ZOOM ON EVENTS
The Ordinary Assembly of ECCA Italy for the 2020-2021 Period
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On Friday, February 21, 2020, at 10:30 am, at the premises of Condoroil Stainless Srl (Casale Litta, Varese, Italy), the members of the Italian branch of ECCA met in ordinary assembly for the renewal of appointments, an update on the ventures carried out, and the discussion of the training offer for the next two years. the steering committee members. The steering committee also confirmed Antonio Bonoli as its President and appointed Maria Alba Fusco as the Vice-President. Giovanni Scocco was chosen again as the treasurer. Afterwards, promotional activities were discussed with a broad debate on the role played by the association as a national benchmark for technical and product information regarding the pre-painted metal’s applications. The experts discussed about the associations’ visibility and the opportunities offered by social media. During her speech, Alessia Venturi confirmed the opportunities offered by the partnership with the ipcm® technical magazine, which boasts a widespread distribution among industry players From left to right, Alessia Venturi, Giovanni Scocco, Sergio Stecca Marco Zavattoni, Maria Alba Fusco, Antonio Bonoli, Paola Zavattoni, Francesco Tamburrino, Ugo Carcano, Giuseppe Foletti, and Marco Misani.
such as end users, professionals, architects, engineers, and surveyors, with
The ordinary assembly of the Italian branch of the European Coil Coating
Finally, the assembly spoke about ECCA Italia’s appointments for 2020,
Association (ECCA), held on February 21, 2020 at the recently renovated
including the collaboration with Poliefun, an association of Politecnico di
headquarters of company member Condoroil Chemical Srl, saw the
Milano, for the event organised for the seventh edition of its Industrial Short
participation of ten firms out of the entitled seventeen. The assembly
Master, which will mainly involve firms Novelis and Salchi Metalcoat. ECCA
also hosted three special guests: Alessia Venturi and Francesco Stucchi,
Italia also offered to give a lecture at the University of Trento during the
representing Eos Mktg&Communication Srl, the publishing house of the
“Corrosion Days”, the event organised by the Negrelli Foundation together
ipcm® magazine and an ECCA media partner, and QualiSteelCoat quality
with the Trento Order of the Engineer and the Department of Industrial
manager Rolando Ragazzini.
Engineering; the presentation will deal with the coil coating process.
over 3500 international contacts. She also talked about the need to make the most of these in order to promote coil coating.
Ragazzini presented Qualital’s QualiSteelCoat quality mark, already widespread in Europe in the field of post-painted metal and also applicable
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to the pre-painted metal one. ECCA Italia president Antonio Bonoli opened the working session by thanking all participants and hosting company Condoroil Chemical, which also offered a welcome refreshment and a lunch. The assembly began with a review of the association’s recent history, statute, aims, and purposes. This was followed by a summary of the activities carried out in the last ten years by ECCA Italia, especially in the conference and editorial fields. This included the re-edition of the manual “I Laminati Metallici Preverniciati” six years ago, which is still one of the most updated and comprehensive publications in the sector. The association’s appointments were also renewed for the 2020-2021 period. Antonio Bonoli from Marcegaglia Carbon Steel, Maria Alba Fusco and Sergio Stecca from Liberty Steel Group Magona, Giovanni Paolo Prandi from Isva (a brand of The Sherwin-Williams Company), Paola Zavattoni from Condoroil Chemical, and Giovanni Scocco from Benasedo were elected as
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Condoroil Chemical's new headquarters in Casale Litta (Varese), where the ECCA members’ ordinary assembly was held.