In January 2021 the SACMI RigidPackagingTechnologies Business Unit brought all SACMI solutions concerning rigid packaging under one roof to enhance the company’s numerous market-leading technological plus-points and keep pace with the industry’s accelerating focus on sustainability, versatility and performance.

“SACMI has always stood out” highlights the General Manager of the B.U., Vezio Bernardi, “on account of its ability to develop specific technologies for every single stage of rigid container manufacture, closure, assembly and quality control. We have the advantage of working alongside key international brand owners on a daily basis, a fact that sets us apart from companies that operate in just one product-area”.

The new B.U. aims to take a sector and technological trend-based approach by setting up new, even more effective internal synergies. Moreover, it aims to merge cores businesses (such as cap, preform and container-making technologies) with new ones in post-processing, an area strengthened in 2020 by the acquisition of Velomat, a specialized designer and builder of high-speed assembly machines for cap closures, micro-pumps and medical devices.

This latest addition to the Group, notes Bernardi, has been “fast and effective, allowing SACMI to expand its range towards multi-line and multi-material solutions”.

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