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From left: Ennio Cavezzale, owner-partner of Mecal Machinery, SCM Group vice-president Giovanni Gemmani, Rosella Meschini, also a partner in Mecal and Cavezzale's wife, and SCM Group CEO Marco Mancini.
SCM Group has signed the closing deal for the purchase of 51 per cent of Mecal Machinery, specializing in the production of machinery and systems for processing aluminium, PVC and light alloys.
Mecal Machinery, based in Pavia, is a vertically integrated company with a 100% per cent made in Italy production with 190 employees and a turnover of 45 million euro.
"The entry of Mecal Machinery into the group allows us to enter a new market segment, enhancing the range of technologies and services already offered by the group,” says Marco Mancini, CEO of the SCM Group.
“The partnership with Mecal Machinery, like the one signed in June with Tecno Logica, in the highly innovative industrial plant sector, opens up important new business opportunities for us at international level.”
Ennio Cavezzale, owner-partner of Mecal Machinery, says: ‘Becoming part of a solid multinational company like SCM Group guarantees Mecal a role as a global leader in its sector, leveraging the SCM Group's capillary sales and service organization.”