Italian technology plast / October 2022

The Syncro Group headquarters in Busto Arsizio ( near Varese ) Das Werk der Syncro

Gruppe in Busto Arsizio ( Provinz Varese )

It was April 20 , 2007 when , born of an idea by Gabriele Caccia , a company was founded to design and manufacture machinery and accessories for plastic extrusion lines that synchronise the process . Syncro was the company ’ s name and its very first products included the gravimetric blenders and related control systems that are today recognised as part of the history of a name that soon became a benchmark in the industrial sector , laying the foundation stone for the birth of today ‘ s Syncro Group , which brings together as many as five complementary companies - all leaders in the market - that deliver bespoke engineering solutions . As part of an intensive industrial development , the Group expanded its market by investing in the research of new technologies , so as to be able to propose innovative products such as automatic cooling rings for bubble film extrusion lines and the relative measurement systems . For these products Syncro has recently also introduced a line of equipment

aimed at the wire and cable industry ). In 2008 , a first branch was opened in the United States , where the plastic industry is fuelled by a very strong and constantly developing market . Then , between 2010 and 2013 , Syncro expanded its range of action , opening additional offices in the world ’ s major industrial centres in China , Japan , India , Asia and Brazil . In 2017 , the team welcomed Plasmac , a British company founded in 1994 and now based at the Syncro Group ’ s industrial complex in Busto Arsizio . Plasmac is a leader in the production of compact shredding / extrusion systems for in-line recycling of flexible plastic packaging scrap . That year was significant , too , because it saw Plantech-CST - a Modenese company specialised in the storage , transport and blending of powders , flakes , granules and liquids for the plastic , chemical and food sectors - entering the Group . In 2019 , Erema , undisputed world leader in the production of

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