In May of this year, Globus srl, established by Fabio Paron in 1981, bought shares in EMG do Brasil in Curitiba.
This company, established in 2007 by Italian handling machinery maker EMG as a joint venture with a Brazilian company, manufactures components for EMG’s handling lines for the South American market.
For Globus, the shareholding means that some of its less technical components can be manufactured locally and that spare parts can be stocked closer to the company’s established customer base there, as well as providing local sales and service. The staff will be trained in Italy and on clients’ sites in South America.
For instance, Globus has just supplied a chipping line to Duratex in Uberaba for its continuous particleboard line and to provide fuel for its energy plant. EMG is supplying handling equipment to the same project.
“We already have five contracts in the region and they have been very well received,said Mr Paron, who is also an enthusiastic supporter of GET srl, which is acting as a facilitator for his and several other companies.
Another region with positive growth for Globus is India. “The market is growing there and we have recently sold some machines to Star Panel Board for its 1,000m3 a day particleboard line,said Mr Paron.
Trasmec, a fellow member of the GET grouping, supplied its chip conveying systems to the same project. “Russia is another important market for Globus, as is eastern Europe generally. We are currently sending machines to Almus of Uzbekistan for a plant in Russia making 600m3 of particleboard per day,said Mr Paron when interviewed at his factory in Galliate in June.
In South America, his company is supplying a chipping and flaking line to Novopan particleboard in Ecuador, with delivery scheduled for October.
Another consignment of machinery for Ecuador is destined for delivery to Cotopaxi’s MDF line there in November.
“With the new strategy of GET srl, we arrive in front of the client in the quickest way and such opportunities are arriving fast,said Mr Paron.
Biomass energy generation is another area of Globus’ business which is growing fast.
Meanwhile, Globus is no longer just supplying machinery to the woodyard, as Mr Paron explained: “A new international regulation states that companies cutting trees must remove everything from the forest, not just the logs. Therefore, six months ago, we created a mobile chipping unit, MCU, which is mounted on a wheeled road trailer. It is working now in the Italian Apennines.
“The concept is that the drum produces chips in exactly the same way as a static chipper so the quality of the chips is the same. In the past, mobile chippers produced inferior quality chips, but our MCU produces chips suitable for particleboard or MDF production,he said. “This is because conventional mobile chippers use multi-blade knives which tend to scrape or grate, rather than cut, the chips. Ours, on the other hand, has single-blade knives which produce regular chips.”
The MCU is currently offered with three choices of motor: 560hp, 900hp, or 1,200hp.
“Now you can chip directly on site ready for either the panel industry or for pellet and biomass plants. The potential capacity of these machines is 50 to 100 tons per hour,confirmed the managing director.
When it comes to the economic crisis, at Globus, well, there is no crisis. “Production in 2009 was the same as in 2008 and 2010 will be 30% up on that figure,said Mr Paron proudly.
He has always been a great enthusiast for the company he founded nearly 30 years ago and is now equally enthusiastic about his cooperation with GET in Italy – and his involvement in EMG do Brasil.
