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SIGE S.p.A.’s Upgraded Coating Booths for Improved Product Quality and Reduced Environmental Impact Gabriele Lazzari ipcm®
The quality of metal accessories for storage furniture is the result of the right combination between their coatings’ aesthetic and functional, especially protective, characteristics. Active in this industry for over fifty years, SIGE has never stopped improving its production processes, up to expanding its market presence worldwide. Its latest investment in finishing, two Gema quick-colour change booths, has enabled it to achieve an 80% improvement in its finishes’ quality while reducing its manufacturing process’ costs and environmental impact.
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s food has always been synonymous
Italian excellence abroad
with conviviality, it is not surprising
Over the years, this company has grown from
that the kitchen is one of the home
a small family business in the Marches region
environments that is given the most attention
to its current size: an industrial unit with an
when making decorating decisions. This
11,000 m2-wide covered space and a very
is why this rapidly growing sector is now
strong presence on the foreign market. “Like
committed to providing high quality furniture
many Italian companies, we started out as a
and accessories, in terms of not only
local business in 1969 and now we are known
aesthetics but also strength and durability.
worldwide: we are present in 57 countries and
SIGE S.p.A. (Polverigi, Ancona, Italy), a producer
over 90% of our production is exported. This
of metal accessories for storage furniture,
has enabled us to increase our turnover over
has therefore chosen to upgrade its coating
the years: in 2021, it should further grow by
department by installing two Gema quick-
around 30%,” states Mauro Galassi, the Chief
change colour booths that give its products
Executive Officer of SIGE. “The Italian kitchen
even higher finishing quality and reduce its
sector, and especially that of the Marches
production costs and environmental impact.
region, is synonymous with quality both in Italy
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and abroad. We chose to focus on foreign markets during the 2007 crisis, when we suffered a 45% drop in turnover. We invested https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/global-kitchen-furniture-and-fixtures-market 1
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heavily in our foreign sales network, as well as in our products and technology. This gave us
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