On January 31, 2020 MACA ENGINEERING S.r.l of San Quirino (Pordenone), specialist in designing and manufacturing machines for the production, assembly and cut of aluminium and plastic caps and closures, joined the AROL Group, world leader in capping equipment.

AROL Group thus confirms its industrial project and strategy to vertically expand its range of high-tech machines for primary packaging, in order to ensure the ever-increasing safety standards in the final customer’s interest.

“We are particularly pleased to welcome in our family the MACA ENGINEERING team, which for over 30 years has been designing and manufacturing equipment synonymous of robustness, precision and reliability, perfectly in line with our values ​​and objectives. We are fully aware of the the growing quality expectations of the bottling lines - in every product sector and country in the world - and the possibility of adding to AROL’s know-how the technologies related to caps production, so strong and firmly rooted in MACA ENGINEERING, will result in a unique offer in the industrial landscape, which will increase the skills of both companies, bringing a sure added value to our respective clients "commented Alberto Cirio, CEO of AROL S.p.A.

"This collaboration will allow us to accelerate in the innovation and development of our products and services, relying on the experience of AROL Group companies and on an incredible R&D team that has been able to fully understand the need for integration of the equipment in the smart factories of the latest generation”, said Andrea Marchioro, CEO of MACA ENGINEERING.

AROL Group includes AROL closure system (in Canelli, Asti), the global point of reference with 40 years of experience in the design, manufacturing and distribution of capping equipment, feeding and cap orientation machines, UNIMAC-GHERRI (in Montecchio Emilia, Reggio Emilia), specialist in filling and closing glass containers with twist-off tops and TIRELLI (in Porto Mantovano, Mantova), focused on packaging equipment for the cosmetics industry. The solutions proposed by the AROL Group can serve therefore beverage, wine and spirits, food, cosmetics, home care and chemical industries. To date, the AROL Group has installed more than 27,000 machines worldwide, it counts on 700 specialists in 3 manufacturing plants in Italy and in 10 operative branches in the world.

MACA ENGINEERING S.r.l, founded in 1987 in Pordenone, manufactures and supplies a complete range of automatic machines and lines for the production and the assembly of aluminium and plastic caps and closures: automatic presses, rotary redrawing, rolling and inserting, slitting machines and assembly systems. The strength of the company, consolidated in its 33 years of activity, consists in a strong innovation of its equipment - mainly for the beverage and wine & spirit sectors – even more reliable and robust also through a constant simplification of their operational characteristics. MACA counts on a team of 40 specialists.