IEC JOINS IM GROUP

The world leader in technology, IM GROUP, has announced that IEC+ srl, the mechanical engineering specialist, renowned for its design and manufacture of dispersing, grinding and mixing equipment, as well as complete engineering studies and turnkey solutions, has joined the group.

As Christophe Rizzo, CEO EMEA/Americas, IM GROUP, details, “the initial phase has been to lay the foundation for IM GROUP to offer total process engineering solutions, under one group. In the second phase “we are giving a significant boost to our portfolio with the addition of a company that will act as a central catalyst to unite and spearhead each of our other brands in advanced engineering solutions”.

The commercial, filmed at IEC+’s Traversetolo headquarters in Parma, Italy, as well as at Inkmaker in Shanghai, China and IEC Plant Engineering’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, premiered on YouTube, to mark the 2021 closing quarter.

In anticipation of this news spreading throughout the market, Roberto Guerra, Ceo Asia Pacific, IM GROUP maintains that “in addition to expanding our facilities, we have strengthened our link with IEC Plant Engineering. They have an extensive sales and service network throughout Southeast Asia and have been honing an excellent inter-brand relationship with us, which is an added advantage.

The company plans to grow the IEC+ workforce by 15-20% over the next 5 years and invest in human capital initiatives to enhance Industry 4.0 expertise and skills.”

Lau Kar Seng, general manager of Inkmaker Shanghai adds that “also in China it is expanding with larger facilities to align with IEC+ specifications; to manufacture and customize large and heavy equipment for dispersing, grinding and mixing and secondly to form a joint venture, with Zhuhai Longtec Corp. Ltd., called ‘Inkmaker Intelligent Systems’.

“IEC+ is an extraordinary company with a know-how gained from more than 20 years of experience of its team” highlights Gianluca Incerti, Global Sales Director of IM GROUP who stresses that “each brand will continue to be differentiated through its expertise and will compete in their individual market sectors, and when necessary, they will join forces on major projects for IM GROUP”. IEC+ has set a target of doubling the size of its facilities by the end of the year.