èIMA ZERO: renewed commitment to sustainability

Established in 1961, IMA is world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea and coffee. IMA ZERO: renewed IMA SPA

commitment

to sustainability

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The “IMA ZERO” project includes the initiatives already in progress and those still to be undertaken to minimise the environmental impact of industrial production, as well as the promotion and creation of a working habitat that is “human centric”. In a socio-economic scenario such as the current one, governed by uncertainties, we have to direct our collective efforts towards wideranging objectives, capable of aggregating new energies, to form a different approach to the company and the business, but also to our day-to-day way of life. This is why the IMA Group is developing and completing projects that are sustainable for the man and the environment, today brought together in the “IMA ZERO” project, which includes four distinct areas of intervention. • NOP (No-Plastic Program). It involves investments in R&D of alternative materials to support the development of solutions that are plastic-free, compostable and biodegradable. This area includes OpenLab, the network of technological laboratories and the Group’s testing area, dedicated to research on sustainable materials, technologies and production

optimisation processes. With the help of modern digital infrastructures, together with think-tank spaces, environments dedicated to the generation of ideas and the prototyping of materials, IMA intends to promote a connection between the knowledge and skills of various different worlds (machine producers, packaging manufacturers and their users).

• YOU (Human-Centric Program). It emphasises the centrality of the individual in every initiative undertaken by the Group, in order to promote the well-being of its human resources inside and outside the company. Social projects and equal opportunities in the workplace: all designed to improve the quality of life and work.

• LOW (Low-Impact Program). It represents our commitment to the continuous development of processes aimed at the preservation of resources. Over the years, the concept has become an integral part of IMA’s growth policies, with the ongoing adoption of innovations and technologies that have a reduced environmental impact.

• E-MOB (Sustainable Mobility Program). It is participating in a regional sustainable mobility plan, to facilitate the movement of employees at IMA’s plants in Ozzano dell’Emilia. Hence the commitment to invest in the search for new soft mobility solutions and technologies. In 2019 IMA acquired ATOP, a leading company in the production of automatic machines and lines for the assembly of stators and electric motors intended for new generation cars for the automotive sector and, in particular, for e-mobility.