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PFM Group is an
Italia Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
n multinational company in the
packaging Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a co ...
and weighing machinery industry, producing Flow Wrap and Form Fill Seal machines, automatic packaging lines and
Multihead weigher A multihead weigher is a fast, accurate and reliable weighing machine, used in packing both food and non-food products. History The multihead weigher was invented and developed by Ishida in the 1970s and launched into the food industry acros ...
s employed in the food and non-food industries.


Arrangement of the company

PFM Group is made up of nine companies: the Italian parent company, ''PFM Packaging Machinery'', which works alongside the ''UK PFM LTD'', ''North American PFM'' Corporation, and German ''PFM Germany'' companies. ''BG Pack SPA'', which is based in
Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
, specialising in the manufacture of special packaging machines for recloseable packs. ''MBP'', based in
Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...
, specialise in the production of multi-head weighers and vertical packaging machines thereby completing the range offered by PFM.
Last in order of acquisition is ''SPS Italiana Pack Systems'', which has come back into the hands of those who founded the company after exchanging ownership a number of times; this company from
Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...
manufacture automatic handling and packaging machines for baked goods and biscuits, chocolate bars and wafers. In 2006 ''PFmeccanica'' was founded to form a new production centre for mechanical components. In November 2007 ''PFM Russia'' was founded, the new commercial and logistic base for the Eastern European markets.


History

In 1964 Italianapack, which produces horizontal flow packaging machines, is founded by Fioravanti Pietro in
Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...
. Italiana pack is then sold, in 1972, to the American FMC Corporation. After a crisis, the industry starts the production of forced hot air rotary ovens for many years, until 1982 when PFM starts reducing the production of ovens while the flow pack catches on. 1984 sees the arrival of PFM in the United States, thanks to a foreign sales increase for the Europe area in the preceding year.
In 2001 PFM acquires the majority share of the company ''BG Pack'', with the aim to complete its range of vertical and horizontal flow-pack machines for ergonomic and easy-opening packaging, with a particular focus in cheese packaging. The next year PFM obtains the UNI EN ISO 9001-2000 (Vision 2000) certification for the Central Italian headquarters and also acquires the majority share of the company ''MBP'', producers of multi-head and vertical packaging machines, entering the weighing market. In 2003 PFM buy 100% of ''SPS Packaging System'', which is the formerly named Italianapack, sold in 1972 and now rejoining the group.


Products

PFM designs, builds and markets around 40 models of flow-wrapping and vertical form-fill-seal machines together with various automatic feed systems and multihead weighers. Machines are produced for various sectors of the
food industry The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population. The food industry today has become highly diversified, with manufacturing ranging from small, traditiona ...
from dairy, which is its most significant sector, to meat, confectionery, bakery goods, fruit and vegetables as well as non-food industries such as
pharmaceuticals A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and rel ...
and cosmetics.PFM company Profile
at ''Interpack''


See also

* List of Italian companies


References

{{Reflist, 2


External links


PFM

PFM USA

MBP
Engineering companies of Italy Industrial machine manufacturers Multinational companies headquartered in Italy Italian companies established in 1964 Italian brands