Luigi Piovan has passed away

Luigi Piovan (pictured), founder and for more than forty years the guiding force behind one of Italy’s most renowned companies worldwide in the field of automation for plastics, passed away on 7 June at the age of 91.

Since 1964, he had led the company’s growth, shaping its development and transforming it into a benchmark in automation for polymer production and processing.

The company emphasised that his entrepreneurial spirit and vision were a constant driving force behind the creation of what is today a world-leading business, and that these values continue to serve as a source of inspiration and a point of reference for employees and collaborators, partners and customers alike.