| Marchesini and Cavanna were Elected Ucima Vice-Presidents 26/06/2012
The owner of Marchesini Group, newly-elected President of Confindustria Emilia-Romagna, former President of Unindustria Bologna and a member of Confindustria national board and Riccardo Cavanna, CEO of Cavanna S.p.A, are the new vice-presidents of the National Association of Builders of automatic machines for packaging and wrapping. Maurizio Marchesini, owner of Marchesini Group, international leader of machines for pharmaceutical and cosmetic packaging and Riccardo Cavanna, Chief Executive Officer of Cavanna S.p.A, an international company focused on the equipment for packaging food, are the new vice-presidents of Ucima, the national sector association of Italian manufacturers of automatic machines for packaging and wrapping. Both Vice-Presidents will come up beside Ing. Giuseppe Lesce, who on the occasion of the National Assembly held on June 15th at the association headquarters (Villa Marchetti, Via Fossa Buracchione, 84 Baggiovara) was reconfirmed Ucima President for the next four years. The manufacturers of packaging and wrapping machines closed 2011 with flying colors. With a 14.4% increase compared to 2010, this year the sector turnover reached 4,300 million euros, going beyond 2008 performances, considered as the record year. With a 26.4% worldwide market share, Italian industry confirms and enhances its international leadership, second to Germany only (27.7%). This is a market where the exports share on the total turnover reached 89.5% above all on the European and Asiatic markets. This information collected by the Research Center of Ucima, the National Sector Association of Italian manufacturers of packaging and wrapping machines, used the occasion of the National Assembly and confirmed how this fundamental market is growing. |
| Grand Opening Cavanna USA 01/06/2012
Cavanna Packaging USA, Inc. - a subsidiary of Cavanna Packaging Group S.p.A. - has celebrate the grand opening of its North American headquarters operations near Atlanta, GA. The opening of Cavanna Packaging USA, Inc. and its 21,000 square foot building – leased at 2150 Northmont Parkway, Suite A in Duluth, GA – represents the company's efforts to expand its customer base and market share in North America. Cavanna Packaging Group, with global headquarters in Prato Sesia (in the North of Italy), is a leader in the flowpack wrapping systems field. The family-owned business started in 1960 by Mario Cavanna initiated efforts to open a location in the U.S. in early 2011 and ultimately chose Duluth, GA, because of its business-friendly environment, the proximity to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and the area's skilled workforce. Cavanna Packaging USA, Inc. designs, produces and distributes worldwide automatic machines and turnkey systems for single pack and multipack wrapping of food, pharmaceutical and non-food products. Cavanna is a safe and reliable partner that the customer can turn to with absolute confidence to develop and innovate as a team custom-made packaging solutions. Cavanna has been in the US market for over 30 years with over 500 installations. The need to be closer to the many American customers and to better serve them along with the strategic importance of this market has meant that Cavanna has made the decision to be physically located in the North American region with an assembly plant. This will enable the construction of its packaging technologies, to be in close proximity of the quality market like that of the US. The grand opening also highlighted Cavanna Packaging USA's year-end employment projection totaling 12 initial jobs with that number expected to significantly grow as production increases. "As an effort to continue to support our increasing customer base and to grow our market share we have established a new operational facility in Duluth near Atlanta, GA. In addition to providing our customers with a great technical support, we are pleased to provide complete wrapping machines and wrapping systems.", said from the headquarters. This facility will complement the two manufacturing facilities in Italy as well as the successful Brazilian manufacturing facility. "As a company with a 52 year successful history of providing complete wrapping machines and systems, we are pleased to bring our services and products to North America," - said Riccardo Cavanna together with his sister Alessandra Cavanna, both of them CEO, Cavanna Packaging Group S.p.A. - "Based upon the recommendation from a fellow business owner to consider Duluth for Cavanna's expansion, our own review has shown this insight to be correct." |