30 | Focus on Italy: CMC Texpan
LYNX CLEANS UP RECYCLED WOOD
CMC Texpan’s northern Italy base was near the epicentre of the initial
European Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020. It is reporting better, more stable market conditions in 2021 and has been busy working on innovations. Stephen Powney interviewed sales manager Marco Granzotto
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here is a saying – what a difference a year makes. And in terms of how market prospects in wood-based panels technology are concerned, 2021 compared to 2020 has brought better investment levels from the panels manufacturing sector, according to Italy-based CMC Texpan. The Colzate-based company, a supplier of a wide range of technologies for wood- based panels production, has been in operation since 1962 and is part of the Siempelkamp Group. The company’s specialism in the wood- based panels industry is extensive and extends to multiple areas including chips and particles – extraction systems for storage silos, chip cleaners, magnetic separators, roller separators, gravimetric separators and oscillating screens; as well as glue blending systems and, of course, forming systems.
A year ago, CMC Texpan told WBPI about the market uncertainty with the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Europe in March 2020. The situation today, says company sales manager Marco Granzotto, is characterised by greatly increased market activity levels and more confidence. “We were stopped from travelling and meeting the customer personally, and altogether the company was stopped from operating for nine weeks at the beginning, although, of course, working from home was going on,” said Mr Granzotto. “It was a very difficult period because it’s not so easy to follow every project and customer from home. Nevertheless, we performed this in the best possible way. “We used that time when the company was closed to invest in some products that we then presented in the next months, so
we continue our jobs with some restrictions, though less compared to some months ago.” CMC Texpan did not see any acquired projects postponed last year, though the majority of its staff remained in Italy. “The first half of 2020 was a disaster for
every company but we recovered in the second half so we closed 2020 more or less at the same business level as 2019 in terms of sales and volumes of projects,” added Mr Granzotto. “In terms of new business 2021 has not been easy to handle because of some restrictions in enabling us to be able to meet customers, but we are able to work on the projects and follow all customer requirements.
“It seems that the orders have now exploded because now we have plenty of work and plenty of orders!”
Above: CMC Texpan’s Lynx technology WBPI | October/November 2021 |
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