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Informations générales

Established in 1961, IMA is world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea and coffee.

The Group has about 5,200employees, more than 2,300 of whom overseas, and can count on 39 production plants in Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, India and China. IMA has an extensive sales network comprising 29 branches which provide sales and service in Italy, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Spain, Poland, Israel, Russia, the United States, India, China, Malaysia, Thailand and Brazil, representative offices in Central and East European countries and over 50 agencies covering a total of about 80 countries.

IMA S.p.A. has been listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 1995 and in 2001 joined the STAR segment.

The following manufacturing and services companies are part of the IMA Group:

• Co.ma.di.s. S.p.A., located in Senago (Milan) and 100% owned by IMA S.p.A., manufactures tube-filling machines for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.
• Revisioni Industriali S.r.l., located in Ozzano dell’Emilia (Bologna) and 100% indirectly owned through Corazza S.p.A., sells used automatic machines, after refurbishing and regenerating them.
• Gima S.p.A., based in Zola Predosa (Bologna) and 100% owned by IMA S.p.A., manufactures automatic machines for food & beverage and personal care industries.
• IMA North America Inc. a company based in Leominster (USA) and 100% indirectly owned through Packaging Systems Holding Inc., designs and manufactures tablet and capsule counting and bottle filling machines as well as sterile environment liquid filling machines.
• IMA Life North America Inc., located in Tonawanda (USA) and 100% indirectly owned through Packaging Systems Holdings Inc., manufactures freeze drying machines for the pharmaceutical industries.
• IMA Life The Netherlands B.V., located in Dongen (Netherlands) and 100% owned by IMA S.p.A., provides customer service for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.
• IMA Life (Beijing) Pharmaceutical Systems Co. Ltd., located in Beijing(China) and 100% owned by IMA S.p.A., manufactures freeze drying machines for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.
• IMA Swiftpack Ltd. a company based in Alcester (UK) and 100% owned by IMA S.p.a., manufactures tablet and capsule counting and bottle filling machines.
• IMA-PG India Pvt. Ltd., located in Mumbai (India) and 100% owned by IMA S.p.A., manufactures blister and cartoning machines suitable for markets in developing countries.
• Tianjin IMA Machinery Co. Ltd., located in Tianjin (China) and 100% owned by IMA S.p.A., provides customer service in China.
Pharmasiena Service S.r.l., located in Siena and 70% owned by IMA S.p.A., operates in the design and production of filling machines for ampoules and syringes in aseptic environments.
• Corazza S.p.A., located in Bologna (Italy) and 100% owned by IMA S.p.A., is a world leading manufacturer of packaging machines for stock cubes, processed cheese, butter, margarine and yeast.
• Gima TT S.p.A., located in Ozzano dell'Emilia (Bologna) and 70% owned by IMA S.p.A., manufactures automatic machines for the packaging in the sector of tobacco.
• Fillshape S.r.l., located in Zola Predosa (Bologna) and 80% indirectly owned through Gima S.p.A., manufactures filling machines for food and cosmetics generally in flexible packaging.
• Shanghai Tianyan Pharmaceutical Machinery Co. Ltd., located in • Shanghai (China) and 86.29% indirectly owned through IMA Life (Beijing) • Pharmaceutical Systems Co. Ltd., is engaged in the design, marketing and technical assistance of complete systems for filling liquid and powder pharmaceutical products in aseptic environments, as well as washing and sterilization systems.
• Ilapak International SA, based in Collina d’oro (Switzerland) and 100% owned by Transworld Packaging Holding BV, designs and manufactures flexible packaging machines for the food and non food industries.
• Ilapak Italia S.p.A., located in Foiano della Chiana (Italy) and 100% owned by Ilapak International SA, manufactures flexible packaging machines for the food and non food industries using vertical packaging technologies.
• Ilapak (Beijing) Packaging Machinery Co. Ltd., based in Beijing(China) and 100% owned by Ilapak Italia S.p.A., manufactures packaging machines for the food sector.
• Delta Systems & Automation Inc., located in Lowell (USA) and 100% owned by Ilapak Inc, designs and manufactures automatic packaging lines.
• G.S. Coating Technologies S.r.l., located in Castel San Pietro Terme (Bologna) and 100% owned by IMA S.p.A., manufactures coating machines for pharmaceutical, parapharmaceutical and food industries in solid form.
• Hassia Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH, located in Ranstadt (Germany) and 94% owned by IMA Dairy & Food Holding GmbH and 6% owned by • IMA Germany GmbH, manufactures FFS machines for cups and stickpacks (also aseptic; special: steam aseptic).
• GASTI Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH, located in Schwäbisch Hall (Germany) and 100% owned by IMA Dairy & Food Holding GmbH, manufactures aseptic ultraclean filling and closing machines.
• Benhil GmbH, located in Neuss (Germany) and 100% owned by IMA Dairy & Food Holding GmbH, manufactures wrapping machinery.
• Hassia Packaging Pvt. Ltd., located in Taluka Shirur Pune (India) and 100% owned by IMA Dairy & Food Holding GmbH, manufactures low cost standard FFS and FS machines.
• Hamba Filltec GmbH & Co. KG, located in Saarbrücken (Germany) and 100% owned by IMA Dairy & Food Holding GmbH, manufactures aseptic and ultraclean filling and closing machines.
• Erca S.A., located in Les Ulis (France) and 100% owned by IMA Dairy & Food Holding GmbH, manufactures FFS machines.
• Erca-Formseal Ibérica S.A., located in Gavà Barcelona (Spain) and 100% owned by Erca S.A., manufactures FFS machines.
• Teknoweb Converting S.r.l., located in Palazzo Pignano (Cremona) and 60% owned by IMA S.p.A., manufactures machines for the production of wet wipes (converting sector).
• IMA Medtech Switzerland SA, located in La Chaux de Fonds (Switzerland) and 100% indirectly owned through Gima S.p.A., is leader in the design, production and commercialization of machines for assembling medical products for self-medication, such as inhalers, syringes and insulin injection systems.
• IMA Automation Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., located in Penang (Malaysia) and 76% indirectly owned through Gima S.p.A., is leader in the design, production and commercialization of machines for assembling medical products for self-medication, such as inhalers, syringes and insulin injection systems.
• IMA Automation USA Inc., located in Loves Park (USA) and 100% owned by Packaging Systems Holding Inc., is leader in the design, production and commercialization of machines for assembling medical products for self-medication, such as inhalers, syringes and insulin injection systems.
• Telerobot S.p.A., located in Genoa and 75% indirectly owned through Gima S.p.A., manufactures machines for assembling plastics in the field of caps and closures.
• IMA MAI S.A., located in Ciudad de Mar del Plata - Buenos Aires (Argentina), and 70% owned by IMA S.p.A., manufactures machines for the packaging of tea and herbs in filter bags.
• Mapster S.r.l., located in Parma, and 80% indirectly owned through Gima S.p.A., manufactures filling and packaging machines for capsules for the "single serve" coffee sector.