Ima group: booming sales

Ima group, a company active in the production of automatic machines for the pharmaceutical and tea industries, closed 2008 with a turnover of 547.2 million euros, an increase of 20.4% compared with 454.5 million of the previous year. In growth also the net result rose for the period to 40.3 million against 39.7 million reported in 2007. The profit (EBIT) rose in 2008 to 71.9 million, while the gross operating profit (EBITDA) reached to 87.7 million, rising as regards 79.8 million in 2007. For the year 2009 the group Ima estimated revenues to around 565 million euros and a gross operating margin to around 91 million euros.

Wood techologies arrive in Iran market

Tuscany technologies for wood manufacturing will soon be present in Iran. According to surveys conducted in industries specialized in production of tools and woodworking, Iran is, at this stage of development of foreign markets, the area that offers greater reliability and better prospects for future increases in exports for the sector. A project of the consortium Tuscany Woodworking Technologies, which provides an investment amounting to 74,000 euros. A seminar, organized by the consortium of TWT, will be held in Teheran in the first half of 2009. The aim is to present Tuscany technologies of the sector and, consequently, carry out an actual penetration of the market to establish contacts for the increase in the volume of business and sales abroad by Tuscany companies.

The EU bandish the traditional incandescent bulbs

The experts of the Member States of EU have decided to banish the traditional incandescent bulbs throughout the EU by 2012. With a new generation of light bulbs, you can save energy and reduce by about 15 million tons per year emissions of C02. An average family that replaces incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps will do an economy from 25 to 50 euros.
Australia was the first country to ban the traditional lamps (by 2010), the U.S. instead will follow only between 2012 and 2014 (in Italy, the Finance Act 2008 had already banned them by 2011).

The European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean

The so-called European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean (EBCAM), firstly named “sevens' groups”, was found in 1973 by the seven European entrepreneurial associations that represented the most important European companies traditionally active in Africa. Today this institution represents quite 1500 companies that have their business in the Sub-Saharan Africa (included South Africa), in North Africa and in the Middle East. The EBCAM aims at applying a closed collaboration between the private European sector and African countries. In particular the attention is focused on the development of the private sector in the African territory. In order to do that the EBCAM cooperates with all the African governments and associations that represent the private sector and with the UE's Institutions , trying to attract the European investments in this area. The European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean
is totally financed by its own members and is totally independent from political groups or governments. Every years there is the election of a new president that decide all the activities and represent all the seven associations of the EBCAM in the international and European main offices. The European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean has its coordination office in Bruxelles and organizes regular meetings with the most important European and African representatives in order to solve all the problems connected to the relationships between Europe and Africa.

Modelism: a real business for manufacturing industries

Modelism can represent a real business opportunity for many industries, especially for plastic molds producers, because of the grat number of fans of this kind of hobby. Visiting the Tokio's modelism fair, in fact, it is easy to discover how many items has been produced during the last fifty years in this domain. Very often all these creations represent reproductions of the most important and charming sports cars in the world such as Ferrari, Porsche, and Alfa Romeo. These small-scale models are faithfully closed to the real ones bacause they are made through original technical solutions. Many collectors, in fact, use to construct or buy these little cars in order to compete against other modelism fans in real automobile races. This is possible thanks to the so-called "dynamic automobile modelism" that is based on the construction and on the maintenance of these cars in miniature: more precisely a model is constructed by assembling all the different parts that represent all the positive and negative features of the real big car taken as example (powerful o speed engine, tires, hydraulic check valves, etc...). Among the most important elements of a car model there is the body that can be modified, colored and embellished in order to be originally customerized. Finally, we can say that, very often, what can be just an hobby like modelism can represent a interesting target of customers for all the entrepreneus who are involved in the manufacturing domain.

Some Interesting Facts about Debt Consolidation

When you find that you are falling behind on your bill payments and facing problems with your accumulated credit card debts and other forms of debts, debt consolidation might be the answer to your problems. The majority of American citizens have a proclivity to make payments for every transaction from their credit card accounts. As a consequence, greater than 80% of the populations in the U.S. are suffering from credit card debts. That is why the necessity of debt consolidation is increasing day by day.

Debt consolidation services are meant to help you eliminate your debt through obtaining a debt consolidation loan. Credit card debt consolidation services help you reduce your credit card debt. Nevertheless, in any event, it is more beneficial for you to take into account cutting down the number of credit cards that you possess. In this way, you don’t have to go for credit card debt consolidation because you do not need to pay a large number of bills. But it is not so easy for everybody. While you are trying to combine your telephone bills, groceries, electricity bills, Internet bills and other bills or you simply wish to get rid of your credit card debts, the services provided by debt consolidation agencies can help you out.

First of all, you should do a little bit of research on debt consolidation. The most effective technique to begin is to select some reputed names. Subsequently, carry out a comparison between the debt consolidation quotes offered by each company. Similar to every other financial transaction, it is essential that the debt consolidation loan is obtained from a trustworthy company.

In the debt consolidation procedure, all your debts would be substituted by one loan and paid off. When you are requesting for a debt consolidation loan, a consultant would be designated for you who would deal with additional steps.

Techical industrial products continue expansion

Although in contrast with the current trend of most companies and Italian activities, producers and distributors of rubber and plastic products can boast a steady expansion both in geographical terms of export and sales proceeds ach ieved.

Indeed, despite the high - sometimes fierce - competition triggered by the countries of South-East Asia (China and India in particular) coming onto the Western markets with highly competitive prices and insignificant, far below the European and North Americans standard, the Italian product stands comparison, in fact continues its expansion, as in the case of safety protections production.

But how can Chinese products have cost so contained if compared to Italian or European production ? Simple, for these main factors that determine the nominal cost of production:

1. Lower labor costs. Enjoying boom economy and a population below the poverty practically infinite (approximately one quarter of the world's population), the cost of laborers and employees is decidedly low. In addition at employees are certainly not guaranteed any right protections that exist in Italy and in most developed and modern economies. 2. Lower costs for electricity and spaces occupied 3. No care and concern for the environment, few rules governing the conduct of business for waste disposal 4. Minor cost of raw material, because conducted independently (perhaps from non-specialized) without care quality 5. Minor controls on the finished product, all at the expense of good quality of final product.

The producers and distributors of technical equipment for industry, have worked on the weaknesses of the competition, certainly not trying to beat the sprint, but in the long distance.

This was possible with the passion for their work and the care for the spasmodic quality of products made and marketed, in addition, many manufacturers have addressed to the first investment on average for the moment: Internet.

Indeed, the creation of a multi-language website and an on-line promotion can reach and satisfy customers from all over the world with a simple click and an investment far lesser than a traditional promotional campaign (print, television and radio).