Italstart/MeapforniA couple of weeks back we promised to tell you about a very substantial change in the Italian-and obviously the entire European furnace building industry. Things always take longer than expected but we now have this update. July 16, 2018
“Italstart announces today that it is acquiring Meapforni, a company that specializes in the design, manufacturing, and service of industrial furnaces. Italstart is a holding company founded by Mr. Francesco Pieropan and Ms. Paola Canal and others colleagues and investors, both executives with extensive experience in this sector, having held positions at Cieffe Forni Industriali, as Vice President of Sales and General Manager respectively. Meapforni is based in the Northeast of Italy, a short drive from the international airport of Venice. This is a region that is well known internationally as a pole of high quality industrial production and technology innovation. The company was started in 2015 by Arcangelo Pessot, the original founder of Cieffe and its President from 1984 to 2014. Mr. Pessot will stay on with the new company, assuming the position of Vice President of Business Development and R&D. Mr. Pieropan states: “We are very excited by the opportunities that are represented by this new entity. Our management team has a combined experience in the field of industrial furnaces exceeding 40 years. Our design team team has developed state-of-the-art technology and our production facility is capable of turning out all different types of atmospheric and non-atmospheric furnaces. We have plans to expand our marketing efforts internationally and to build a highly recognized brand in this sector.»
