Focus on Italy
Innovate to accumulate
S
alvagnini has completed over 3000
installations for small, medium and
Zed Lisac,
director, Asia-
large companies in more than fifty
Pacific and
countries. It offers a range of flexible mod-
Rest of World,
ular systems and solutions for sheet metal
Salvagnini Spa
processing – from punching machines,
panel benders (automated sheet bending
systems), laser cutting systems and robotic
bending cells to integrated systems for fac-
tory logistics.
The Group has over 1000 employees and
four production units in Europe – in Austria
(near Linz, where most of its P4 panel bend-
ers are made), the USA (Cincinatti – where
tooling and machine refurbishments are
carried out), southern Italy (manufacturing
connections for storage/unloading systems)
and its main Italian headquarters at Sarego
(near Vicenza).
This year, it celebrates the thirtieth anni-
versary of its P4 automatic panel bending
systems. Already, more than 1700 P4s have
For this issue’s focus on Italy,
been installed worldwide. There are currently
seven different models of P4, starting with ISMR visits Italian sheet metal
the PERforMER+, and a number of automatic
P4 Panel Benders. ISMR therefore paid a visit
specialist, Salvagnini Italia, to
to Salvagnini’s head office at Sarego (Italy) to
discuss its flexible automation
discuss its philosophy of flexible automation,
future objectives and observation of current
philosophy, future direction
and future sheet metal market trends.
and sheet metal market trends
Customers and markets
director, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World, told
Salvagnini posted a turnover of around 200
ISMR. “We can attribute that growth, in part,
million euros in 2006 – a 15% increase on
to perhaps two main factors. Firstly, world-
turnover from the previous year. The com-
wide markets have been performing well
pany has recently entered key new markets
and, secondly, we have increased our sales
in Brazil and India.
coverage in various markets.
“We believe that 2007 will bring our high-
“We have no indications that there will be
est sales turnover. The growth we achieved
an imminent decline although, of course,
in 2006 was over 40% in terms of order col-
it is a cyclical market. There has been a
lection (not turnover), compared to the pre-
consistent increase everywhere but the one
vious financial year,” Zed Lisac, Salvagnini’s
region where growth has been distinctly
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