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SPECIAL MACHINERY AND LINES

Vertical Drilling & Milling Machine

FOREL
Technological development and evolution
Sales are on the rise: Forel currently has regular business relationships In recent years, Forel has been involved in an important process of
implementation of its products, and is currently working on integrated
with 65 countries worldwide. In the European area there is a
particularly positive response from the markets of Spain, Italy, management for all its machines.
The result of this process of ‘continuous innovation’ can also be
Germany and Poland. seen in the ‘No Limits’ line, which is a concentration of the best of
Talking about the company and the future Forel’s solutions for the production of insulating glass, already seeing
During the visit to the Forel plant, we had the opportunity to meet
excellent sales success.
some key figures in the organization chart: Fortunato Vianello, As Carlo Zuccarello explained, the building sector is seeing
growing interest with regards to energy sustainability and, as a result,
Riccardo Vianello and Stefano Salvian, the Sales Manager. the demand for triple glass is progressively taking hold throughout
“One of the most important values of a company is its ability to Europe, especially in the Centre and North. In fact, Zuccarello
follow and, when possible, anticipate the market, to develop explained, there is growing demand for large production volumes
new technologies able to meet the needs of customers,” said with high quality standards, also for the residential market.
Fortunato Vianello. “In fact, our most important investment is that in
Research and Development, because what is new today will be old
“The next expansion step will take place in two phases,” Riccardo
Stefano Salvian also spoke to us about Forel’s global market Vianello explained. “The first will be the acquisition of a new
tomorrow.” Continuous expansion
coverage, both through its historical and more recent customers,
building, and the second will be the further expansion of the Vallio
bearing in mind the growing demand for ‘large formats’ from the
The real challenge, said Salvian, is to be suppliers of increasingly
façade glass market. plant by the end of 2019. Overall, we are speaking about expansion 2
of over 10,000 square meters.”
“In the coming months we will grow not only in size but also with
innovative automated solutions, while maintaining the characteristics
of flexibility and tailoring that distinguish Forel and its products.