Piovan
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| Piovan S.p.A. | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1934 |
| Headquarters | Santa Maria di Sala, Italy |
| Website | www.piovan.com |
Piovan is a leading enterprise in supplying ancillary equipment, engineered solutions and services to the plastics industry. Together with the other companies of the group, Piovan aims to be a trusted partner for customers in meeting challenges.
The company was founded in 1934 in Padua, Italy and launched its first auxilary equipment in 1964 for the plastics industry.
Products
- feeding and conveying
- drying and dehumidifying
- dosing and blending
- granulation
- temperatur control
- process water cooling
Technology
- software
- analysis instrumentation
History
- 1934 – founded as Costante Piovan & Figli, a specialist in precision mechanics
- 1950s – company lays foundations for a widespread commercial expansion in Europe
- 1960s -Luigi Piovan guides the company in a leading role of auxiliary machinery
- first granulator, convair dryer and convector feeder produced
- 1970 – Piovan produces complete range of auxiliary equipment for plastic processing.
- first refigeration line
- Joint venture with ‚Star‘, a japanese robot manufacturer
- Piovan Germany opens in Garching
- 1980s – Innovation, engineering and specialisation in PET
- new facility in Santa Maria di Sala, new headquarter o Piovan
- Piovan France opens in Brion
- 1990s – Piovan increases its market share not only in PET but also in fields like Automotive, Electronics and Textile
- new branches in Canada, Brazil and Asia
- Software company purchased in order to develop remote plant monitoring and control systems
- 2000s – new factories in Brazil and China
- new branches in Mexico, UK, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic, India, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam
- 2008 – US company Universal Dynamics purchased
- 2010 – it aquires the majority stake in Fdm, a german company specialising in extrusion technology
- 2014 – Penta becomes part of Piovan
- 2015 – Aquatech a new company in the industrial cooling sector founded
- Energy is new member of Piovan group
- new branches in Algeria, Japan, Dubai and Vietnam
References
PETplanet Insider Articles
Issue 03 / 2016: Trade show preview: Customized granulators
