founder francesco poccardi headquarters pinerolo italy area served worldwide website pmtitalia.com pmt italia whose name means paper machinery technology supports the paper industry by means of mechanical engineering automation engineering on site services and manufacturing of machines for all grades of paper . the company was created in 2000 from the purchase of beloit italia the italian subsidiary of beloit corporation . its headquarters are in pinerolo to italy . pmt italia is one of the leading industrial company of the city with corcos and euroball.pinerolo economy . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 from a local foundry 1897 1957 1.2 to beloit italia 1957 2000 1.3 pmt italia 2000 ... 2 business areas 2.1 pmt italia s.p.a. 2.2 pmt industries ltd 2.3 pmt south africa pty. ltd 2.4 pmt winding oy 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit from a local foundry 1897 1957 edit in 1897 the piedmontese entrepreneur francesco poccardi set up a local foundry in pinerolo next to the railway connecting pinerolo and turin . a few years later the company expanded its activity by creating a new factory for producing and refurbishing railway vehicles under the name of officine meccaniche pinerolesi . in 1938 the local foundry and the new factory were consolidated into a new company the officine meccaniche poccardi pinerolo . the new company started to supply the paper machinery field . to beloit italia 1957 2000 edit the american paper machines producer beloit corporation bought up the company in september 1957 . the company was renamed beloit italia and started to supply machines and equipment to the worldwide pulp and paper industry . from 1957 to 2000 85 % of the production was exported to paper mills all over the world . after 43 years of cooperation beloit italia was bought up when beloit corporation collapsed into bankruptcy . 2 3 pmt italia 2000 ... . edit all the shares of beloit italia were sold to the nugo group and the company was renamed pmt italia s.p.a. the company still producing paper machinery has extended its activities to engineering of auxiliary equipment for paper machines in its historic facilities . the company has around 250 employees in its pinerolo site . business areas edit pmt italia s.p.a. edit pmt italia is based in pinerolo to in 65.000 m2 facilities where the company designs paper machines and components for the worldwide paper industry . since the nugo group has bought it up pmt italia has enlarged its activities through the creation of subsidiaries . pmt industries ltd edit pmt industries ltd is the first subsidiary created by pmt italia . the company has been bought from the former sandusky walmsley in 2006 . the production site is located in bolton united kingdom . this satellite manufactures yankee dryers mg cylinders and castings in its 17.000 m2 plant . the factory is equipped with one of the largest iron foundries in europe . 4 no longer trading in administration pmt south africa pty. ltd edit in 2007 pmt south africa was also bought from sandusky . the office is situated in johannesburg south africa . the company provides after sale services and has a commercial function too . the subsidiary is mainly focused on the south african market . 5 pmt winding oy edit in 2010 pmt italia has founded pmt winding oy in tehtaankatu valkeakoski finland . the company is focused on the production of winders . 6 see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit pmt today consolidates its market position sur perinijournal.com consult le 20 juin pmt today consolidates its market position . perini journal . 2004 . http www.archiviolastampa.it component option com lastampa task search action viewer itemid 3 page 0059 articleid 0153 01 2003 0032 0059 1025578 anews true http www.paper world.com firmennews.php keyfirma 1444409 & sprache fr & menue 10 & aktuelleseite 0 http www.risiinfo.com technologyarchives pmt acquires sandusky business in south africa.html http www.paper world.com firmennews.php keyfirma 2715856 & sprache fr & menue 10 & aktuelleseite 0 http www.pmtitalia.com pmt italia it index.php eco del chisone 08 11 1999 http www.perinijournal.com index.php option com content & task view & id 306 & itemid 41 http www.perinijournal.com index.php option com content & task view & id 306 & itemid 193 & lang en external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pmt italia & oldid 580883029 categories engineering companies of italyindustrial machine manufacturersmultinational companies headquartered in italycompanies established in 18971897 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 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