Italian printing equipment manufacturer Omet has officially opened its new headquarters and associated Innovation Park in Molteno, which are intended to help the company achieve future growth.
The opening of its new headquarters represents a formal reordering of Omet’s activities in and around Lecco, with the company’s former headquarters becoming the focal point for its tissue converting activities, and the buildings in Molteno largely dedicated to labels and packaging.
Covering 34,000sqm, the company’s new headquarters include 17,000sqm of production space, 4,000sqm for offices, and 5,000sqm for the Innovation Park and R&D activities. Within the Innovation Park, a 1,500sqm showroom houses four press lines, including the Durst-powered XJet hybrid line, and the brand-new KFlexo flexo line – a 200m/min, 430-530mm wide press featuring various developments to maximise performance and productivity, and help printers maintain ‘business continuity’. One of these is Switch, a system designed to improve the flexibility of the press configuration by enabling the interchangeability between printing and converting units through easy and quick handling operations. This feature allows KFlex users to quickly react to their production needs, as well as process optimisation on the entire line.
The Omet Innovation Park will directly serve as a place to bring customers and showcase the company’s technologies, as well as provide a place where Omet can develop, innovate and collaborate with supply chain partners to respond to future market challenges and needs. Having a direct presence within the showroom are tesa, Simec Group, Flexo Wash, Nazdar, Zeller+Gmelin, BST, GEW, Simonazzi, Ecoleaf and Rossini.
In opening the Innovation Park, Omet managing director Antonio Bartesaghi highlighted how the company has increased its turnover more than 100% over the last 10 years, from €60 million in 2011 to €135 million in 2021. The Innovation Park will act as a catalyst for further growth, supported by developments such as Omet’s Galileo customer service division and NOVA remote support platform. Ribes Tech will also contribute growth by progressing its development of photovoltaic powered batteryless tags and smart labels. This company was founded by and is co-owned by Omet and former researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT).
