RADICI FILM S.p.A - Amiplastics
RADICI FILM S.p.A - Amiplastics
RADICI FILM S.p.A - Amiplastics
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<strong>RADICI</strong> <strong>FILM</strong> S.p.A<br />
120<br />
Head Office: Via Fermi 46<br />
ZI. Aussa Corno I/S<br />
33058 San Giorgio di Nogaro (UD)<br />
Italy<br />
Tel:<br />
Fax:<br />
E Mail:<br />
Web Site:<br />
+ 39 0431 62 71 11<br />
+ 39 0431 62 11 35<br />
staff@radicifilm.com<br />
www.radicifilm.com<br />
Ownership: Radici S.p.A<br />
Key facts<br />
Sector:<br />
• Flexible<br />
Plastics technology used:<br />
• Film extrusion<br />
Markets served:<br />
• Beverages<br />
• Cosmetics/toiletries<br />
• Food – bakery/confectionery<br />
products<br />
• Food – dairy/yellow fats<br />
• Industrial<br />
• Medical/pharmaceutical<br />
• Tobacco<br />
Estimated turnover in plastics<br />
packaging in Europe 2001:<br />
• €155 million<br />
Radici Film is part of the large Radici S.p.A. corporation that has many varied interests including<br />
fibres, fabrics, chemicals, engineering, looms, plastics and packaging. Compared with some of its<br />
major counterparts in Europe, it entered the bi-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film sector relatively late<br />
with its first line being installed in 1991, with an original capacity of just 5,000 tonnes. Nevertheless,<br />
since then it has developed and grown to become a significant player on the European scene with a<br />
capacity at its Italian plant of 75,000 tonnes/year.<br />
The group expanded internationally in May 2001 when it acquired from the Hungarian group TVK, its<br />
Biafol BOPP film operation based at Tiszaújváros. This marked the first manufacturing entrée by a<br />
West European BOPP film producer into the evolving Central and East European region. The primary<br />
objective was to expand the presence of the Radici Film Group in European markets. Only two years<br />
previously, Biafol had increased their production capacity to 23,000 tonnes through the addition of a<br />
new Brückner line. Interestingly, the development work, construction, design, operation and sales with<br />
respect to this line were done in conjunction with Mobil Plastics Europe. The combined capacity of the<br />
two sites is now nearly 100,000 tonnes making it the second largest BOPP film producer in Europe<br />
after ExxonMobil.<br />
The company is able to offer plain, coextruded and pearlised films from its two sites and supplies for<br />
a broad range of applications including packaging for various foods and tobacco.<br />
Radici Film is obviously focusing on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe as a key part of its<br />
strategy and it will be interesting to see how this evolves given the rapidly developing packaging needs<br />
of the region.<br />
Financial results<br />
Units: EUR Millions 1998 1999 2000 2001<br />
Turnover 87 81 122 155 1<br />
Profit before tax (PBT) N/A N/A N/A N/A<br />
% of turnover in plastics packaging 100% 100% 100% 100%<br />
% of PBT in plastics packaging<br />
1<br />
Includes Radici Film Hungary<br />
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Plastics packaging operations in Europe<br />
<strong>RADICI</strong> <strong>FILM</strong> S.p.A<br />
Company name Location Main activity Estimated 2001<br />
Throughput<br />
(tonnes)<br />
Radici Film I-San Giorgio di Nogaro BOPP film extrusion 70,500<br />
Radici Film Hungary I- Tiszaújváros BOPP film extrusion,<br />
flexo printing,<br />
metallising<br />
22,000<br />
Grand total 90,800<br />
Non-European plastics packaging operations<br />
Radici Film only operates plants in Italy and Hungary although the Radici Group also manufactures<br />
PET preforms in the former Russian republic of Georgia.<br />
Details of plastics packaging activities<br />
Radici Film has eight production lines at its two production sites. At Tiszaújváros they also have<br />
flexo printing and metallisation facilities. The films are supplied for a variety of end-uses but primarily<br />
within the food and tobacco packaging areas.<br />
Other activities in packaging<br />
Radici Film is only involved in the production of BOPP films.<br />
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