Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. Overview
Company Headquarters: Ozzano dell' Emilia, Italy
Founded: 1961
Founded: 6,159
Company Working: Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. (IMA) is involved in the designing and manufacturing of automatic machinery used in the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, tea, coffee, and food products. The company operates through three segments, namely, tea, food & others, pharmaceutical, and tobacco packaging. The pharmaceutical segment comprises the machinery for the packaging of capsules and tablets in blisters and bottles; machines for filling bottles and vials with liquid and powdered products in sterile and non-sterile environments; machines for freeze-drying, tube-filling and cartoning and systems for the production of tablets and capsules and coating and granulation, as well as related services. The company operates in 85 countries and has 45 manufacturing sites.
Strategy
IMA is keen on addressing the challenges faced by its customers and bringing them innovative and effective products and solutions. The company’s core strategy lies in developing and manufacturing differentiated equipment, including freeze dryers, which it commercializes through its marketing infrastructure across geographies and relationships with multinational companies. The company is currently focusing on expanding certain key criteria, such as geographical and product expansion for its growth over the next five years. For this, the company is trying to generate maximum awareness about its products by participating in several conferences and seminars. For instance, the company was a participator in the 2020 ISPE Europe Annual Conference, 2019 AAPS PHARMSCI 360 (Texas, US), 2019 4th InnoPharma Conference (San Paolo, Brazil), and ISPE Indonesia 2019 Annual Conference, among others.



