NEWS & EVENTSIM GROUP listed in Europe’s top 10 chemical techsolutions providers 2021The recently rebranded IM GROUP (formerly Inkmaker Group) hasbeen recognised as one of the “TOP 10 CHEMICAL TECH SOLUTIONPROVIDERS IN EUROPE 2021” by Manufacturing TechnologyInsights.Headquartered in Italy, IM GROUP, a global technology leaderfocused on reliability, offers total process engineering through itsbrands: Inkmaker, Rexson, Vale-tech, Swesa, Teko and Tecnopails.The Group’s core business – predominantly in the paint, coatings,ink and chemical industry – offers design and manufacturingthrough to complete engineering studies and turnkey solutions;customised plant engineering and software design; highly accurateautomated dispensing; process equipment from bulk handling tofilling lines; POS equipment and other related services.“We have invested significantly in the global evolution of ourGroup from systems and processes, software and technologythrough to human capital and the acquisition of several companieswith specific expertise. All of this was recently revealed in theinternational media with the rebranding of our Inkmaker Groupto IM GROUP. This recognition by Manufacturing TechnologyInsights therefore comes as a great honour to us, and we wouldlike to thank the judges for their exhaustive research at arriving attheir decision,” said Christophe Rizzo, CEO EMEA / Americas, IMGROUP.Several criteria attracted Manufacturing Technology Insightsto IM GROUP, amongst which the Group’s technological andautomated systems. IM GROUP, renowned in the industry for itsleading proprietary software – the brain behind its installationsand machines – and its systems that are manufactured in threecontinents, guarantee highly accurate colours consistently,precisely and instantly in the 15 countries, throughout the fivecontinents, where it operates.IM GROUP, already renowned as one of Asia’s leading processengineeringsolutions providers, and who last year expanded theirfactory premises in China to double its previous size, is highlyrespected in the industry for its unique strategy of employing adual-CEO leadership. This, the Group advocates, focuses theirattention more intently either side of the globe. Roberto Guerra,CEO Asia Pacific, IM GROUP, who is currently visiting the Italianheadquarters concluded, “Industry 4.0 technology and smartfactories are at the drivers of our growth. This nomination,although specifically for Europe, is significant throughout all ourbrands and geographical locations, we are very proud of ourcolleagues and the prestigious recognition they have brought theentire Group.”8 July-August 2021 | www.b-i.biz
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