The Gerosa Group, an Italian company founded in 1935 in Inverigo (a city close to Milan), is an international leader in the flexible packaging and label fields, which today has 5 European processing sites, 4 sales offices in France and Germany and more than 800 employees.
During 2024, the Gerosa Group commissioned Bimec to manufacture four new TF60 single face slitter rewinders, intended for both the headquarters and other production sites. The Group has renewed its trust in Bimec, as these four slitters are in addition to the first two purchased in 2021 and intended for materials transformed and printed in both rotogravure and flexography.
In 2024, the Gerosa Group requested Bimec’s assistance as it needed to increase the productivity of its slitting departments with a compact and high-efficiency system.
The TF60 single face slitter rewinder grants both needs because, thanks to its innovative design with unwinding and rewinding on the same side, it stands out for its ergonomics and high performance, which allow for reduced start-up times and speed up changeovers between one cycle and another. This is also possible thanks to the automatic positioning systems of the knife holders, the multi-groove female knives and the automatic single laser beam for core positioning.
The supplied system guarantees simple and intuitive use by the operator and during 2024 it was the subject of a major upgrade, presented during the Drupa fair in Düsseldorf: it is now able to process reels up to one meter in diameter in unwinding.
In addition to this, choosing Bimec and the same model of slitter rewinder for the three sites has brought a further advantage, giving added value not only in the standardization of the systems intended for the cutting departments but also in the simplification of spare parts’ management, which now becomes simpler and faster.
The four plants were successfully installed and started-up between the end of 2024 and the beginning of January 2025 and are operating on full cycle to the great satisfaction of the customer.
“Optimizing our customers’ work cycle and increasing their productivity is our top priority. Doing it for an important company like the Gerosa Group makes us even more satisfied” says Eng. Bottoli, Bimec general manager.
