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History Is Us: OMSG Acquires the brand Carlo Banfi © ipcm ®
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n June 15, 2017, OMSG operations has become – Officine Meccaniche increasingly high and the San Giorgio – acquired market has firmly oriented the brand Carlo Banfi. Both towards automatic global leaders in the production systems, so much so that of shot blasting machines, OMSG had dismissed that these two companies together line of business already have 135 years of experience in the nineties. Now, our in this field and they have top technologies are roller installed about 9000 plants conveyor shot blasting in 100 different countries, machines for sheets, including Angola, Burkina Faso, profiles and pipes (Fig. 2) Ghana and the nations of South and tunnel plants where America. the workpieces are 1 “Officine Meccaniche San handled by a double hoist Giorgio was established in San or a two-rail conveyor Figure 1: The entrance to OMSG factory. Giorgio su Legnano (Italy, and sent through a shot Fig. 1) in 1961,” says Enzo blasting tunnel (Fig. 3). Dell’Orto, the owner of OMSG These systems are to be assembled, now account for 40% of our and the son of one of the founders. conventionally found in sand blasting production. Luckily for us, mechanical “A few months afterwards, my father paid and coating lines where an overhead pre-treatment is now a requirement in off the other partners and acquired the conveyor takes the parts from the most of today’s specifications. Moreover, full ownership of the company. After a shot blasting stage to the subsequent the treatment and disposal of the waste transfer in Legnano, he set its permanent surface treatment steps. However, also water from chemical pre-treatment plants and current headquarters in Villa Cortese our automatic hanger, hook and hoist are quite expensive, so end-users prefer in 1974. In the eighties, OMSG also shot blasting systems, technologically dry pre-treatment processes. Finally, bought a second factory in Dairago, now simple but very large-sized, are still very the impact of labour costs on manual used for raw material storage and for the important for us.” revamping of our equipment. In 1991, The benefits of this we established OMSG Deutschland acquisition in Metzingen and our French branch, which was later closed and finally On June 15, 2017, OMSG – Officine “Acquiring the brand Carlo reopened in 2011 with the name of Banfi means to expand our Meccaniche San Giorgio – acquired the OMSG France.” position on the market by brand Carlo Banfi. Both global leaders in “In the last few years, the shot absorbing its customers the production of shot blasting machines, blasting market has been shifting through the after-sales and these two companies together have 135 its focus from foundry and forge to spare part services. This years of experience in this field and they carpentry,” adds Dell’Orto. “Metal will give us the chance to have installed about 9000 plants in 100 carpentry components, simple or get acquainted with such different countries.”
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