Marchesini Group opened 5,400 square meters new facility for assembly of complete packaging lines

Pianoro (BO), Italy, 31-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The opening ceremony for the new Marchesini Group facility has taken place today in the afternoon in front of the corporate Headquarters. The event, attended by 2,500 people among employees, suppliers and friends, also saw the highest national and local authorities taking part in the ceremony, which includedAntonio Tajani (Vice-President of the European Commission), Vasco Errani (President of the Emilia Romagna Region), Massimo Scaccabarozzi (President of Farmindustria), S. E. Bishop Ernesto Vecchi (Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus) and Gabriele Minghetti (Mayor of Pianoro).

With more than 5,400 square meters, the new facility – which cost about 7.5 million Euro and is dedicated to the assembly of complete packaging lines – representsMarchesini Group’s latest ambitious challenge: to keep investing substantial resources despite the serious difficulties that the Italian economy is facing. The idea behind this endeavour is enclosed in the words of Maurizio Marchesini, CEO of the Group and Regional Chairman of Unindustria, in his opening speech: “Not only is the new facility a company asset”, said Marchesini, “but also proof of our confidence in the future, an attitude that we have always had.”

The future has never been so uncertain for Italian entrepreneurs, harshly hit by a recession that seems to have no end yet. Maurizio Marchesini addressed his words also to them, pointing out as a final encouragement that “the strong creative force of Italian people is in these days disheartened, withdrawn, exhausted by delays and decades of conflict against each other. But when a group of people shares a common goal, they can achieve the impossible”.

Marchesini Group’s objective is to continue to grow worldwide without losing contact with the roots that made it the spearhead of the so-called Packaging Valley in Emilia Romagna Region, with a turnover of 204 million of Euro in 2012 and an increase of 8,5 % over the previous year. To achieve such results one needs winning ideas, the same that earned Maurizio Marchesini the title of Cavaliere del Lavoro, delivered by the President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano on 15th October, for his service to industry and his contribution to social development, employment, technological advancement and the growth of the prestige of “Made in Italy” in the world.

The Vice-President of the European Commission Antonio Tajani congratulated Maurizio Marchesini on “having drawn a true and winning model of doing business, to be taken as a reference as it is able to internationalise while keeping the production in Italy, ensuring in this way training and work for our young people”. Also Vasco Errani, the President of Emilia Romagna Region, expressed “credit to the Marchesini family and to the employees of the Group, for their important contribution to our region, weakened by the earthquake of 2012.” The President of Farmindustria, Massimo Scaccabarozzi, addressed to the Marchesini Group “the praise of the Italian pharmaceutical industry, for which the company of Pianoro is an essential element.” The Mayor of Pianoro, Gabriele Minghetti, underlined the “courageous economic choice that helps the manufacturing spin-off in Emilia that has been so harshly hit by the crisis,” while the Bishop Ernesto Vecchi concluded the ceremony with the blessing of the new plant.

MARCHESINI GROUP
Born from an idea of Massimo Marchesini in 1974 in Pianoro (BO), where the Headquarters are still based, Marchesini Group is a leader in the supply of complete lines and machines for pharmaceutical and cosmetic packaging. The numbers prove its success: a consolidated turnover of the entire Group amounted to 204 million Euro in 2012, with 1200 employees (500 direct and 700 between group companies and foreign branches), 14 manufacturing divisions, 7 acquired companies, and one company partner, a network of 20 agencies and 11 branch offices. Thanks to the constant commitment for innovation, Marchesini is nowadays protagonist in the Italian and international markets: 85 % of its turnover is generated by exports. Despite the strong international vocation, strong point and distinctive feature of the Marchesini Group is that it bases the production entirely in Italy, to guarantee the high quality of the product and to enhance its relationship with the localised economy.
For info: www.marchesini.com

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Marchesini Group opened 5,400 square meters new facility for assembly of complete packaging lines