Emme Gel s.r.l.

Emme Gel is a company founded in the mid ‘70s from an idea by the Martelli family. The steady growth of the sector, together with the quality of the products handled and the company’s organization, has enabled Emme Gel to become a leader in the production and distribution of frozen products. Today, Emme Gel is driven by a strong innovative spirit in terms of technology, research, and the development of new products to be introduced to the market.

The evolution of the group follows its own path: it originated as a single reality and, in the mid ‘90s, separated its logistics division (Frigo Gel) from its commercial division (Emme Gel), in order to streamline the supply chain as well as production and distribution processes. Today, the holding company Martelli Group S.p.A. fully controls both companies, integrating the know-how of each.

Frigo Gel is a modern organization providing distribution platform services for large-scale retail, as well as integrated logistics for customers requiring picking, handling, storage, and transportation services across the territory. At the same time, it carefully manages Emme Gel’s entire cold chain, which represents the group’s key strength: all logistics services, from production to the final consumer, are managed internally without intermediaries or external suppliers.

At the same time, Emme Gel is involved in the production, import, and distribution of seafood products and more. Since 1995, it has become a leader in the sector, supplying a large portion of the Italian large-scale retail market, as well as cash & carry operators and wholesalers, with a wide range of natural and prepared products. Production takes place in the countries of origin, in partnership with manufacturers who dedicate their full production capacity exclusively to the company.

Frigo Gel, cold chain logistics, making its know-how available both to major large-scale retail groups (Coop Italia, Esselunga, Unicoop Firenze) and to all those customers requiring integrated logistics services: cold storage space rental, picking, handling, internal movement, and national and international transportation.

Emme Gel owns three brands – Meno 30, Ice Class and Emme Gel – with mainly seafood products distributed throughout the country. With over thirty years of experience and a consistent presence in the frozen and deep-frozen seafood market, we offer only top-of-the-range products through rigorous selection of fishing vessels and producers based on the highest standards of freshness, taste, hygiene, and quality. All our products come from carefully selected sources and are certified and guaranteed through cross-checks carried out by our technicians and by the EU health authorities.

Our method.
Emme Gel has established partnerships with leading producers worldwide. For production in the countries of origin, it collaborates with industrial groups that dedicate their full production capacity exclusively to the company. Countries: Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Turkey, Albania, Morocco, Namibia, Argentina, Chile, Pakistan, Portugal.

Our strong origins.
Emme Gel srl holds the IFS Broker certification, demonstrating the high level of its quality process standards. With this certification, the company aims to validate a system well-established and refined over the years, with the goal of continuous improvement and steady growth. Emmegel, always attentive to the sustainability of our seas, has obtained MSC and ASC certifications, and more recently, the Carbon Footprint environmental certification.

Emme Gel carefully researches and selects its producers, ensures that all necessary certifications are in place, and directly manages all import-related procedures, thus relieving its partners of any additional administrative burdens.

Emme Gel directly oversees all health and safety controls through its in-house quality department, staffed by highly qualified personnel, and relies on ongoing collaboration with merieux nutrisciences and biochemie lab to ensure: microbiological tests, chemical tests, species identification (dna), glazing percentage compliance, compliance with specifications.