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COMPANY UPDATE
Company update
INCREASING AWARENESS
To overcome some of the
drawbacks of specialization and
to give its present personnel a
greater understanding of the
realities of the glass producers’
world, Perego have organized
for glassmakers to give seminars
in their HQ in Trezzano sul
Naviglio. This helps the mould
maker to see the moulds from a
new perspective. It is also closing
a circle, since Giancarlo original-
ly cut his teeth in a glassworks.
COMPLETELY AUTONOMOUS
The company has remained
a traditional family firm in the
sense of maintaining its close
links with the community and the
and shorter production runs. families in Trezzano sul Naviglio
Dependence on major clients is on whose labour and loyalty
reduced; the risks are shared over Perego has been able to count
a wider number. Such clients over the years. It has become a
require a more versatile product post-crisis quality focused firm
and a more responsive supplier maintaining its independence
who understands every aspect of of sub-contractors by acquir-
the production process and can ing plant in Croatia and invest-
propose alternatives that resolve ing heavily in high technology
problems that the client may not machinery. The new global mar-
have anticipated. This versatility ket situation has led to the setting
requires a high level of invest- up of a commercial unit which
ment in advanced technology as will exploit the possibilities of the
well as a thorough knowledge post crisis recovery and release
of both the glassmaking process a supplementary basic material more energy to concentrate on
and the technology available to because of the superior quality the engineering which has been
the mould maker. Understanding and longevity of bronze moulds. its core business for two genera-
the needs of the client is cru- The production techniques tions. O
cial. Perego now supplies high involved are different from those
tech moulds from its Croatian for steel, the price per mould is
plant to eastern Europe and from higher, but the increased abil-
Trezzano sul Naviglio to the rest ity to service a wider range of
of the world. smaller upmarket clients justi-
As the world recovers from the fies the change. Productivity per
2008 crisis, markets are begin- employee has also increased con-
ning to open up again. More siderably with the introduction
than ever before a reputation for of high technology machinery;
quality and reliability is the key to quality assurance of the product
success. Africa is a large potential remains the primary objective. PEREGO
market where Chinese reluctance Competition on price has been GIANCARLO SPA
to service overseas markets cre- offset by moving away from high Via Marchesina 58
ates opportunities. volume/low value clients to the 20090 Trezzano S/N (MI) - Italy
high value/low volume market. Tel.: +39 - 02 - 48400060
MATERIALS This change has been encour- Fax: +39 - 02 - 4453300
On the engineering side, aged by the saturation of the low E-mail: gperego@gperego.it
Perego is looking to bronze as end of the market. www.gperego.it

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