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IPM, a leader in plastic pipe extrusion machinery, hosted the“ Stronger Together” symposium to showcase its latest innovations, including a fully automated end-of-line system. Powered by AI and robotics, the solution boosts efficiency and addresses global labor challenges. IPM will present further advancements at K 2025.
TOGETHER TOWARDS AN INCREASINGLY
INNOVATIVE FUTURE
Italian technology plast / October 2025
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From design to manufacturing, each machine is conceived and brought to life within the Romagna-based company, a true embodiment of Made in Italy and a benchmark in the field of plastic pipe extrusion and processing machinery. A constantly evolving journey that for nearly forty years has been filled with challenges, enthusiasm, talent, and passion, culminated a few months ago in the“ Stronger Together” symposium, held at IPM‘ s head-
Automatic packaging and palletising system equipped with robots and artificial intelligence quarters in Lugo di Romagna, which welcomed approximately 130 Italian and international customers. The world of manufacturing is evolving rapidly: change is not only inevitable, but accelerating. Precisely for this reason, the symposium sparked great interest among customers seeking quality, technology, innovation, and customization— key elements for standing out in the market, staying competitive, and keeping up with the times. Today, our machines are present in 124 countries across all five continents. Throughout the day, the area managers of IPM srl showcased the many new developments within the facility, giving customers the opportunity to see the machines in operation, ask questions, and interact with one another.“ We organized the symposium because we are convinced- especially after the Covid period- of the importance and necessity of returning to human contact,” the company owners: Argnani, Barabani and Geminiani explained,“ and of the direct interaction between knowledge, experience, customer needs, and the know-how we have acquired over 38 years of continuous research and development in the field of extrusion machinery.” Among the main technological innovations presented:
• haul-offs with 12 tracks up to pipe diameter 1600 mm,
• different types of electric and non-electric saws,
• electric socketing machines for PVC and PP pipes,
• pipe bending machines, threading machines, and slotting machines,
• and most notably, an innovative system for the automation
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