Demolition and reconstruction on 40 thousand square meters. The workers of the group controlled by a Chinese multinational will go from 400 to 650.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Chinese shareholding (Dong Fang group listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange), headquarters in the Apuan Alps in the Serchio River valley, Fosber is preparing to\u00a0
double its production of corrugated cardboard machinery\u00a0\u2013 of which it is a world leader \u2013 thanks to the\u00a0 new plant that will also be built in Monsagrati\u00a0, in the small town of Pescaglia (Lucca) where it is based. The start of the works was given in recent days in the presence of the company’s top management and institutions. The investment has risen to 50 million euros\u00a0. The project involves the recovery of almost 60 thousand square meters of surface on which 40 thousand square meters of industrial plants once stood \u2013 formerly Metaform, Rontani, Teloni & Teloni and MacOver \u2013 along the provincial road to Camaiore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An operation without land consumption \u2013 explains a press release \u2013 that will redevelop an industrial area created for small and medium-sized businesses, transforming it into a modern and sustainable production hub, designed with energy saving criteria, renewable sources, cutting-edge technologies, attention to the well-being of workers (green areas, work environments immersed in nature). \u201cFosber Valley will not only be a production site, but a true connection center between industry and knowledge\u201d, explains CEO Marco Bertola<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is for this reason, and for the development that the plant will bring to the territory, that the manager \u201cscolded\u201d the local, regional and national politicians who attended the laying of the first stone: \u201cIt took a good two years to authorize the recovery of an abandoned industrial site \u2013 explains Bertola \u2013 an area in the middle of nowhere that 30 years ago was an important production area of \u200b\u200bthe Lucca area, and that now we will demolish and rebuild without putting in a single cubic meter of concrete more. There is a lot of talk about competitiveness, but the others are competitive, just look at what European countries like Spain do. Politicians should not act like politicians, but listen carefully to entrepreneurs\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new headquarters are expected to be completed by the end of 2027, in two and a half years (40 thousand square meters need to be demolished and rebuilt). With the progressive growth of volumes, the efficiency of machinery and the penetration of new markets, employees will increase \u2013 according to forecasts \u2013 from the current 400 to 650, with a doubled turnover. In 2024, Fosber Lucca reached 220 million euros in revenues (400 million at a consolidated level), an all-time high achieved by the company, thanks above all to the good performance of North and South America and the drive of e-commerce (which drives the demand for cardboard boxes for shipping) and recycled paper packaging (used instead of plastic). Finding workers does not worry the CEO too much: “We don’t have big problems in finding personnel, because we can draw from both the Versilia basin and the Media Valle del Serchio and the Lucchesia”, explains Bertola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, the future headquarters will host the Fosber Academy, a space dedicated to technical training and the development of internal and external figures, aimed at bringing school and the world of work closer together, in collaboration with high schools and universities. Alongside the Academy, there will be R&D laboratories, co-working environments and creative spaces for digital innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source : The Tuscan Economic Daily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Demolition and reconstruction on 40 thousand square meters. The workers of the group controlled by a Chinese multinational will go from 400 to 650. With Chinese shareholding (Dong Fang group listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange), headquarters in the Apuan Alps in the Serchio River valley, Fosber is preparing to\u00a0double its production of corrugated cardboard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[121],"class_list":{"0":"post-17606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corrugated-folding-carton","8":"tag-fosber-group"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17608,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606\/revisions\/17608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Two years to authorize the recovery of a disused industrial site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The number of employees will increase from 400 to 650<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Academies, laboratories and co-working will be created in the new hub<\/h2>\n\n\n\n