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was not yet manufactured there,” Mr Scordamaglia explained. Another important novelty in terms of products is that of subsea compressors. Recently the first prototype was built for an important client and this has been followed by a similar project for another prestigious customer. “We are also always investing to update the quality of our production systems. In fact, our strategy is to offer a high-quality range of products, which really offers an added value to customers, so as to face off competition, especially that which originates in low cost countries. This year we have invested €15m in this area. We also continuously pay attention to work safety and environmental issues and we are already ISO 14001 certified and implementing OHSAS 18001 in all our companies. “Last year, we also made an investment in Bosnia, acquiring our own deburring facilities, to carry out one of our ancillary activities instead of outsourcing it.”
The group has increased its sales on the North American market as well as in Russia. “Now, after the establishment of our Russian joint-venture, we are at the point of a technological consolidation step, as the opening of the Russian foundry required a significant effort and continuous support in terms of human resources. We will then concentrate on high technology products. We carry out work in partnership with Udine Innovazione (linked to Udine University) with regard to developing new special steel grades. Specifically, a lot of work has been done on steels, in particular duplex, super-duplex and Inconel, materials which are especially used in the North Sea, because of their high resistance to aggressive corrosion.” Cividale’s suppliers play an important role in helping the group to offer high-quality, value-added products, by supplying it with upto-date products, components and software. In particular Danieli and IMF have worked
closely with the group with regard to the setting up of the Russian foundry, respectively supplying furnaces and moulding systems. In Italy itself there are a number of important suppliers, including the company Presezzi for finish machining components. With regard to cutting-edge software systems the cooperation with Engine Soft is very significant. “ At the moment there has been a general decrease in the power generation sector in terms of lack of new plants being built. We are obviously feeling this and responding by concentrating on maintaining our market position and widening it through the acquisition of new clients. We are also compensating for this decrease in power generation with an increase in the process pumps and compressors which we supply to the oil & gas industry. We hope to see an improvement in the power generation industry from mid-2014. Power generation will nevertheless remain our core n reference market.”
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