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MECAL Machinery – An Impressive New Powder Coating Plant for Finishing Aluminium, PVC, and Light Alloys-Processing Machines Alessia Venturi, ipcm®
What and how many parameters need to be analysed when assessing an investment in a new production plant? They are certainly numerous, from the latest technologies available for a certain production stage to the expertise of one’s own operators, up to production requirements in terms of volume, time-tomarket, and efficiency. In this respect, when planning a major investment for a strategic phase, it would be advisable to devise it with a view to meeting all the needs that may emerge in the long term, not just in the present or short-term future. This is the principle that guided MECAL Machinery in its decision to invest in one of Europe’s most impressive coating lines, designed and built by a group of Italian suppliers that included Silvi Srl (Peregallo di Lesmo, Monza e Brianza), Futura Convogliatori Aerei Srl (Robecco Pavese, Pavia), and Siver Srl (Corciano, Perugia).
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3,000 machines sold, more than 30 international patents,
company that has contributed to Italy’s industrial history. Founded in
50,000 m of production facilities, 180 employees, and over
1978 by Ennio Cavezzale, its current President, and Rosella Meschini –
7,500 customers worldwide: in short, these are the figures
a close couple both in work and in life – MECAL Machinery specialises
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behind the success of MECAL Machinery Srl (Frascarolo, Pavia), a
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in the production of plants and systems for processing aluminium,