THIS IS AETNA GROUP, A LEADING INTERNATIONAL PLAYER

IN THE PACKAGING SECTOR, SPECIALISED IN END-OF-LINE SOLUTIONS AND SUCCESSFULLY LED BY THE AURELI FAMILY.

From semi-automatic wrapping machines with smart technology to the latest generation of automatic machines, from industrial shrinkwrappers to case packers and shrinkwrapping machines, Aetna Group manufactures and markets a wide range of machines and lines capable of responding to equally vast production needs, offering tailor-made packaging solutions.

With a total turnover of more than 400 million euros achieved by a team of more than 2000 professionals working in 10 plants located all over the world, Aetna Group is synonymous of great excellence thanks to highly specialized business units, to an advanced and exclusive system of research laboratories such as TechLab, and, above all, to a corporate philosophy aimed at consolidating on the market the value of a ONE GLOBAL COMPANY.

A synergy of technology, innovation, sustainability, which allows us to be on the international markets in a capillary way, offering in every corner of the world high-performance solutions but tailor-made on the needs of the market and the customer, with extreme attention to the issues of circular economy.

+ 400 MLN SALES REVENUES
10 PRODUCTION PLANT
+ 100 PATENTS
+ 2000  PEOPLE
24/7 SERVICE
+ 200.000 MACHINE INSTALLED BASE
12 COMMERCIAL SUBSIDIARIES
>7% OF REVENUES INVESTED IN R&D
+ 280 FIELD ENGENEERS

our
history

1935
The history of the group begins with the strong entrepreneurial imprinting of Lanfranco Aureli, father of the current President of Aetna Group Alfredo Aureli. During these years, in Villa Verucchio, Lanfranco Aureli, together with three other partners, former workers and almost all foundrymen who had lost their jobs, founded SCM-Società Costruzioni Macchine. The small Rimini-based company dedicated to the production of ploughs and rolling shutters is actually the first example of a great business vision, from which Alfredo will learn and build Aetna Group.
1960
Alfredo Aureli joins SCM, implementing winning development strategies for the company by working on internationalization and strategic acquisitions, principles that will then be the basis for the realization of the new challenge of Aetna Group.
1980
During these years, Alfredo Aureli decided to diversify and widen the SCM Group's business sphere and, starting from an innovative idea but, above all, from the new market needs, he founded a new company, ROBOPAC, that operates in the packaging industry. Everything started with a revolutionary battery-powered robot that could automatically turn around pallets of any size and cover the load with stretch film. With foresight and determination that still mark him, Alfredo Aureli patented his "robot" worldwide and, on the basis of the mobile machine, he developed a fully automatic variant for packaging at the end of the production line. Soon, Robopac became the world leader in the segment of semi-automatic machines for the application of stretch film for the stabilization of palletized loads, developing over time a wide range of technologies.
1987
ROBOPAC SISTEMI was born, starting the production of systems and automatic machines for the stabilization of palletized loads with stretch film. The company is characterized by its great ability to design tailor-made solutions with high technological content. The union of Robopac and Robopac Sistemi gave rise to Aetna Group.
1989
The Aetna Group's proposals have been expanded with the entry into the group of DIMAC, the company based in Bologna specialized in the production of shrink wrapping machines. DIMAC has succeeded in imposing itself worldwide through its technological leadership and carries out its activities in various product industries: bottling, canning, food, pet food. The study of the needs of the markets of reference, conducted through the analysis of the demands and observations of customers has been crucial. In this context, the political and marketing choices have directed the company on very different paths from those of large-scale mass production. DIMAC in fact builds and implements "tailored" projects , able to respond to the most diverse packaging problems.
1991                                 
In this year, the need to be closer and closer to customers and to serve them leads to the establishment of the first foreign branches of Aetna Group: Aetna U.K. and Aetna France. The chosen approach is to create a real staff, the Aetna Group branches can, in fact, count on all the fundamental roles to best serve consolidated customers and help those who appear for the first time in the portfolio of the Group in the choice of a product.
2000-2001
The Internationalization and the creation of a capillary network of service points and branches continues: Aetna Deutschland and Aetna USA are born in these years, officially marking the presence of the group overseas. Valentina and Enrico Aureli, Alfredo Aureli's children, join the management of the company. After an international experience, in 2005 they will become CEOs.
2009                                               
The strengthening of the Group's branches continues with the inauguration of the Moscow branch. The Russian market is also served by Aetna Russia.
2010
This is the year that marks the entry of Prasmatic into Aetna Group: overlap shrink wrapping machines, wrap around case packers, tray packers and combined lines, mainly dedicated to the food industry. A further step towards the consolidation of a product portfolio that is increasingly incisive in terms of the offer breadth, technological quality and tailor-made solutions.
2012                                   
The Group becomes global with bases all over the world, in fact in this year Aetna China was founded to serve Asia and to propose solutions developed specifically for production in China.
2015
Internationalization and control of the main world markets, production local for local and completion of the product range, a technical assistance service ever closer to the customer. Aetna Group continues its growth by adding another important piece, which allows to increase its presence in the Brazilian market: the acquisition of the Brazilian companies IMSB and Rotac, based in Bento Gonçalves, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. IMSB and Rotac - very well known brands in Brazil - are specialized in the design, production and assembly of machines and low speed solutions for packaging dedicated to some areas of the Brazilian market. They have more than 120 employees and develop a turnover of 25 million reals. 2015 sees also the birth of Aetna Iberica, a strategic operation for improving synergies and internationalization, aimed at improving the speed of information exchange between customers and the company and strengthening the Group's competitive capacity. In the same year TopTier joined the Group. It is a company based in Portland (Oregon - USA), at the forefront of palletizing and simultaneous wrapping technology with stretch film.
2017
In order to be more and more competitive and efficient on markets all over the world, Aetna Group signs an agreement with OCME, which effectively becomes part of the group, bringing important know-how in terms of design and production of automatic filling, secondary packaging, palletizing and complete systems machines. Established in 1954 in Parma, OCME marks an important step in the evolution of Aetna Group, marking the development of a business characterized by a strong internationalization, but which looks to the territory as a resource to draw from for a continuously growing business. In 2019 OCME will become fully part of Aetna Group with its 100% acquisition.
2018
The following year, 2018, it was the turn of Sotemapack, a company from Anzola dell'Emilia whose share capital was acquired by Aetna Group to further strengthen its position as a player in the Bologna packaging valley worldwide.
2022
In 2022, Our Group has pulled off an important strategic operation that will lead it to strengthen its position in German-speaking markets and expand its market share globally in end-of-line packaging. The entry of Meypack, a technology leader appreciated for the quality and innovative capacity of its end-of-line products mainly in the food, spirits, home & personal care sectors in Germany and internationally, should be seen in this light.
2024
One Global Company: in almost 40 years of history, Aetna Group confirms itself as a successful reality, present all over the world in a capillary way with 15 branches and 9 production plants that guarantee the quality and the values of the parent company, allowing a 24/7 assistance service and a tailor-made design on the needs of the customer and of the reference market. The history of Aetna Group is therefore a constantly evolving path, which looks to the future with renewed prospects for growth and innovation, projecting itself more and more into the world of Industry and Enterprise 4.0, sustainability and Green Economy with enabling technologies related to the collection and efficient processing of big data, from cloud/industrial edge to artificial intelligence applied to predictive diagnostics and machine learning.

