Sacmi is improved by investing in research and international markets – Leggilanotizia

Imola. With consolidated sales steadily over 1.2 billion euro, a net worth of the cooperative of over 660 million and a global workforce of almost 4,000 employees, Sacmi reaps the rewards of two pillars: high investment in research and technological innovation – over 20 million euro also in 2014 – combined with the ability to operate alongside the customer in the international markets, putting themselves not only as a supplier of equipment and services, but as a true global partner in plant design. So a better budget in 2014 compared to 2013.
“The international economic situation – remember President Paul Mongardi – remains complex, especially in some regions. Despite this, the cooperative has achieved excellent results both in terms of volumes and profits by improving their position both commercial and industrial investments in established markets both in emerging countries. ”
The backdrop to a 2014 that is still one of the best years in the history of the cooperative, said the general manager Pietro Cassani, “careful policy of disposals and acquisitions (such as those of Cosmec, CMC, Eurofilter) together with the concentration of resources on the areas ‘core’ (ceramics, packaging automation) and to major investments made in the seat of Imola, where the employed have reached 1,085 units, more than 120 new employees in 2011 “.
Strongly internationalized – Sacmi now produces over 88% of sales abroad – the Group maintained well on its core technology and production in Italy: “Working in a globalized and highly competitive – says the president – has necessitated, over the years, have not only an extensive sales, but also enable real production sites abroad, not least the Indian plant in Sanand, which opened earlier this year. ” With the only objective, precise Mongardi Paul, to “produce what is necessary to sustain the fierce competition of our main competitors and defend the leadership in our traditional business, allowing us to keep the development of structures and Italian investments.” In essence, reaffirms the president, the mission of Sacmi is to “locate, relocate without, to keep in the Italian and German production of high added value”.
On the individual business segments, continuing the strong performance of the Ceramics, historical business of the cooperative that, in 2014, scored further revenue growth (5%) and margins, thanks to technological innovations that have been hit the mark (from the line for the production of large slabs Continue + , presented at Tecnargilla 2014, systems for stacking and packaging flexible and Eko Eko Sort Wrap, to solutions for pressure casting AVI. Extraordinary, then, industry developments Special Pressings (presses to produce refractory ceramic powders metal and coinage metals), whose turnover – after the acquisition of Matrix bolognese – today exceeds 15 million.
The industry Closures, in 2014 was oriented to the development of additional solutions to produce capsules increasingly fine and performing, while the Beverage volumes grow by as much as 30%, as a result of a strong investment policy improved in 2014 with the creation of a single commercial management and with the completion of major technology projects on injection presses (IPS ). So Kitchen utensils, a business, says CEO Pietro Cassani, who gave results “surprising” result, even in this case, the considerable effort by the Group to operate as close as possible to the target markets (goes into this direction the decision to open new offices in Morocco, Kenya and South Africa).
And for those who had glimpsed in the selection, which was completed in early 2014, to surrender to the Americans Negri Bossi operation of renunciation and withdrawal from this business, he must now think again: “The business of Plastic – explains the general director – not only it not disappeared from the budget of Sacmi, but has definitely grown in volumes and margins, thanks to an exclusive focus on large-tonnage hydraulic presses Bi-Power where Sacmi is the sole and exclusive supplier for the same Negri Bossi “.
Finally, the Automation & amp; Service, which confirms the results in 2013 with their own solutions to the “total quality control” sold around the world – from China to Mexico, from Taiwan to Spain and Italy – and that is confirmed strategic for the Group for the development of solutions for process automation, real “mechatronics systems” that represent the added value of an offer to plant 360 °, from the raw material processing solutions for end of line.