Commitment to quality, modularity, excellence, reliability, customer centricity, continuous improvement, innovation, team work, and employee engagement, are the core values that have been defining SACMA since 1939 as a manufacturer of multi-station cold forming machines for high-precision metal components and fasteners.
At its headquarters in Limbiate, north of Milan, its 60,000m2 plant is the beating heart of SACMA Group. Here, through an insourced, fully vertically integrated and modular production system, it is able to machine mechanical parts with the highest standards for precision and raw material quality that is second to none.
Each workpiece is then assembled in-house and becomes part of either a SACMA multi-station cold forming machine or an Ingramatic flat die thread roller, which the company points out share the same destiny – accompanying customers for the next half century in their workshops, rewarding them with the highest output possible in three shifts per day.
In the last 15 years SACMA has been dedicating its efforts in extending its product portfolio through strategic acquisitions and product innovation. The result is what SACMA Group is today – an industrial ecosystem for the fastener and cold forming industry, which is able to offer cutting-edge technologies from process design through 3D simulation, multi-station cold forming equipment (SACMA), flat-die thread rollers (Ingramatic), all the way to dedicated CNC machines for secondary operations after forming and threading (HS-ASPE). Anything that goes in between these steps requires stable, high-efficiency loading and moving systems, and for this SACMA Group supplies reliable solutions through its controlled company Tecno Lift.
SACMA Group comprises of 5 interconnected production sites within a 100km range, 300 employees worldwide, 4 foreign branches with local aftersales staff (USA, China, Germany, Brazil), 24 agencies, 81 years of history, and 24/7 on-site and remote service.
“The speed and the continuous change driving the world is impacting the actual global market. Everybody is expecting quick reactions and timed answers. The ownership of SACMA Group has shown sensitivity to that situation and hasn’t hesitated to invest to keep up with the times,” comments SACMA Group.
In the last five years the Group has invested on average €6 million annually, corresponding to around 10% of its total turnover. These investments have been in new plants, buildings and new activities. “SACMA is determined to intensify the production in Italy and to utilise only prime European components. To do that, and to remain competitive, we need cutting-edge technology. At the same time, we are aware 2020 is not an ideal situation, so we must be confident in creating machines our customers can utilise for a long time,” mentioned SACMA.
To aid this, SACMA Group is boosting its service and training activities by hiring fresh employees in its branches abroad. This includes in China at the new Wuxi branch, in the USA at Cleveland, as well as in Brazil at São Paulo. Agencies in Poland and India are also able to give services to assure the best productivity of the machines.
SACMA is also providing continuous technical support to its customers. Besides the usual consulting of parts feasibility, SACMA has established a service – S-Tooling – for the development and design of tools for special parts – housed inside the current technical office. SACMA says S-Tooling provides highly specialised human resources using simulation software of the latest generation, and a dedicated 3D printer, to preview the deformation sequence.
To settle its position on the worldwide market and to continue its strategy to serve its customers with all equipment for the fastener industry, SACMA acquired Tecno Lift Srl in 2018 – a manufacturer of loading and moving systems for fasteners. The Group also acquired shares in the capital of HS Automazioni Srl, which designs and manufactures a wide range of automatic machines to run pre-formed parts obtained by cold forming.
SACMA concludes: “Customers were looking for a complete turnkey solution from one solid and stable supplier making everything inside in Italy. SACMA Group now has a full range of machines to cover all aspects of fastener production. We are able to offer our customers an ever wider range of high-quality machines complementary to the forming process, in order to challenge with the customers, the future market, and the unpredictable events we are facing today.”
Having spent a decade in the fastener industry experiencing every facet – from steel mills, fastener manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, as well as machinery builders and plating + coating companies, Claire has developed an in-depth knowledge of all things fasteners.
Alongside visiting numerous companies, exhibitions and conferences around the world, Claire has also interviewed high profile figures – focusing on key topics impacting the sector and making sure readers stay up to date with the latest developments within the industry.
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