TPT January 2019

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Faccin SpA

Andrea Ceretti is currently CEO of Faccin SpA, a leading company in the production and of plate rolls, angle rolls, dished-head fabrication lines and special machines. He is responsible for running all facets of the business. He has a proven executive track record and over 20 years’ experience in the steel industry.

n Are your machines prepared for Industry 4.0? Due to the existing geopolitical situation, there is a high market instability and this pushes metal fabricators to be as flexible and as reactive as possible. The industry needs to standardise as much as possible with methods like Industry 4.0 in order to capitalise on the production capacity of each piece of equipment available in the factory. It is our core business to develop top technology to help manufacturers obtain the maximum from our machines and we realise Industry 4.0 is one of the ways to capitalise on the technology we already provide. Our machines are ready for Industry 4.0 thanks to smart packages that offer features like systems diagnosis, teleservice, management control, drawing imports, rolling and production lot statistics and flexible network solutions among others, helping the manufacturers of today face the challenges of tomorrow. Indeed, we already started thinking about Industry 5.0 as a company attitude. Prior to joining Faccin SpA, Mr Ceretti was CEO of a sister company from Danieli Group, responsible for consolidating all technical and managerial competences and then achieving the operative targets assigned by the group through ensuring profitability, innovation and growth. Prior to becoming a CEO, Mr Ceretti held several managerial positions within the Danieli Group that involved operative activities, managerial tasks and international and multicultural jobs. In 2006 he became responsible for the project management office with the target of implementing all financed projects. He was responsibility for all the strategic planning and improvement of the operative income of assigned products. During his tenure he designed and successfully executed the general business strategy to grow global sales by leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams, setting up manufacturing policies (make or buy) all the way to commissioning and starting up full manufacturing plants in accordance with contractual agreements. He believes in always keeping a proactive attitude of “learning by doing”, the continuous improvement of the organisation structure by applying a “customer first” policy as a top priority, and making sure that these values are shared among all the components of the organisation. Mr Ceretti holds a steel industry focused MBA from Politecnico of Milan and a BS in industrial engineering. Eng. Andrea Ceretti

prepare beforehand with the latest technology will struggle when the markets fluctuate. Today, it is emerging regions and their rising demand in energy and the increasing number of hydro power and desalination plants being built, that are backing the global growth in the demand for steel pipes. Our group supports the tube and pipe industry by building machines with avant-garde technology in rolling automation, so factories will be able to cope with this increase in demand. n Can you outline your general strategy for 2019? Our company has developed into a powerful group that amalgamates the best brands in plate rolling, profile bending and full lines for the fabrication of dished-heads. Our strategic and technical vision for 2019 is to keep growing stronger as a group, using the synergies provided by each of our companies (Faccin, Boldrini and Roundo), not only technically but also commercially, in order to offer the customers an even wider range of high-quality options and the latest technology in the market. n What trends do you see developing in the metal forming machines market? The fluctuations in the market and the struggle to find skilled workers are driving fabricators to replace their old equipment with high quality gear, mainly looking for accuracy and automation to increase their production output, which is precisely what our group proposes. We focus on providing metal forming companies with equipment of the maximum quality and that is powerful, cutting-edge but above all else accurate. As steel prices go up and the margins grow smaller, accuracy is the answer. We design our machines to offer a return on investment centred on the accuracy of the forming process and avoidance of metal waste, always integrating powerful forefront technology that increases the output cycle and return of investment.

Faccin SpA – Italy Email: info@faccin.com Website: www.faccin.com

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