The creation of a One Global Company with a strong glocal imprint is also thanks to a policy that has made acquisitions an element of integration and sharing of know-how, network and knowledge of the territory. This is the case of DIMAC, which joined the group in 1989, followed in 2010 by PRASMATIC, both specialized for over 30 years in the world of shrink wrapping machines, case packers and combined packaging lines, mainly for the food industry.

In 2017, Aetna Group acquired OCME, a company with solid roots and strong experience in the design and production of automatic machines for filling, secondary packaging, palletizing and complete systems for different industries. Established in 1954 in Parma, OCME marks an important step in the evolution of Aetna Group, sealing the development of an entrepreneurial reality characterized by a strong internationalization but which looks to the territory as a resource to draw from for a business in continuous growth.

The following year, 2018, is the turn of SOTEMAPACK, a company based in Anzola dell'Emilia. Aetna Group acquired the share capital in order to strengthen its position as a player in the Bologna packaging valley at a global level.

In 2018 it was also signed the collaboration agreement with Sacmi Packaging, and therefore with end-of-line automation and finished product handling, giving added value to the leadership in the field of end-of-line solutions, to be considered not only as the last phase of the production process, but also as the first phase of logistics. 

The history of Aetna Group is therefore a constantly evolving path that looks to the future with renewed prospects for growth and innovation, projecting itself more and more into the world of Industry and Enterprise 4.0, with enabling technologies related to the collection and efficient processing of big data, from cloud/industrial edge to artificial intelligence applied to predictive diagnostics and machine learning.

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