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INTERVIEW acquisitions, are we speaking around the end of August.
Interview production as lean and fast as ing complementary companies centages of the Group’s pres-
electronics, and also to have eve-
about competitors….?
rything connected and making
EMS: Our goal is that of acquir-
GMP&A: What are the per-
possible.
that will lead us to have a com-
We have also invested in post-
ence in the various sectors:
plete range of products (for the
food and beverage, glass and
sales…enabling remote assistance
cold end). This means that we are
others…
and Augmented and Mixed reality.
EMS: With regards to our
So you can see that all these
looking for secondary packaging
companies – upstream from pal-
important investments are being
turnover of EUR 130 million
carried out to make the group
letizing operations – quite impor-
right now, we have EUR 35
as productive as possible, more
sector.
EUR 45 million from glass,
aggressive on the market, and –
Another area that we will be
and the remaining part coming
with other acquisitions – create
from beverage.
a type of group that can become tant in the food and beverage million coming from food,
investing in is logistics – end-of-
number one at global level in pal- line – warehouses and all other
letizing equipment. connected aspects. There is also GMP&A: So this means that
The following step will be to give the possibility of developing some glass is continuing to be an
the group another push to grow kinds of technology directly in- important part of your activi-
even more, to become completely house if there is the starting point ties?
industrialized and to create profit and opportunity. EMS: And we want it not
on the investments made. These complementary compa- only to remain important but
nies are Italian and the acquisi- to become even more impor-
GMP&A: When you speak about tions are expected to take place tant in the near future. We

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