The head offices of Saspol in Vigevano (Pavia, Italy) hosted an open house event from December 14 to 18, in which the company presented its collaboration with the Chinese injection machine manufacturer Yizumi. This partnership that began in July 2015 allows the Italian company to exclusively sell the machines of its Chinese partner throughout Italy, and the possibility is also being considered of extending the agency rights throughout Europe. Up to date approximately 25 presses have been delivered.

The Yizumi company was established in 2002, and is based in Shunde, in the province of Guangdong, it employs 2,000 people who currently manufacture approximately 500 machines a month which are then sold the world over. The open house event featured two models for rubber processing with clamping force, and loading capacity of 280 tons and 2 litres and of 440 tons and 4 litres respectively, which were seen moulding a pen and relative cap, and an anti-vibration support for car engines. The partners in the event having been ORP for the moulds, Der-Gom for the compounds and Marbo for the releasing agents. During the course of the 5 days, over 50 clients from all over Italy visited the event.