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2022 Annual Report
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INVESTMENTS During the year, the Group invested 33.9 million euros
Also worth mentioning is the green, sustainable
in tangible and intangible fixed assets acquired
investment in the purchase and installation of
from third parties, net of internal capitalizations
electric vehicle charging stations. The columns
and excluding the impact of the IFRS 16 accounting
were installed in the last quarter of 2022 in plants in
standard.
the northern and southern parts of Italy.
During fiscal year 2022, two new horizontal machining centers for the cast iron flow and a
During FY 2022, the German plants in Sohland
gear hobbing machining center came on line at
and Lohmar underwent several investments in
the Italian plant in Reggiolo.
production. Specifically, the former saw the arrival
Also as part of the multi-year plan to renew and
of an automated machining center for working
upgrade the machine inventory, two additional
steel components, the latter the commissioning
horizontal machining centers for cast iron flow
of a complex robotic cell, and the purchase of two
and a new robot cell for gear processing flow
special process plants that will come on line during
were purchased. The latter is equipped with
the next fiscal year.
an anthropomorphic robot and a numerically controlled lubricant-free gear cutting machine,
In 2022 in the Jiaxing plant in China, investments
confirming the choice of environmentally friendly
were made involving masonry works and general
technologies for working steel. These latter assets
plant engineering related to the production
will come into operation in Q2 2023.
building.
Additional Industry 4.0 investments were also made
automatic assembly lines for the production of
to optimize production processes and logistics flows
industrial axles and agricultural gearboxes and a
at the assembly and painting plant. Specifically,
new vertical warehouse were also purchased and
a new semiautomatic assembly line equipped
installed.
In
the
manufacturing
area,
semi-
with cyber-physical systems went into operation, and new vertical automated warehouses fully
A new production plant was built in India during
interconnected with factory logistics systems were
2022, and therefore investments were made
purchased.
concerning masonry and general plant works
With regard to the Italian plant in Monguelfo, two
related to process industrialization.
automated machining centers for processing steel components have come into operation.