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IEC+ Joins IM GROUP Silvio Cimenti IM Group – San Gillio (Torino) – Italy
scimenti@inkmaker.com
IEC+ announced that it has joined IM GROUP with the aim of strengthening their presence in the market globally.
I
M GROUP has announced that IEC+ srl, the specialist in mechanical
was to lay the foundations of IM GROUP by structuring our brands to
engineering renowned for the design and manufacture of
focus on their individual specialties, yet for them to come together to
dispersing, grinding and mixing equipment, as well as complete
offer total process-engineering solutions, under a single group, when
engineering studies and turnkey solutions, has joined the group.
required. The second phase was to evolve this to an advanced stage,”
IEC+ has been collaborating with IM GROUP for several years offering
said Christophe Rizzo, CEO of EMEA/Americas, IM GROUP. “Today, we
dispersing, grinding and mixing equipment. Now the entry of IEC+
are adding a significant boost to our portfolio with the addition of a
represents a unique opportunity for the evolution of both companies.
company that will act as a central catalyst to unite and spearhead each
The decision to announce the joining of IEC+, six months after the
of our other brands into: Advanced engineering solutions”, continued
launch of IM GROUP, is based on a dual strategy. “The initial phase
Rizzo.
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IEC+’s entry into IM Group was announced during an event held at the IEC+ headquarters in Traversetolo (Parma) with (from left): Silvio Cimenti, Christophe Rizzo, Roberto Guerra, Valentina Cigna, Gianluca Incerti, Fabrizio Musi and Antonio Riggio.
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