Carnovali-CBS Group

Carnovali-CBS Group · since 1977

We build the equipment that keeps European recycling moving.

Seven brands, eight sites, more than 400 people. From raw material to finished product, a single partner.

1977Year founded
€100mConsolidated revenue
400+People in the group
8Sites
7Group brands

The Group

Founded as a family fabrication shop. Today an industrial group.

Carnovali opened in Prevalle in 1977 as a small workshop. Almost fifty years later the group comprises seven brands covering the entire supply chain of equipment for waste collection, compaction and transport.

—Hooklift containers and compactors designed and built in our own plants
—Hydraulic material handlers for moving bulk materials
—Chassis conversion and vehicle bodybuilding
—With monitrag you see the position, fill level and alarms of every machine in real time, and empty only when it is needed
—Testing, certification and paperwork handled in house
—Round-the-clock after-sales service with dozens of mobile workshops

The group's full range, family by family.

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Blue hooklift containers and a bodied vehicle in the plant yard
Bodied vehicles of the group in the plant yard

Production capacity

Monthly output across the plants

Large-scale production with high quality standards.

+400Containers produced per month
+30Vehicle bodies and trailers per month
+65Compactors per month
+430Service jobs per month
+10Material handlers produced per month

The brands

Seven specialisations, a single point of responsibility

Each brand covers one stretch of the supply chain. For the customer there is a single contact, from design to final testing.

1977

Carnovali

Parent company. Steel fabrication: containers, compactors, tanks, static presses.

Prevalle · Nuvolera (BS)
2019

CBS

Hooklift, crane, tipper and container-crane bodies. Testing and compliance.

Borgosatollo · Gavardo (BS) · Trezzano Rosa (MI) · Belfiore (VR)
1956

Officine Minelli

Industrial material handlers for recycling plants. Part of the group since 2026.

Cazzago San Martino (BS)
1981

Trascar

Chassis modification and conversion: lengthening, shortening, lowering, third axle.

Povegliano Veronese (VR)

monitrag

Intelligent fleet monitoring: position, fill level and alarms of every machine in real time.

Piacenza Rimorchi

Trailers and semi-trailers. The first Italian company to specialise in the sector.

Danese

Bodybuilding on industrial vehicles and lifting equipment.

Carnovali-CBS Group symbolTEAM

More than 400 people, one team

Designers, welders, fitters and service engineers: behind every machine is the work of the people who draw it, build it and keep it running every day.

  • Craft experience since 1977
  • Skills that grow together
  • Seven brands, one team
Aerial view of the group service centre

Service

This is part of the group too

Workshops, a spare parts store and equipped vehicles: the part of the group that is not in the catalogue, but that decides what a machine is worth after the first year.

—On call 24 hoursContinuously, all year round.
—10 mobile workshopsOn-site intervention, wherever the vehicle is.
—Original spare partsFor equipment built by the group, and beyond.
—Scheduled maintenanceRoutine and non-routine, planned.

monitrag

Your fleet, monitored remotely in real time

monitrag shows in one place where your machines are, how full they are, whether an alarm is active and how they are working: presscontainers, hooklift containers, hooklift systems, trailers and material handlers. From a computer or a smartphone, in real time.

—Status readable at a glanceAlarm, 100% full, 75% full, offline, normal
—Fleet mapMarkers that adapt to the zoom level and a status bar that filters with one click
—Position and stop historyFive-year log, also as evidence of Industry 4.0 interconnection
—Configurable notificationsFill thresholds, machine alarms, offline status, low battery
—No installationUsed from the browser on computer, tablet and smartphone
—Data kept safeInfrastructure in the European Union, encrypted data and separate archives per customer
The monitrag fleet map open on a smartphone

Quality and responsibility

What we build, and how we build it

For us quality and responsibility are not a separate chapter: they are the way we choose to work, every day, in each of the group companies.

Close-up of a folded steel sheet

01 — Quality

Certified brand by brand

Quality is a method, not a formality: written procedures, checks at every stage, management systems maintained over time and verified by independent bodies. Every brand in the group applies them to its own processes, from design to welding, from testing to delivery, so that whoever receives a machine knows it was built the same way every time.

Management systemsThird-party auditsIn-house testing
Containers ready for delivery in the yard

Would you like more information?

Tell us what you need to move, how often and with which vehicle. Our engineering office will reply with a tailored proposal.