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INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Gruppo Piantoni supplies a wide range of services to the iron and steelwork sector and is in the process of expanding in foreign markets, as Barbara Rossi found out from MD Eligio Piantoni.
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ruppo Piatoni, which employs 240 people, comprises GAP, GAP Service s and GAP 2. GAP is the operational company of the group and offers a wide range of services to the iron and steelwork sector. GAP Services owns the operational and earthmoving vehicle fleet used by the group for its activities. It manages and maintains this fleet as well as hiring it to external companies, not only belonging to the steelwork sector, but also including foundries, harbour-operating firms, etc. Romania-based GAP 2 offers services to Tenaris, an important Gruppo Piantoni client, in Romania. The group implemented its current structure last year, in order to be better placed for expansion in foreign markets. 138 Industry Europe
The range of services offered extends from services connected to raw materials (scrap) to management of industrial waste, and also includes all the other main and ancillary services required for the rest of the iron and steel production process, such as warehouse management, transport and industrial cleaning. “In 2011 we created our R&D facility. It has already enabled us to develop and patent our mobile suction system. We tested the first prototype in 2012 and have currently entered the commercialisation phase. We presented it at Ecomondo Rimini 2014 last November and will show it at Metec Dusseldorf 2015 in June,” Mr Piantoni explained.
