{"id":20683,"date":"2024-09-19T11:09:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T11:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/img.quantocostaunsitointernet.it\/?post_type=industrium_case&p=20683"},"modified":"2024-09-23T11:17:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T11:17:38","slug":"from-capriano-del-colle-to-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"industrium_case","link":"https:\/\/img.quantocostaunsitointernet.it\/en\/case-studies\/from-capriano-del-colle-to-the-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"From Capriano del Colle to the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

From Capriano del Colle to the USA: the ongoing internationalization of IMG<\/h6>\r\n
The next step on the path of expansion that began in Germany and that is now under consolidation is the United States. The presence in Great Britain, Ireland and Eastern Europe is already well established and positive. The company is preparing to welcome customers for the R-evolution Days with Federico Rampini, Lorenzo Montagna and Marco Pugliese<\/b><\/span><\/h6>\r\n

Capriano del Colle (BS), 19 September 2024<\/i> – IMG continues its internationalisation process.\u00a0 <\/span>The company – a leading manufacturer of injection and compression moulding machines for rubber, silicone and thermosets – has just concluded its participation in the International Elastomer Conference in the United States <\/b>(Pittsburgh, 10-12 September 2024), a major event in the rubber industry. This is a first scouting step for IMG towards the USA<\/b>. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is close to the territory considered the \u2018Rubber Valley\u2019 of the Mid-West in the USA, just as the Italian Sebino district – which includes the areas of Brescia and Bergamo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\u201cThe US is a huge market for the rubber world, where major international players are already present,\u201d explains IMG CEO Barbara Ulcelli<\/b>. \u201cAfter a preliminary analysis, we are ready for an initial explorative and discovery phase. To continue in this direction, of course, we will have to acquire a local agent to be a reference point for the area, and also a warehouse that can guarantee spare parts in a timely manner, like the one we already have in China for the eastern market\u201d.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For IMG, the United States represents a further step in the expansion process that began a few years ago. In July, the company from Brescia exhibited at the German DKT trade fair (Nuremberg, 1-4 July 2024) with a 120 m<\/span>2<\/sup><\/span> stand featuring two injection moulding machines: the REM horizontal machine and the new vertical version of the VCV series<\/b>. The REM<\/b>, the world’s first full-electric model for rubber injection moulding, which is already one of the winners of the Lombardy Region’s \u2018Tech Fast\u2019 tender, is a key player in IMG’s launch on the European market. Presented in 2022 at the K trade fair in D\u00fcsseldorf, it has immediately attracted attention for its advanced electronics elements<\/b> that allow a lower energy impact.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Furthermore, on German soil, the company has already confirmed its participation as an exhibitor at the K 2025 trade fair in D\u00fcsseldorf<\/b>. \u201cGermany is the first foreign country in which IMG has entered and in which the intention is to establish itself with increasing authority,\u201d continues the Director of the board, Barbara Ulcelli<\/b>. \u201cIt is a country that boasts a long-standing manufacturing tradition with great potential and our second market, after Italy\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Italian market for IMG represents 80%, the foreign market 20%, and the goal is to grow the latter to 30% within two years<\/b>. The tendency to open up to foreign markets is taking place gradually. In addition to collaborations in Germany, there are business partnerships with representatives in other European and non-European countries.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The first in order of landing is Great Britain and Ireland<\/b>, which are particularly interesting because the rubber industry in the UK is characterised by specialised companies producing small volumes and batches of many different types, from O-ring seals to oil seals to shoe soles. Rubber parts are produced for demanding sectors with very high-quality standards, such as the automotive, oil, gas and aerospace industries. The main demand is from the automotive sector, consisting of well-known manufacturers, including Formula 1 racing teams, and engine manufacturers. The production value of rubber products in the UK is estimated at over \u20ac4 billion and the industry employs over 20,000 people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

IMG is also active in Eastern Europe, in particular in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia<\/b>; on the other hand, it is represented on the Iberian Peninsula<\/b> in Portugal and Spain <\/b>with good potential: according to the Consorcio Nacional de Industriales del Caucho, the Iberian elastomer transformation sector consists of around 300 companies with 22,000 employees in the tyre and technical articles segment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And lastly, IMG is also present in South Korea and in China<\/b>, in the Zhenhai district in the east of the country, where it has a warehouse for storing spare parts for customers in the East, which is functional for being closer and faster in sending spare parts. \u201cThese partnerships allow us greater proximity and are a guarantee of constant support for foreign customers. They allow us <\/span>to understand and intercept their needs in order to better meet the demands of very different markets, which have equally peculiar characteristics,\u201d Barbara Ulcelli<\/b> further emphasises.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A priority for IMG is the focus on customers, who will be invited on 3 and 4 October<\/b> for the first edition of the R-EVOLUTION DAYS<\/b>, a two-day event dedicated to the most up-to-date and technological issues, to encourage reflection on a world that is rapidly changing. Among the speakers will be Lorenzo Montagna<\/b>, with a focus on virtual and augmented reality and the metaverse to be experienced through special visors available for participants; Federico Rampini<\/b>, with a speech on the current geopolitical situation; and Marco Pugliese<\/b>, who will discuss green and ESG issues.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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