MACHINERY [ Injection Moulding ]
Roto T4-48XL : rotary press with 4 injection units and 192 single-cavity mould holders exclusively dedicated to the production of wine corks excellent results . Customers continue to invest and the market demand is growing increasingly : it is not known how long this bubble will last - many of us consider it as such - but we want to ride that wave as long as we can . In the past , in general , those of us who build machines according to orders that are different from each other used to sell machines to the same customers every three to four years . Today , instead , we are receiving orders for entire batches of machines , a phenomenon never seen in the history of Presma , so much so that today we are building several machines that are all alike and for the same customer . It is not always easy to understand what the logical motivation is , because these machines do not replace others due to obsolescence , so it is an expansion of the business really out of the norm : a phenomenon that will have to be followed carefully so as not to have unpleasant surprises in the future .”
GROWING DEMAND IN ITALY AND ABROAD This increase in demand concerns both the Italian and foreign markets , continues Canziani : “ We are recording different incoming orders from the various sectors that interest us but the results are similar . Throughout Europe there is a strong demand for large injection moulding machines for regenerated and regrind PVC from electrical cables : I must say that in this sector we have been particularly active , and especially for certain items there are no alternatives to Presma machines : in fact , other solutions are also available which however do not give the same results as ours . We have really centred the technology for this particular type of recycled materials and now we are receiving further requests for feasibility , which bodes well because it seems that the fields of application of PVC are expanding . For example , the production of counterweights could prove to be very interesting , since these are items with a specific weight greater than 1 : in theory our machines could be sized to measure .”
The amount of orders is good for turnover but also causes some difficulties , underlines Canziani : “ From mid-2021 larger orders are increasing and we are almost unable to keep up with this increase , as Presma is a flexible company but with a limited size , with 50 employees . The problems in the supply of components , which are now getting chronic , and the price peaks reached in particular by metals such as steel and aluminium , are also having an impact . All this has led to delays in orders and in delivery terms , which we have been forced to postpone even to 2023 because of the delays of our suppliers and the possible unforeseen events that might happen in the near future . The number of orders are significantly increasing in Italy , thanks also to measures such as the Industry 4.0 incentives , although the shares of domestic and export sales are equivalent in terms of as turnover , but only because the values of individual orders from abroad have increased . To sum up , we sell more machines in Italy on average , in particular in the specific sector of bottle caps that requires small rotary machines , a market that we wrongly considered mature years ago . Some fears , however , derives from the ongoing war in Eastern Europe with the embargo on many financial transactions , because our customers generally sell millions of items in those countries for widely consumed alcoholic beverages such as vodka . Unfortunately some deliveries have already been cancelled . On the other hand , we are resuming the production of some machine types destined for various sectors , especially in markets such as Brazil and Mexico , where sales were discontinued for years due to currency problems , and recently we already received major orders .”
SPECIAL , AS ALWAYS At the product level , the slogan “ Non Standard Technology ” near the Presma logo is always valid , Canziani specifies : “ As always , we continue to offer innovative solutions rather than new applica-
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