HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH
From Metalwork to R&D for the Construction of Coating Plants: The Successful Path of Montagna Srl Alessia Venturi ipcm
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Some key partners to the success of the most important international projects remain hidden behind the scenes of the coating equipment industry. These companies are able to build individual system components while, at the same time, offering design support, research and development, and purchasing management services. One of them, Montagna Srl, is celebrating 50 years of activity, during which it has collaborated with all major European plant engineering firms in the car and industrial coating sectors.
O
n our pages, we are used to presenting success stories about
perhaps unknown to most, but which is behind the most important
large coating plants characterised by amazing grandeur,
paintshops built all over Europe (and beyond), some of which have
build quality, and operational efficiency. On the other hand,
been featured in ipcm® articles.
only seldom do we venture behind the scenes, in the design and
Walter Montagna established Montagna Srl as a craft metalwork
construction work required by these industrial machines, whose
business in 1970, in the Camonica Valley (Italy), a place where
technology is a flagship of the whole European mechanical industry.
craftsmanship is a value as well as a cultural element to cultivate over
2020 marked the 50th anniversary of a company whose name is
time: now that firm operates in the construction of several carbon
©Montagna
The Montagna’s headquarters in Rogno (Bergamo, Italy).
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N. 66 - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020 - international PAINT&COATING magazine