Amotek & EuroVast, a joint success story

In this interview Mr. Umberto Romano, General Director of Euro Vast S.p.A. and Amotek’s management talks about the companies’ history and future together; outlining the latest goals achieved for increasing the productivity of the tissue products for Northern Europe thanks to their successful cooperation.

Mr. Umberto Romano, who is EuroVast Group today?

We can describe EuroVast Group with three words: expertise, enterprise and sustainability. EuroVast today represents an excellence 100% Made in Italy in the tissue sector with 30 years of experience in the industry. I recently joined as Managing Director of the Tissue division started by my father, Vincenzo Romano. He has been CEO and MD of the Tissue division since he created it in 1992. EuroVast SpA Group has four paper mills and five converting plants, two of which based out of Italy: one in Liverpool (UK) and another in Oss (Holland).

What are the company mission & vision?

For all companies in the group, the growth parameter has always been related to respect of the environment as well as the continuous research of the perfect formula to optimize profit and cooperation. The environment is an economic and social priority for the planet. EuroVast is contributing with a virtuous production policy through “Green” industrial investments.

Fully automated solutions for packaging of soft hygienic disposable products and consumer goods

What are your target markets and what policies do you have in place?

EuroVast’s success as main partner of the distribution chains in Northern Europe confirms the company’s flexibility and ability to react quickly to a market that is more demanding every day. The European consumer is becoming increasingly sensitive to a more sustainable world and the circular economy – and EuroVast is investing exactly in this direction.
For example, our Dutch factory in Oss is powered by 100% renewable energy sources and covers the needs of Belgium, Luxemburg and part of Germany and France. EuroVast has an annual production capacity larger than 140 tons of tissue, currently employs 300 people and our workforce continues to grow.

Why did you chose Amotek?

We needed to strengthen our presence in Northern Europe to meet the increasing need for tissue products. Therefore, we decided to further invest in our factory in Oss, which represents a strategic asset for the growth of our group as main partner of the distribution chains in Northern Europe. Our partnership with Amotek dates back to the early 2000s. Over the last two decades we have developed several projects together for our tissue division – each Amotek machine brought an improvement to our production confirming the reliability of their packaging systems. Having this urgent need to increase production and to guarantee high quality standards, our choice for packaging was obvious. Amotek proved once again to be a trusted partner, able to offer a tailor made technological solution that also satisfied our environmental policy in a very short time.

Mr. Mike Solazzo, Sales & Service Director of Amotek, how did you find the right technical solution for EuroVast?

We immediately understood that the ideal solution for their need of high quality and increased productivity was our new model Amotek PB192: innovative, smart, flexible, sustainable with sturdier frame. We had already started developing this new packaging system with the goal of meeting production peaks of our partners as well as guaranteeing the usual technical reliability of our Amotek machines.

Mr. Massimo Zanotti, Technology Director of Amotek, how did you manage to complete the project in such short time?

We immediately took charge of the project in order to create a synergy with EuroVast team and to understand their technical needs in detail. The joint efforts of the Amotek and EuroVast technical teams played a key role in the success of the project. Despite the difficulties of Covid restrictions and the very limited deadline, we managed to deliver the machine on time and offered the support needed to obtain stable production even before the full line was completed. Following the installation, we kept a constant line of post-sale assistance that helped to reach the common goal of going into full production on time.

Which are the main feature of the new Amotek PB192 bag filler?

The Amotek PB192 bag filler is based on the top selling machine PB182 for Toilet Paper and Paper Towel. Its flexible machine setting from single to double lane, quick and easy size changeover, and top performance at products output up to 150 ppm (productivity realistically increased by 30% at same lapse compared to PB182) are undoubtedly the main innovations. Amotek has also focused its R&D on sustainability and has achieved a consistent material savings in bag thickness to offer its partners eco-friendly materials together with a reduction of packing material up to 30 percent compared to the standard of use worldwide.
The bagger has also detections systems to grant energy saving. We enjoyed the cooperation and would like to thank all the EuroVast team for the renewed trust in Amotek.