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A New Coating Plant to Custom Finish OMSI Trasmissioni’s Drive Units Monica Fumagalli ipcm®
The new coating plant installed at the Italian headquarters of OMSI Trasmissioni Spa, an international Group producing power transmission systems, has increased the company’s production capacity and the customisation level of its mechanical drive components intended for the agricultural, industrial, and railway sectors.
A
ccording to the report of the Italian Association of Gears and
(25% of the entire production).
Transmission Elements Manufacturers (Assiot), this industrial
Such a substantial volume of business experienced a setback during the
segment in Italy “is among the top four worldwide in terms of
lockdown imposed by the pandemic, as it has happened for the entire
size and the second one in terms of technology (behind Germany), with
manufacturing industry. These days, however, it is starting to see the first
niches of absolute excellence”1. The association’s estimates indicate
signs of recovery. “Despite the lockdown, we have managed to complete
that the Italian power transmission sector is composed of about 300
our company improvement and revamping project according to the
industrial-size companies, to which we must add numerous artisanal
Industry 4.0 dictates which included the construction of a new factory
firms, accounting for 1.6 billion Euros in the country’s trade balance
for our coating, assembly, shipping, and warehouse departments,” states Renato Soncina, the CEO of OMSI Trasmissioni SpA.
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https://www.assiot.it/it/#1474876268166-19eee455-3733 (07/09/2020)
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One of the drive units manufactured by OMSI.
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