Inkmaker Group appoints Antonio Riggio as Operations Manager of Tecnopails

Inkmaker Group has named, Antonio Riggio, as Operations Manager of its Filling Solutions Division, Tecnopails in Piacenza, Italy, effective 1^st March 2021.

With over 30 years’ experience, Riggio, is a recognised figure in the filling, bottling and packaging-equipment industry. Previously sales director of Weightpack, the newly appointed Operations Manager has held a series of top-managerial posts spanning renowned companies; SMI Group, Berchi Group, Lanfranchi Group, Corazza (Sympak Group) and Simonazzi (Sasib Group).

Located in Piacenza, in northern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, Tecnopails’s production team design, manufacture, distribute and service customised plant systems and equipment for the ink, paint and coatings, food and speciality-chemicals industries, supplying customers directly as well as supporting all of Inkmaker Group’s brands; Inkmaker, Rexson, Vale-Tech, Swesa and Teko. As the Group’s dedicated filling division, Tecnopails solutions provide a crucial and specialised function in achieving Inkmaker Group’s mission of providing total process-engineering.

Antonio Riggio succeeds, Luigi Lavelli, who as former owner of Tecnopails continues in an advisory role.