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About BercoREMEMBERING MAURIZIO BISSIA TRUE GENTLEMAN“He was a true gentleman, thekind you don't meet anymore”.This is what somebody was heardto say on learning of the deathof Maurizio Bissi, the engineer incharge of sales product support. Hewas a true gentleman, Maurizio,always ready to help, with his vastreserve of knowledge acquired onthe job and his proverbial abilityto analyze problems. He loved hiswork, and he loved to share hisexperiences; people smile tothemselves when they rememberwhat a great flow of words he was capable of producing!But not a single one of those dialogues was vacuous oruseless. They were deep, rich and “true”.One day last summer he said to me that he'd “almost comeof age”, referring to his forthcoming 18th year at Berco. Hefirst entered the engineering department in 1989, immediatelyafter the acquisition of the Simmel factory in CastelfrancoVeneto, where he was one of the mainstays. He alwaysstressed the importance of providing adequate valueadded for a technically basic product like the undercarriage,and of selling not only the “pieces of iron” but also theknow-how required to use it correctly and get the bestout of it. Many, many customers and associates expressedtheir condolences for the death of Maurizio Bissi; companiesthat were little and had grown and developed thanks tothe providential support given to them by Maurizio.He died on the 17th of February, on a Friday, just as theBerco siren sounded for the end of the working week. Anhonest, sincere and courteous man, who gave much to thiscompany. This is how we want to remember him, givingus one of those smiles that made it easier to cope witheveryday problems, one of those smiles that warm the heart.Thank you, Maurizio!Stefano SalatiniProduct Support, Field Tests14A PRESTIGIOUS AWARDBerco is the winner of the “TrainingCompany of the Year 2005” ("ImpresaFormativa anno 2005") award for theprovince of Treviso. The award, the secondsince the competition was established, waspresented last month by the chairman ofthe Treviso provincial Confederation ofIndustry (UNIndustria Treviso) to AldoBattistin, the Berco representative on theoccasion.Berco was chosen in preference to the largenumber of Treviso firms that entered thecompetition.“The Impresa Formativa prize - says thecompetition statement - has been awardedto Berco S.p.A. for having seen training asa tool for the professional growth and thesharing of their internal resources and forhaving attained a good level of developmentand awareness of the importance of trainingin the company, with particular referenceto:- the propensity to training- management of training- the opening of the company to the outsideworld, to create a "place of trainingopportunity".On receiving the award, Aldo Battistin toldBN46 > April 2006the UNINDUSTRIA management committee howtraining at Berco (18,000 hours in the lastbusiness year) was seen by the managementas one of the strategic success factors behindthe company's growth and consolidation.Training the employees properly means givingthem the tools to do their jobs more efficientlyand enabling them to understand and sharethe company's goals, and results in anincreased human potential and a heightenedsense of belonging. In other words, it helpspersonnel to grow professionally and canimprove both the quality of their work andtheir position in the company.Furthermore, the training, open also tostudents in their final year, enhances reciprocalknowledge and makes it easier to choosewhen starting off in the world of work.Ing. Aldo BattistinDirector, Berco 2
News & EventsINTERMAT, A MIXTUREOF CONTINUITY AND INNOVATIONBerco will be present at Intermat 2006 (Paris, 24th-29th April 2006), the most important fair of theyear for the earth moving machinery industry, withits latest important production novelties.A continuous drive towards technological innovation inproduction processes is the most significant aspect ofBerco's strategy, a strategy that has helped it to conquersuch a sizeable share of the market. For this reason, at thefair, a lot of space will be reserved for the productionprocess upgrades and developments that the CopparobasedItalian company has been able to implement overthe last few years, thanks above all to the massiveinvestment policy (more than 100 million euros havebeen set aside for the 2005-2007 period).In particular, in the mining products area (some examplesare on display on the stand), Berco is able to offer an evermore extensive range of components and has thus beenable to consolidate its leading position on this market. Frontidlers and sprockets, track links, track shoes and trackrollers can be produced on the biggest mechanical pressin the world (maximum thrust equivalent to 32,000 tons)and the new ring rolling line. Both these lines guaranteeextremely high quality components, thanks also to the forgingprocess, which ensures better metallurgical characteristics,longer life (also because of the subsequent speciallygauged heat treatments) and matchless reliability.Another important step has been taken in the engineeringof a new generation of track rollers (some examples of trackrollers for excavators weighing up to 24 tons will be onshow on the stand), which take advantage of all theprocess innovations in the new automatic assembly line.As well as researching into ever more efficient productionprocess, Berco is also going ahead with the developmentof complete undercarriage systems for tracked machines.In order to meet the ever more pressing demands of OEMsfor so-called “turnkey” solutions, Berco is able to providesolutions for a wide range of applications, such as pavers,asphalt pavers, combine harvesters, etc… By workingtogether with the customer right from the design stage, Berco is able to deliverthe undercarriage complete with all its components, both mechanical and hydraulic,perfectly ready for installation on the machine being manufactured on the OEMs'assembly lines.Some of the examples on display on the 741m2 stand in pavilion 6 are:- a wedge-shaped undercarriage for asphalt pavers with polyurethane-lined trackshoes for greater stability and to avoid damaging the road surface. The track chainis 4.2 m long with a pitch of 155.1 mm- an undercarriage system for pavers, with rubber-coated track shoes. The paverhas 4 independent tracks, each one 2 m long with a pitch of 155.1 mm- a complete triangular undercarriage system for rice combine harvesters - analternative to wheeled versions giving greater stability and the possibility of usingan extremely useful float effect. The track chain is 2.8 m long with a pitch of171.45 mm.So, Berco will be at Intermat with a series of novelties which, while being the fruitof a policy based on continuity, make it abundantly clear that the drive towardsinnovation plays an essential part in staying ahead as market leader.BN46 > April 200615
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