Manufacturing Technology

For nearly 30 years, Savino Manassero was National Machinery’s district manager in Italy and Spain until, in 1990, he started his own company, together with his three sons, and called it Manassero Machines. Today, Savino’s company specialises in both quality used fastener machines, as well as representing manufacturers of new equipment.

Manassero Machines has established itself within the machinery market by representing the likes of Japan’s Nakashimada in southern European countries, RMG of the USA in many eastern European countries and, as of this year, Savino’s old company, National Machinery, in Spain and Portugal.

Back in 2002, Manassero Machines started to buy equipment instead of brokering machines. It then purchased its first 1,500m² warehouse in 2011 and, in 2018, built a second facility, the same size as the first, to house over 200 machines in Turin. These necessary investments allowed the company to take on more inventory, with the warehouse space making it easy for customers to inspect all the equipment in stock. Today, one warehouse is dedicated to headers while the other one is devoted, amongst other things, to thread rollers, wire drawers and pointers.

Also offering such things as nail headers, two or three die thread rollers, as well as second hand equipment, Manassero Machines has now become one of the major dealers in this field. The company also recently announced a new SMART thread roller will soon join its inventory – offering customers with a tight schedule the option to look at SMART technology without having to drive to SMART Machinery’s warehouse in Tortona, Italy. 

Manassero is actually one of the very few companies to offer both new and used, quality, fastener machines. It either trades back customers’ surplus machines; offers customers new machines, if budget and timing allow; or provides used systems in full working order. 

The company has extensive experience with tooling, shipping, rebuilding, and other disciplines, and always works with customers in its business dealings on a confidential basis. Many relationships actually date back to the 1960s when Savino Manassero worked for National Machinery. Today, his own company has its roots mainly in the European market, although it has contacts everywhere and claims there probably isn’t a single country with which it hasn’t done business, either selling or purchasing a fastener machine. 

On the company’s website, for every single machine offered there are dozens of pictures showing each system in detail, including high-quality videos often showing machines in operation.

In some cases, a service that Manassero Machines may propose is for customers to rent machines, or simply try them out on approval, while waiting, perhaps, for the delivery of a different machine.  After a month, the machine purchased on ‘appro’ can be given back for a full refund if, for some reason, it doesn’t meet the customer’s expectations. 

“These are all services that absolutely define Manassero Machines’ policy and ethics in a field where machines are often sold without warranty; where painting has the same meaning as re-building; and where once a machine is paid for, and shipped, any and all problems are for the customer to handle,” states Savino Manassero. 

Manassero Machines, instead, stands behind every machine it sells, providing a full report on the condition of a machine; on any interventions needed; and it helps customers to set-up purchased equipment; as well as offers everything to support a client company. Its professional and flexible approach as an organisation also ensures both efficient sales and after-sales service, and languages spoken by staff include Italian, English, German, Spanish, French and Russian.

The company also actively buys stock for cash. Whether single machines, a complete department, or entire plants, it can purchase equipment outright, sell it on a consignment basis, or help liquidate inventory by auction. Whatever the reason may be – a plant closing, a change in product, downsizing, bank foreclosures – Manassero Machines can offer insight, helping stakeholders to extract the best possible value from any relevant assets. 

As for challenges being faced by the sector, according to the company, with the current war in Ukraine, as well as energy and material costs, there are major uncertainties in the market, which saw the state of the fastener industry worsen at the end of the past summer, and leaving it difficult to say how long it will take to recover – particularly if these two factors remain in play. For Manassero Machines, however, it doesn’t expect its plans will change – quality fastener machines will be sourced and offered, as has always been the case from the very beginning. The company will also continue to go out and attend exhibitions – its staff was at wire® Düsseldorf and will be at Fastener Fair Global – as well as visit customers all over the world on a regular basis, or meet them at its own warehouses, conveniently located near Turin airport.