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Founded in 1954 in Favria (TO), Perardi e Gresino is a historic precision machining company operating in the industrial components, automotive and renewable energy sectors. Alex Borghesio, Sales Director of this all-Italian excellence, reveals to us the secret of so much success of a reality now present in many countries around the world.
by Roberta Imbimbo
Dr. Borghesio, with what mission does the company position itself in the market today?
Founded about 70 years ago with the aim of becoming an important reference point in the automotive market, Perardi e Gresino has focused its core business on the mechanical machining of components for on- and off-road industrial vehicles and renewable energy, addressing its offer to the world’s leading manufacturers. Thanks to a truly innovative business model, its strong vocation for technological innovation and internationalization, over time it has managed to assert its leadership in a highly competitive and constantly evolving market, in which the quality of service and products offered certainly make the difference. Today Perardi e Gresino is a reality present in many countries around the world: North and South America, Europe, South Africa, Asia and since 2011 also in China thanks to the creation of FPMC, a subsidiary of the company based in Changsha (Hunan). With the aim of increasing its presence in a market that is strategic for us, China precisely, in 2018 we created our first joint venture in Shiyan (Hubei), with Dong Feng Industrial, the most important local manufacturer of industrial vehicles.
What are your strengths compared to your competitors?
In recent years we have focused heavily on technological innovation, doubling our investments and going so far as to introduce in all our plants fully automated workstations that are more efficient, high-performing, with low environmental impact (it is our goal to become carbon neutral within the next decade) and in line with new market trends; substantial investments that have enabled us to thicken our customer base year after year, among which are prestigious national and international brands, and to double our turnover in three years. Another distinguishing feature, which clearly differentiates us from other market players, is the fact that we have also invested substantial resources in the search for and subsequent training of new talent: as of today, the Group has 220 employees, mostly motivated and highly qualified young people. In addition, in 2021, we completed a strategic corporate reorganization operation at the top of the company, carrying out a fundamental generational change to successfully open ourselves to new and interesting prospects for growth and development in new market segments. The most ambitious challenge for the future is definitely to consolidate our positioning with the opening of more production sites and to forge valuable new collaborations and partnerships with startups and innovative companies, so that we can bridge the gaps across our business. This is the case of Safen srl (a new investee of the group) a company that wants to revolutionize the world of compressed air with the help of patented and innovative solutions to return full control of the pneumatic network to its customers by making it digital, performant and sustainable. The first POC in Perardi and Gresino was completed in 2022, which has yielded excellent results in reducing network losses, its constant monitoring with AI and Cloud, and high economic savings.