Welcome to Tecnopails’ website!

In browsing our pages we hope the technology and advantages, behind Tecnopails’ customised plant systems and equipment, clearly identify what distinguishes us and why we are so highly sought after in the ink, paint and coatings, food and speciality-chemicals industries.

As IM GROUP’s dedicated filling division, our solutions provide a crucial and specialised function in achieving our group’s mission of providing total process-engineering.

Our customer first philosophy, drives our brand essence of being resolutely committed to reliability—we provide a trusted service to the industries we serve—yet with an approachable and human touch.

To ensure we deliver this, our brand is centred around 5 core values;
Truthful • Responsible • Understanding • Safe • Tailormade
Positioning us as the leader you can T R U S T.

Thank you for taking time to learn more about us and what we offer, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Christophe Rizzo
CEO, Tecnopails/IEC+, IM GROUP

About Tecnopails

Established as LAVELLI e C in 1974, and acquired by IM GROUP in 2020, Tecnopails is a global manufacturer specialised in the planning, projection and production of plant systems and customised automated equipment to dose, label, seal and palletise pails, buckets and cans. Widely used in the ink, paint and coatings, food and speciality-chemicals industries, Tecnopails machines can be specifically custom designed for high-risk explosions areas (ATEX certified) and manufactured in a ‘modular’ form to accommodate for multiple levels of automation.

Tecnopails is headquartered in Piacenza, Emilia Romagna in Northern Italy with a global network of regional and international clients and support partners through the IM GROUP network.

IM GROUP

Recently rebranded in Italy in 2021, IM GROUP (Formerly Inkmaker Group) is a global technology leader focused on reliability. It is the holding brand of: Inkmaker, Rexson, Vale-tech, Swesa, Teko and Tecnopails. With its combined strength the group offers total process-engineering solutions within the industries of paint, coatings, ink, speciality-chemicals, adhesives, corrugated packaging, pharma, food, cosmetic, textiles and more.

The group offers design and manufacturing through to complete engineering studies and turnkey solutions for:

Customised plant engineering and software design
Highly accurate automated dispensing
Process equipment from bulk handling to filling lines
POS equipment
And other related services

Which we conduct through the use of:

Cloud connectivity
Industry 4.0
Ink transfer system
Increased SAFETY and reduction of ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

The group's proprietary software and systems, manufactured in 3 continents, guarantee highly accurate colours consistently, precisely and instantly. The IM GROUP operates in over 15 countries throughout 5 continents.

On 18 June, 2021, the group was recognised as one of the "Top 10 chemical tech solution providers in Europe 2021" by Manufacturing Technology Insights, which was covered by over 30 of the world’s most prominent industry media.

IM GROUP is headquartered in San Gillio, northern Italy.

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