CASTING THE FUTURE Ormis SpA leads the Ormis group, which is renowned in the field of mechanics and metallurgy, and is now also active in other sectors, as its chairman and CEO, Mr Penocchio, tells Industry Europe. Barbara Rossi reports.
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rmis was set up in 1975 by Luigi Penocchio, father of the current chairman and CEO, in the Brescia area of northern Italy (Lombardy region). The steel and iron sector was very strong at that time and the company started operating as a service and maintenance workshop in this industry. The company still maintains its family dimension, but due to the changes which have taken place in the steel industry, has expanded and diversified its activity, creating a group. In the course of this expansion Nova Sigma, a manufacturer of boilers for industrial use was
acquired, as well as Copress, which produces sheet metal cold forming presses, and Iceb Tecnacciaio, a leader in the oil and gas and hydropower sectors. Mr Penocchio explains: “Our group, operating in the mechanical sector, is homogeneous, but each of its companies has its own field of specialism. Ormis’ specialism is the steel sector, which is also the core business of the group, generating at least 50 per cent of turnover. In particular we carry out design, construction and ‘turn key’ installation of plants for the iron and steel production sec-
tor, with particular reference to rolling mill machines, continuous casting and furnaces, among others. Nova Sigma specialises in the production of steam boilers, steam and hot-water boilers and thermal oil heaters as well as biomass and heat recovery boilers, serving various industrial sectors, as well as the food and agricultural industries. Copress makes sheet metal cold forming presses for the automotive and white goods industries, while Iceb Tecnacciaio specialises in heavy steel structures for the oil and gas and hydroelectric sectors (for instance reactors,
