packaging and weighing founded 1964 founder pietro fioravanti headquarters torrebelvicino vicenza italy area served worldwide key people elisabetta fioravanti chairperson paolo fioravanti managing director andrea fioravanti marketing manager products packing machinery packing line machinery weighing machinery 1 revenue 71 million 2010 number of employees 340 2010 subsidiaries pfm packaging machinery uk ltd pfm north america pfm germany pfm russia pfmeccanica mbp multihead weighers bg pack sps italiana pack systems website pfm.it pfm group is an italian multinational company in the packaging and weighing machinery industry 2 producing flow wrap and form fill seal machines automatic packaging lines and multihead weighers employed in the food and non food industries . contents 1 arrangement of the company 2 history 3 products 4 see also 5 references 6 external links arrangement of the company edit pfm group is made up of nine companies the italian parent company pfm packaging machinery which works alongside the uk pfm ltd north american pfm corporation and german pfm germany companies . bg pack spa which is based in bergamo specialising in the manufacture of special packaging machines for recloseable packs . mbp based in mantua specialise in the production of multi head weighers and vertical packaging machines thereby completing the range offered by pfm . last in order of acquisition is sps italiana pack systems which has come back into the hands of those who founded the company after exchanging ownership a number of times ; this company from novara manufacture automatic handling and packaging machines for baked goods and biscuits chocolate bars and wafers . in 2006 pfmeccanica was founded to form a new production centre for mechanical components . 3 in november 2007 pfm russia was founded the new commercial and logistic base for the eastern european markets . history edit in 1964 italianapack which produces horizontal flow packaging machines is founded by fioravanti pietro in vicenza . italiana pack is then sold in 1972 to the american fmc corporation . after a crisis the industry starts the production of forced hot air rotary ovens for many years until 1982 when pfm starts reducing the production of ovens while the flow pack catches on . 1984 sees the arrival of pfm in the united states thanks to a foreign sales increase for the europe area in the preceding year . 4 in 2001 pfm acquires the majority share of the company bg pack with the aim to complete its range of vertical and horizontal flow pack machines for ergonomic and easy opening packaging with a particular focus in cheese packaging . 5 the next year pfm obtains the uni en iso 9001 2000 vision 2000 certification for the central italian headquarters and also acquires the majority share of the company mbp producers of multi head and vertical packaging machines entering the weighing market . 6 in 2003 pfm buy 100 % of sps packaging system which is the formerly named italianapack sold in 1972 and now rejoining the group . 7 products edit pfm designs builds and markets around 40 models of flow wrapping and vertical form fill seal machines together with various automatic feed systems and multihead weighers . 8 machines are produced for various sectors of the food industry from dairy which is its most significant sector 9 to meat confectionery bakery goods fruit and vegetables as well as non food industries such as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics . 10 see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit list of manufactured machinery italian company description at www.ifoodonline.com pfmeccanica boosts manufacturing side food processing company timeline pfm group website 2002 02 05 the pfm group purchases the bg pack majority holding interpack news archive pfm group presentation 2005 03 14 sps packaging systems joins pfm group interpack news archive list of machines produced from directindustry.com partial alex hawkes oct 2 2008 feeling the weight of the industry article from foodprocessing technology.com pfm company proflie at interpack external links edit pfm pfm usa mbp retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pfm group & oldid 603514382 categories engineering companies of italyindustrial machine manufacturersmultinational companies headquartered in italycompanies established in 19641964 establishments in italyitalian brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 april 2014 at 22 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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