Mill Rieper
The Rieper mill is a grain mill in Vintl in South Tyrol . The mill is one of the oldest mills in the region.
Grain silo
The grain silo, which was built in the 1960s, has space for 43 cells with a capacity between 25 and 100 tons. The silo holds a total of 4500 tons of raw materials. A flour silo with a capacity of around 600 tons of flour is also embedded in the silo. The building is 33 meters high.
Feed mill
The construction of the new feed plant began in 2000 and was completed after a construction period of 17 months. The building is 40 meters high. Approx. 25 tons of feed can be produced per hour.
High camp
In order to create sufficient storage space for the bagged goods, such as flour and animal feed in sacks, a high-level warehouse was commissioned in 2009. The warehouse was built using a self-supporting steel construction and has a capacity of over 3000 pallets. The high warehouse works fully automatically and supports the smooth flow of goods.
architectural art
Each structure of the mill was designed by an artist. The art of building is part of the company and family philosophy of the mill. The artist Heiner Gschwendt designed the raw material silo, the South Tyrolean painter Albert Mellauner the loading silo. The American artist Lawrence Weiner the feed factory and the South Tyrolean sculptor Eduard Habicher the high-bay warehouse. All works of art are metaphors and tell something about the company in their own way. Among other things, they refer to technology, production, workers and corporate identity . For example, the inscription “Brought about”, which is clearly visible from the street, translates as “brought to an end, completed”, represents an end point that is immediately resolved by a curved arrow underneath. Every end point is also a beginning. This idea should clarify the processes in the mill.
History of the mill
1860-1950
Alois Anton Rieper acquired the property of the Rieper mill in Vintl in 1860 together with a grain processing plant and a hydroelectric power station. In 1910 the mill was expanded into a commercial facility and operated with electricity.
After the outbreak of the First World War , the mill got a new building and modern technology. However, the new mill could only be put into operation at the end of the First World War. Instead of supplying Austria as planned, South Tyrol now belonged to Italy and thus to a different market.
Due to the outbreak of the Second World War , the state took over the grain allocation in 1938 and the mill had to fight through the planned economy to justify the supply of raw materials to the population.
In 1943, after the German Wehrmacht invaded South Tyrol and northern Italy , the mill was awarded the supply contract by the regions of Bolzano , Trento and Belluno . In 1944, German administrators declared the mill to be an important war operation in the foothills of the Alps and could thus be protected from the destruction of the war. In 1944 9,225 tons of grain were malted.
In 1947 the mill was expanded. Additional roller mills with a higher speed were installed. The mill could now process 103 tons of grain per day.
In 1946 the Rieper family started producing animal feed , making them one of the first manufacturers in the region and northern Italy. The feed was produced in our own facilities.
From 1950 until today
With further investments in technology, the mill was able to increase production. New and larger silos were built. In 1973, with the fourth generation change in the family, the mill and the feed factory were expanded further and further, and in the 1990s the next expansion stage followed with new systems that were electronically controlled for the first time.
Today the grinding process is self-operated. In one day the mill manages to grind around 170 tons of grain into flour . The mill also has a fully automated high storage facility.
The Rieper-Mühle employs around 100 people and is therefore an important employer in the Pustertal . In 2000, around 100,000 tons of grain were ground in the mill and in the feed plant.
Web links
- Company website: https://www.rieper.com
- Chronicle , accessed November 28, 2014.
Coordinates: 46 ° 48 ′ 53.9 " N , 11 ° 43 ′ 4.5" E