OUR MISSION
O.P.E.R.A. is a company of professionals born from the need to provide, through the activation and coordination of various professional skills, the necessary assistance in the study, evaluation, design and implementation of macro and micro-dimensional interventions (Sectors, Companies).
The interdisciplinary approach to the definition of solutions assumes for O.P.E.R.A. a working method, guaranteeing an integrated response to the problems related to the implementation of plans, projects and works.
CORE VALUES:
Knowledge
With more than 30 years of experience Opera can offer deep technical and operational knowledge in design that pertains to the relevant sectors of its activities.
Technology
In its design, Opera uses cutting-edge technological solutions that ensure the maximization of final results.
Sustainability
In the approach to project management, Opera always starts from the optimization of available resources, both human and material, with the aim of offering economically and environmentally sustainable solutions.
WHO WE ARE
Meet the partners behind OPERA
OPERA is a company of seasoned professionals with sound professional skills and long-lasting experience.
ROBERTO ZANOVELLO
Partner & CEO
EDUCATION
Bachelor of “Geo-Topo-Cartographic, Estimative, Territorial and Building Sciences”
Guglielmo Marconi University of Rome - ITALY
LANGUAGES
Italian, English
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Experience in private law companies
Administrator of the Company O.P.E.R.A. srl - European Professional Organization for Applied Research, with legal and
operational headquarters in Padova, Via P. Maroncelli 67.
Professional experience in institutions and associations
• From 1990 to 1995 - President of the A.M.N.I.U.P - Azienda Municipalizzata di Igiene Urbana (currently APS-ACEGAS )
Company of the Municipality of Padova, C.so United States 5 - PD.
• From 1993 to 1995 - President of the Industrial Relations Commission of FEDERAMBIENTE - Italian Federation of Public
Environmental Hygiene Services - Via Cavour 179, Rome.
• From 2001 to 2006 - Mayor of the Municipality of Vigodarzere, Padua.
• From 2005 to 2007 - Board Member of APS Holding S.p.a., Company of the Municipality of Padova for the management of
public transport and mobility.
• From 2004 to 2016 - President of the CUS Padova - University Sports Center of Padua.
• Since 2010 - Member of the Sports Committee of the University of Padua.
• From 2016 to 2021 - Federal Councillor FIR - Italian Rugby Federation.
• From 2016 to 2021 - Assessor of the Union of Municipalities of the Middle Brenta Cadoneghe, Padova.
• From 2016 to 2021 - Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Vigodarzere, Padua.
• From 2021 - Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Vigodarzere, Padua.
Teaching experience in vocational training
Lecturer in the seminars of IN-PUT- Formation information company, C.so V. Emanuele II 251 - Rome :
• “The Maintenance and Global Service “ , Milan - 2001.
• “Maintenance and the Global Service “ , Rome - 2002.
• “Maintenance: problems and practical applications”, Rome - 2002.
• “Maintenance: problematic aspects and practical applications”, Rome - 2003.
Lecturer at the LRA - Learnig Resource Associates seminar, Via Correggio 19 - Milan :
• “ Designing and managing Facility Management services :
The Technical Specifications for the contracting of services “,
Milan - 2003.
Lecturer in the seminars of IGOP - Istituto Giuridico Opere Pubbliche, Via Mercalli 15 - Rome :
• “ Global Service & Facility Management “, Venice 2003
Lecturer in the Master of Social and Economic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Salaria 113 Roma :
• “ Management and Innovation of Healthcare Companies- Public
Procurement in Healthcare“, Rome - from 2013 to 2025
PAOLO ZANOVELLO
Partner & Technical Director
EDUCATION
Technical Industrial Diploma of Mechanical Expert
Industrial Technical Institute "G. MARCONI” - Padua - ITALY
LANGUAGES
Italian, Spanish , English, French
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Since January 2003 Technical Director of O.P.E.R.A. Srl for the development of projects for the agro-food industry and milling in general, as well as all the plant part managed and designed by the studio.
From October 2021 Attorney General of the company worldwide.
√ From July 2000 to December 2002 technical designer c/o ‘A.M.G. Srl - Milling Technology’ of Padova, a company founded as a consulting and design studio, and subsequently established itself in the sector as a manufacturer of machines and plants for Processing of cereals in general and finished products derived from them.
Activities carried out:
• preliminary design and technical-plant execution of the
orders as project manager with supervision of the design
and technical-mechanical development of machines,
equipment and accessories and Assessment of the
reliability of suppliers.
References managed plants:
• Molinos Momosa S.A. De CV - Morelia, Mexico: Processing
and expansion of a soft wheat mill Cap. 200T/24h.
• Molinos Lozano S.A. - Zaragoza, Spain: New milling
complex on an existing building comprising a hard grain
mill cap. 250T/24h and a soft mill cap. 150T/24h.
• Harinas Elizondo S.A. - Mexico City, Mexico- New flour silos
cap. 40 T/h with additives mixing and new grain silos cap.
100T/h with wagon reception.
• Molinos Del Ozama - S.Domingo, Rep. Dominicana:
Redesign of the existing and mechanization silos flour cap.
30T/24h.
• Mill DAROCA - Daroca SPAIN. New durum grain mills Cap.
240T/24h and soft grain mill Cap. 150T/24h. and mill of soft
wheat Cap. 150T/24h.
√ From March 1997 to July 2000 head-project technical office plants c/o ‘Golfetto Spa’ of Padua, world leader company in the milling industry,
Activities carried out :
• technical and plant development of the orders with the
execution of production orders, including preliminary
feasibility studies and the survey of the related construction
sites, and supervision of the final assembly of the plants.
References managed plants:
• Societé Des Minoteries Et Industrie Diverses ‘CIAMSA’ -
Sousse, Tunisia : Complex milling for common wheat
Cap.300T/24h and durum wheat Cap.220 T/24h.
• Harinera de Tauste, Zaragoza Spain: adjustment of milling
diagram and increase in mill capacity.
• Minoterie ‘Des Arcades’ - Tunis, Tunisia: Soft wheat mill
Cap. 200T/24h.
• Conagra Flour Mills - Decatur, Alabama (U.S.A.): Design for
the execution of a milling complex complete with grain
silos with reception by sea and rail, two sections of
grinding to wheat and semiten ero Cap.500 Ton/24h each,
complete with flour storage silos with mixing tower and
finished products warehouse.
• Minoterie Industrielle TRIA - Casablanca, Morocco: Durum
wheat mill Cap.200T/24h.
√ From September 1989 to March 1997 mechanical designer c/ o ‘SICOM srl’ of Limena - Padua, manufacturer of machines, equipment and plants for the milling industry.
Activities carried out:
Study and design of:
• Equipment for the transport, lifting, storage and extraction
of granulated and powdered cereal products.
• Machinery and equipment for grain cleaning and wetting.
• Machines for the granulometric selection of milled products
such as metal plansifter, rotary monocase burats, horizontal
and vertical vibratory screens, with specific experience in
sieving schemes for Plansifter and Buratti single-drum
rotary screening or safety flour.
• Cleaning and grinding sections for the milling of soft and
hard wheat.
• Dust extraction and air filtration systems.
• Systems for pneumatic transport in pressure and aspiration
of granular and floated products.
Further activities:
• Quality Assurance Manager within the Quality System
implementation project in reference UNI EN ISO9000
standards.
• Head of the corporate study group for the adaptation of
products marketed by the Company to European
Machinery Directive came into force on 21 September 1996