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A New 4.0-Oriented Powder Coating Booth to Improve Sustainability and Workplace Ergonomics at Verniciatura Maschietto Monica Fumagalli ipcm®
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owadays, SMEs as well as large manufacturing companies are implementing business strategies aimed at reducing their processes’
environmental impact and improving their employees’ conditions by making their workspaces more ergonomic. Being a sustainable company no longer simply means to equip a factory with systems that meet the increasingly stringent regulations on the environment and safety, but also to be far-sighted in developing production by implementing Industry 4.0 principles in a structural and convenient way. “I am personally involved in my company’s daily life and, therefore, I want it to have certain characteristics while protecting everyone’s health and safety,” says owner Piergiovanni Maschietto to explain the reasons behind his business strategy for Maschietto Mario Eredi Srl, a coating contractor specialising in both powder and liquid treatments with 40 employees managed by Piergiovanni and his brothers, Valentino and Giuliano. “It has always been so: Maschietto was one of the first companies to install an afterburner for the abatement of volatile organic compounds.”
Opening photo: Requirements in terms of application performance and coating quality are now extremely demanding, in the contracting coating field.
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