Action and reaction

Always close to employees and customers

Gabriele Gnudi, GB Gnudi Bruno SpA (Bologna), sale and assistance of machines for the chemical-pharmaceutical, food, confectionery, cosmetic, paper and various sectors.

The history of GB Gnudi Bruno SpA has distant roots: founded by Bruno Gnudi in 1965, it has witnessed decades of Italian social and economic history, overcoming "dark" periods and increasingly consolidating its position in the sale and assistance of CAM brand packaging machines.

With sincerity, Gabriele Gnudi today admits: «We were not prepared, like everyone else, to face a world pandemic that, until a few weeks before, could only be credible in science fiction films: in a new context our history and our experience had little to teach us.

But after a very first and understandable moment of loss, we gave ourselves two priorities: maintain productivity and supervise the relationship with employees».

«As for our activities, fortunately we have never had significant blocks: our customers, mostly pharmaceutical companies, have never stopped production, with the consequent need for completion, updating or assistance of their lines. We initially reduced the trips of the technicians, but the deliveries in progress did not suffer significant delays and the after-sales assistance activity continued as usual. Only a small minority of subcontractors - Gnudi points out - had to stop the activity, right at the beginning of the pandemic, delaying deliveries».

At the time of writing, the company does not believe it has lost market shares in the first quarter of the year, despite recording a decrease of around 10% in turnover. «Authorized to work as part of the pharmaceutical supply chain, we have always remained active without resorting to social safety nets and rather encouraging the use of residual holidays.

However, wanting to guarantee the greatest possible peace of mind for our collaborators, we have, like many others, "improvised" remote work which has proved, even to our surprise, an effective and highly appreciated method by employees, having also taken care to strengthen the moments of meeting, albeit virtual, to maintain a high communication exchange and a sense of belonging.

To date we are continuing in a "mixed" way and, in the future, we will try to preserve some of the advantages experienced. Finally - concludes Gnudi - we joined the control program encouraged by the Emilia Romagna Region, subjecting all employees to a first serological test, which will be repeated three-weekly always on a voluntary basis».