MG2 was founded in Bologna in spring 1966 by Ernesto Gamberini, a young designer of automatic machines, who involved a colleague and an aunt, as backers. The first location of the company was in a small warehouse in the outskirts of Bologna and there, Gamberini started to design and produce automatic machines for the food and pharmaceuticals industries. In 1967 MG2 received its first order for a capsule filling machine suitable to dose pharmaceuticals into hard-shell capsules: this product would gain so much success and become the core-business of the company. In fact, thanks to the experience

Spoken by Maurizio Marchesini the C.E.O. of the Marchesini Group- “Over thirty -five years have gone by since my father, Massimo, developed the first cartoning machine branded Marchesini. He started his business in his garage at home, in Pianoro, just outside Bologna, but soon expanded thanks to the abilities of a man who had worked for years as a skilled technician for a leading manufacturing company of automated machines. Will power, the ability to face ever challenging enterprises and Italian passion for the fine tailoring of the product are the reasons that have always inspired our company

IMA Industries, the non-pharmaceutical sector of IMA Group, is a world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the packaging of tea, coffee, confectionery, for the processing and packaging of food (dairy, convenience food and confectionery) and cosmetics & toiletries. It includes six different companies and divisions, all capable of rapidly meeting clients’ requirements and proposing comprehensive, integrated and highly marketing-oriented solutions. Thanks to its wide commercial networks, the constantly high level of research and innovation, and the skills of hundreds of

Goglio is present with production plants in Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, the United States and in China; sales and service offices with own stores are located in several European countries and in the Far East, in addition to a number of agents all over the world. Founded in Milan in 1850, today Goglio is leader in flexible packaging, rigid plastic accessories such as valves and spouts, and packaging machines. The integration of all these elements is represented by their trademark, Fres-co System. Their packaging lines include form, fill and seal machines for modified atmosphere and vacuum

G.D is the leading supplier of high-technology machinery for cigarette making and packing, filter production, other tobacco products, and special products. Thanks to its extensive range of machines available, G.D is the only manufacturer of complete high-speed lines and of a wide range of solutions for the tobacco industry. With its headquarter in Bologna, Italy and thanks to its worldwide branches and service centers, G.D provides an extensive sales and service network and it is always close to clients. G.D has generated a consolidated turnover of 624 Million Euro in 2012 (forecast), with

FlexLink is organized to achieve a strong customer focus promoting close working relationships. FlexLink, Swedish multinational, is a world leader in the production and sale of automation systems. FlexLink Systems SpA has developed excellent solutions for the automation of processes in the food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and packing sectors. They operate in an extensive sales organization, locally present and backed up by centralized expertise and services, such as innovation and product management, product engineering and supply chain. The sales divisions are based on geographical regions –

Fameccanica Data SpA is the founder of the Fameccanica Group and the center of excellence for the development and design of all the Fameccanica technological platforms and for the production of top performing, high innovation level machines. The integration of evolved technology, experience, human capital, and a permanent client orientated strategy, has allowed the Italian company to rapidly scale the market ladder and position itself as an undisputed leader in the sector. Each company activity contributes to producing an added value not only for Fameccanica Data but for the entire Group. Here

After more than 70 years of leadership in the field of producing plastic and metal components for the mechanical engineering industry, Elesa has earned the status of reference point for designers and builders. Elesa has more than 20,000 product-specific codes for an annual production of tens of millions of pieces; more than 150 patents registered worldwide; 31 international awards in Industrial Design; ISO 9001 certification attained in 1993, ISO 14001 in 2007 and the more recent BSOHSAS 18001 - October 2012. These are some of the figures that encapsulate the business. Other than figures

DIMAC is a leader for wrapping with shrink film and cartooning, supplying machines to a wide and diverse range of industries (bottling, preserves, food, pet food, pharmaceutical, etc...). The production range includes shrink wrapping machines with film thrusting system and sealing bar system, wrap-around case packers, tray packers and combined lines. DIMAC is able to supply original and leading edge technical solutions through the analysis of its customer’s requirements and observation. DIMAC in fact builds and implements projects that are tailor-made, and is able to respond to different

Founded by Paolo and Stefano Cassoli in 2002 in Bologna, the heart of Italy’s “Packaging Valley”, the CPS Company is firmly based on the Cassoli family’s heritage of know-how. A pillar of Italian industrial packaging machine design and manufacture, the family has been active in this sector with its distinctive “Cassoli” hallmark of project and process innovation, since 1964. The CPS Company is located just a few kilometers away from Bologna’s Industrial Heritage Museum, an institution that houses all the most important automatic machines created in the local area during the last 100 years