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investment in 2018? also means that we have increased situation before ordering.
SIGMA – Luigi Mandelli, Sales our flexibility considerably. GMP&A: So important com-
Director: We have increased our SIGMA – Mari: Flexibility is a petitors do not have this type of
production capacity from 13,200 fundamental if not essential speed and flexibility?
ton to 17,100 ton. This invest- characteristic that you must SIGMA: No, and not even small-
ment of EUR 4 million also have to work well in the glass er-sized competitors either!
involved investments carried out industry. SIGMA – Mandelli: As a group
in Italy. We created more space SIGMA – Mandelli: And flexibil- we now have over 100 employees
in the original factory, installing ity is one of our strong points. but we have maintained the phi-
a fourth press and a second batch Increasing our flexibility means losophy and mentality of a small
house, which means that we are that we can also meet the requests company which means that any
now able to produce two different of those clients who always wait type of product request, emer-
types of product in four different right until the last minute because gency or other can be managed
formats at the same time. This they are waiting to see the market and a response given the fol-
lowing day – all over the world
– as far as New Zealand and
Australia for example.
Glass Machinery Plants & Accessories recently GMP&A: What are the forecasts

went to speak to SIGMA to get an update on the for next year – 2020?
SIGMA – Mandelli: We expect to
company, its growth in turnover and personnel, exceed 20,000 tons of refractory
materials, 14,000 tons pressed and
both with regards to Italy and to its Bulgarian about 7,000 for furnace parts such
as forehearth superstructures,

plant, opened in 2014. expendables, and so on.
SIGMA – Mari: Reaching 7,000
tons of special shapes will prob-

SIGMAREF - Bulgaria

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