Insight

SIPA Srl has expanded its head office with the addition of a new 7,500m² extension to its existing 9,000m² building. The new facility has enabled the company to expand four key departments – steel cutting, plastic pressing, the mechanical workshop, and the warehouse.

Founded in 1989 for the production of plates and angles for hardware, SIPA has developed its own catalogue of products, supplemented by developing steel cutting and plastic moulding services for third parties. SIPA also started pressing plastics in 1999 – as a complementary service – and introduced a variety of plastic products such as adhesive hooks, key rings, duck hooks, as well as under chair caps. In 2001 the company developed its own mechanical shop, helping it to manage both mould maintenance and planning, as well as implementation.

In 2006, SIPA took a further step forward by adding washer production to its capabilities, with the ability to produce a variety of sizes to industry standards. Through a targeted marketing campaign, and participating at trade fairs across Europe, SIPA was able to expand into new markets abroad.

Today, SIPA’s now 16,500m² facility is focused on four distinct areas:

• Steel cutting: Includes 30 automatic presses, with capacities ranging from 50 to 250 tonnes, for cutting sheet coils.
• Plastic pressing: Composed of 10 automatic presses, ranging from 50 to 430 tonne, for pressing plastic material from granules. An additional 250 tonne bicolour press enables the use of two different materials or two different colours simultaneously.
• Mechanical workshop: The machine park consists of three work centres, three grinding machines, one lathe, one radial drill, one microdrill, one erosion bath and three wire eroders.
• Warehouse: A 4,000m² capacity ensures fast delivery, which has always been a characteristic of SIPA’s service. The warehouse also houses three automatic packaging lines for both bags and boxes and various manual packaging machines – to satisfy all customer demands.

“We are able to offer customers a 360 degree service,” states SIPA. “From a simple idea, a sample, or a technical drawing, we are able to develop the design and detail of a mould both for steel and plastic articles. We can even produce parts using moulds from other firms, provided on a rental basis only. Additionally, we provide all the necessary maintenance during and after production, which enables us to supply excellent product quality combined with competitive prices.”

Find SIPA at Fastener Fair Italy on Stand 331.

www.sipaitalia.it