From left to right IM GROUP members : Silvio Cimenti , Global Director of Branding and Marcom ; Gianluca Incerti , Global Commercial Director ; ChristopheRizzo , CEO EMEA / AMERICAS ; RemoCareglio , Area Sales Manager ( retired ): ValentinaCigna , President and Global HR Director ; RobertoGuerra , CEO Asia Pacific ; Francesco Nesti , Global Director of Software & Automation ; EnricoMattiazzi , Global Director of Engineering , Production and Supply Chain
Inkmaker group rebrands as IM group
Inkmaker Group has announced it will officially be known as IM GROUP . The launch , filmed on location at Inkmaker ’ s headquarters in Turin , Italy ( now also headquarters to IM GROUP ), was screened for private viewing on Youtube to coincide with World Earth Day to emphasise its commitment towards sustainability .
The decision to rebrand Inkmaker Group as IM GROUP aligns with the group ’ s vision , of evolving its technology to expand in its fields and adapt , the advantages of its products , to new markets .
“ Since October 2019 , Inkmaker has made significant investments , on the acquisitions of the businesses of Rexson and Valtech , in UK ; Tecnopails , in Italy ; and most recently Swesa , in Germany . The driving strategy behind these acquisitions was to create a
76 FDPP - www . fdpp . co . uk reliable complete supply chain — serving predominantly , but not only , the ink , paint and coatings industry — to sustain our core businesses ,” explained Christophe Rizzo , CEO EMEA / Americas , IM GROUP .
This meant restructuring the group ’ s brands into various specialities , yet to still function as one strong force , hence the need to rebrand the existing Inkmaker Group brand , to have an identity of its own , as an autonomous holding brand positioned as a “ Total Solutions Provider ”. As Rizzo highlighted ,
“ this is the evolution of Inkmaker Group , which is essentially that of Inkmaker .”
Gianluca Incerti , Global Commercial Director , IM GROUP explained that this was one of the key reasons for forming IM GROUP . “ Our strategy is to create “ areas of excellence ” dedicating each of our brands to a specific expertise . In this way each brand still works individually , with its existing clients in its own markets , and when required shares that expertise — offering Total Solutions — when for example , working on large turn-key plant engineering projects . This guarantees resource optimisation and high flexibility to manage projects of all sizes ,”
With the restructure of IM GROUP ’ s brands — Inkmaker will focus on ink dispensing and software design ; Rexson will be predominantly for paint as well as liquid ink , Vale-Tech will focus on