gamberini tiepolo castaldi paolo nonni giovanni bartoli guido selvatici vincenzo franceschelli aldo galassi and armando panari headquarters imola italy area served worldwide website sacmi.com sacmi societ anonima cooperativa meccanici imola is an international manufacturer of machines and complete plants for the ceramic tile beverage packaging quality control process and plastics industries . sacmi is a group based in imola italy . sacmi has branches in iowa us russia indonesia singapore germany india portugal brazil and mexico . the company is a cooperative and was founded in 1919 . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit nine unemployed men from imola founded the cooperative in 1919 . 1 the founders were luigi santandrea filiberto gamberini tiepolo castaldi paolo nonni giovanni bartoli guido selvatici vincenzo franceschelli aldo galassi and armando panari . panari was from mordano the others were from imola they formed the societ anonima cooperativa meccanici imola from which comes the acronym sacmi . 2 it began activity as a mechanical workshop engaged in general construction and repair . its first administrator was a former mayor of imola . its headquarters were in premises donated by the town council . in the 1920s it was the target of arson perpetrated by the blackshirts who considered it as a dangerous nest of the anti fascists . during the german occupation which began on 8 september 1943 the company dismantled its machinery and removed it to the rural areas so as not to be shipped to germany by the occupying power . it restarted in 1945 and its first project was repair to the tile making presses of the cooperative ceramica a ceramic tile manufacturer in the vicinity that had suffered damage in german air raids . the company realised its ability to manufacture presses that were till then imported from germany . this project was a turning point in the company s history . the company benefited from the post war reconstruction efforts in italy . 3 65 66 see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit fiorenza belussi ; g. gottardi ; enzo rullani 30 september 2003 . the technological evolution of industrial districts . springer . pp. 348 . isbn 978 1 4020 7555 1 . retrieved 13 april 2012 . bassani aureliano . sacmi eighty years of growth and development pdf . imola sacmi . pp. 29 30 . retrieved 13 april 2012 . john restakis 2 november 2010 . humanizing the economy co operatives in the age of capital . new society publishers . isbn 978 0 86571 651 3 . retrieved 13 april 2012 . external links edit official website this italian corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sacmi & oldid 744116490 categories industrial machine manufacturersmanufacturing companies of italymanufacturing companies established in 19191919 establishments in italyitalian brandsmultinational companies headquartered in italyitalian company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 06 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view