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May - June 2012
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Cimbria broadens its product range through acquisition of Italian enterprise SEA
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imbria has reached an agreement with the group of owners behind Italian company SEA to acquire one hundred percent of the shares in the company. SEA is a leader in the development and manufacture of sorting equipment for sorting grain, seeds and other industrial products by means of colour or resonance. SEA primarily sells its equipment in Europe. With the acquisition of SEA, Cimbria’s range of mechanical sor ting equipment will be supplemented by optical colour sorting and other electronic solutions, thus completing
Cimbria’s product line-up. Such an acquisition is very much in line with Cimbria’s strategy aimed at strengthening the company’s product and market posi t ion vi a org anic and acquisitive initiatives. It is the company’s first acquisition since Axcel became the majority shareholder at Cimbria in August 2011. In 2011 SEA had a turnover of approximately DKK 70 million and a profit ratio of approximately 20 percent. The company expects to see growth in both sales and earnings this year. SEA has around 35 employees at its factory in Imola in northern Italy. SEA’s
technology has applications in several fields, including the food industry, recycling and seed corn. SEA’s hitherto owners will continue to look after the day-to-day management of the company. “With more than 40 years’ experience in the market, SEA is recognised today for its excellent quality in the field of optical sorting and other electronic sorting technologies, and the company represents a good fit in relation to Cimbria’s aim to supply high-quality products and full-line solutions within seed corn plants and other industrial products,” says Karsten Larsen, managing director of Cimbria. “At the same time, we’re convinced that in years to come SEA’s products will meet a growing demand driven by
stricter requirements in terms of quality and documentation within precision sor ting,” concludes Karsten Larsen. “I’m convinced that we can develop and boost SEA’s activities significantly by becoming a member of the Cimbria group, for the benefit of both customers and suppliers,” says Antonio Uzzo, managing director of SEA and the company’s founder. “We now have the potential to grow and attract new customers by means of the strong market position of the combined company,” he adds. More
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Lars Nørgaard, Sales Director, Cimbra Tel: +45 72 422420 Email: lno@cimbria.com Website: www.cimbria.com
Supplier Focus: Wuxi General Corp
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uxi General Corp Supply and Marketing has taken the lead in serving the fields of flour, rice, feed milling processing for more than 20 years. The corporation offers complete solutions to the industries, including engineering of turn-key projects as well as single machine and spare parts supply. As food hygiene has become more and more important, a lot of stainless steel parts are now used in grain processing mills. Recently, we have undertaken many projects to change mild steel spouting and fittings to stainless steel spouting and fittings for many old flour mills. We have
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finished several projects in Australia and New Zealand and now working on a project in the Philippines for a famous flour mill. We have just launched a new generation roller mill made of cast iron, which is stronger than a welded structure. Some parts, such as the feed plate and discharge hopper, are made of stainless steel which is better for food hygiene. Our company is always ready to supply you good Chinese grain processing machinery, spare parts and service.
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