Metalchimica was founded in Pineto, Italy in 1982 by Giovanni Sacchini, who launched the production of containers with up to a 5 litre capacity. The success of this business allowed his son Fabrizio to expand the company during the 1990's and to grow into the global player that it is today. The expertise that the company has developed in the field of plastic materials has allowed it to specialise in the planning and creation of items for both liquid and solid industrial products. 

The company guarantees the high quality that it has become renowned for thanks to its use of innovative technologies and state-of-the-art equipment, as well as the professional competences of its highly qualified staff, who are able to meet the requirements of the most demanding clients.

Leaders in Coex production techniques
Innovation has always been at the heart of Metalchimica's business strategy and the company constantly invests in new technology to support its ambitions. Today Metalchimica is able to decorate any type of plastic material of any shape up to 1 litre and thanks to its expertise is able to promptly and professionally meet individual customer needs. The company creates multicolour silk screen pad printing including the all-round printing technology and hot-stamping prints even onto complex shapes. 

In addition, the wide range of zero-toxicity paints further enhances the product and thus guarantees the accuracy of each product in precise detail. Today Metalchimica is the leader in Coex bottles and jerry can manufacturing, which is the technology that allows the production of multi-layer plastic containers to be made with Evoh or polyamide with a minimum thickness that provides the essential barrier layer function. The first barrier container was patented in 1993.

Thanks to these innovative solutions the container becomes resistant to aggressive agents to plastic, such as solvents or impermeable gas, thereby increasing the shelf life of products sensitive to oxygen and it also preserves the fragrant essences of the product that would otherwise quickly migrate outwards from traditional containers.

Enhancing shelf-appeal
Metalchimica is able to decorate any type of plastic material and a wide variety of solutions are available that can personalise and enhance the aesthetics of the product, which in turn will optimise the shelf appeal of any product. Among its many decorative manufacturing options available are traditional and UV silk-screen printing, hot-foil printing, metallic finishing, lacquering, painting, labelling, pad printing and sleeving among many others. In addition the company offers a wide range of colours and visual effects, as well as soft-touch tactile effects and braille printing and this can all be done with zero-toxicity paints.

The company is also producing both cylindrical and oval tubes, ensuring the highest flexibility in terms of run sizes to also satisfy niche market requirements. It is able to create glossy and satin finishes on all diameters with cap decorations and safety seal if required. In addition,

Metalchimica has the ability to print the entire tube body from the shoulder cut up to the tube's open-end and to totally lacquer it, with three different print technologies that include offset, silkscreen and hot printing without reserve. This can be done using all masters, including iridescent, pearly and metallic colours if required.

Showcasing innovation
Metalchimica has been a global leader in its packaging disciplines for more than 30 years and specialises in the production of PP, PE, PETG, PVCPMMA and biodegradable monolayer and Coex articles through a variety of technologies. These include single-stage PET transformation, injection moulding, offset printing, silk-screen printing, hot foil blocking and pad printing and sleeving.

In order to meet expectations in terms of innovation for the most demanding national and international companies, Pack Innovation – a startup of Metalchimica Group – researches and develops innovative solutions for pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food plastic packaging. Among the latest launches is an antimicrobial treatment, patented as a revolutionary formula to protect the container's surface until the end of its life from invasion by microbial agents, thereby reducing the spread of many bacterial, viral and fungal infections. 

The company is equipped with a virtual design area with solid modelling and with the ability to create 3D samples and prototypes. The utmost flexibility and customer care has made Metalchimica a privileged partner of the most important multinational groups. The company is also certified, as you would expect to ISO 9001: 2008.

Focus on sustainability
Metalchimica takes its social responsibilities seriously and has an environmental and sustainability programme in place to minimise waste and reduce its energy consumption. The company produces recyclable containers that maintain the original material properties used in manufacturing unaltered and can be disposed of in domestic, retail or public disposal compost sites. What's more, the special additives used to activate the enzymes, rapidly break down the plastic molecule chains making it bio-degradable over a short period of time.

The company's commitment to environmental protection is also reflected in its production processes which results in the recycling of more than 1200 kilos of plastic every day.

Furthermore, Metalchimica self-generates part of the production process required to run its lines through an impressive photovoltaic system.

Further details of Metalchimica's innovative products and services visit: www.metalchimicagroup.it