Giancarlo Folco

I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche SpA engages in the manufacture and design of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and tea, coffee, and food products. It operates through following segments: Tea, Food & Other, Pharmaceutical and Tobacco Packaging. The Tea, Food & Other segment involves the production of machines for the packaging of tea and herbal teas in filter bags, coffee in pods for the food and beverage sector, for end-of-line equipment; for the cheese, stock cubes, and tobacco sectors, and for primary packaging of the food sector with the use of flexible material such as horizontal and vertical flow packs, plus related services. 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 cartooning and systems for the production of tablets and capsules and for coating and granulation, as well as related services. The Tobacco Packaging segment designs, manufactures and markets machines and plants for tobacco packaging and related services. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy.