal seat remains in Milan.

• 2000

  Opening of a new AIFA-certified production department at Fizzonasco di Pieve Emanuele, Via Norma Parenti 5, followed by additional departments, warehouses and offices.

• 1992

  The Nicotra family acquires 100% of the company's shares and begins modernisation of production and services.

• 1951

  Production transferred from Viale Certosa to Via Stadera 19 in Milan, which remains the legal seat.

• 1933

  Founded in Milan at Viale Certosa 147 under the name "Estratti Piante Officinali"; GMP-certified workshop produces extracts mainly for the pharmaceutical industry and as flavourings for beverages and liqueurs.

Historic Italian family-owned producer of high-quality botanical extracts, combining tradition and technology, with GMP-compliant production and multiple international certifications.

• Dry extracts

  Plant extracts in dry form for various industrial applications.

• Soft extracts

  Plant extracts in soft form.

• Fluid extracts

  Liquid plant extracts.

• Glycolic extracts

  Plant extracts using glycolic solvents.

• Tinctures

  Alcoholic or hydroalcoholic plant extracts.

• Gemmoderivati (bud extracts)

  Extracts derived from plant buds.

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