To all effects, the Italian Farm Machinery Manufacturers Association is, as of today, a Federation. The Unacoma acronym which has represented manufacturers in the sector within Confindustria, the Italian Manufacturers Federation, for 67 years has been replaced by FederUnacoma, an organization with representation at a higher level which brings together seven individual associations covering various sectors of specialization.
ASSOMAO (implements), ASSOMASE (self-propelled machines), ASSOTRATTORI (tractors), COMACOMP (components), COMAGARDEN (gardening), COMAMOTER (earthmoving) and UNAMOT (engines) are the category associations brought into the new federation.
The industrialists in this vast manufacturing category – who account for sales averaging out at some € 10 billion and export more than 60% of production – gathered this morning for their extraordinary assembly in San Lazzaro, near Bologna, to vote in the presidents, vice presidents and board representatives of the single associations to join the board of directors of the federations, to be completed with further elections scheduled for June 20.
An office not taken up in these consultations was that of the president, Massimo Goldoni, who will remain in office until the end of his statutory term in June 2013 to ensure continuity in the transition of the Unacoma membership organization to that of the new federation.
In comment, President Goldoni said, “We have worked with great commitment over the past two years to achieve a structure which, at the same time, recognizes greater efficiency and autonomy for the single groups while allowing the aggregation of other institutional bodies representing sectors associated with mechanization and linked to the sector with a view to expanding the federation’s representation front and gaining greater weight in political and institutional quarters.”
The federation project is, moreover, in line with the orientation of Confindustria which favors an aggregation policy for rationalizing activities and the services system for the various enterprises in the sector. In his report to the general assembly held in Rome last week, Confindustria’s newly-elected president, Giorgio Squinzi, emphasized the point that the spirit of innovation which drives entrepreneurial activities must also be the characteristics of their representative bodies.
Thus the federation structure becomes a framework capable welcoming and harmonizing the interests of various industrial sectors at an especially sensitive time for the nation’s industries. “It will be up to the new bodies voted in to develop projects and define priorities for the agenda in line with the modus operandi and values which have always been characteristic of our system of representation,” Goldoni added.
List of officers elected for each association
(except for Comamoter, to determine its own organization at a later date)
ASSOMAO (Implement Manufacturers Association)
President: Carlo Tonutti (Tonutti)
Vice President: Massimo Bergo (Maschio Gaspardo)
Board Members: Luciana Breviglieri (Breviglieri), Roberto Caffini (Caffini), Carlo Cotogni (Mascar), Alex Donzelli (Ocmis), Silvia Faresin (Faresin Industries), Francesco Ferrari (Ferrari Costruzioni Meccaniche), Augusto Callegati Gallignani (Gallignani), Piersilvio Mayer (Sovema), Lorenzo Selvatici (Selvatici), Enrico Storti (Alieco), Francesca Storti (Storti).
ASSOMASE (Self-Propelled Machinery Association)
President: Germano Facchetti (BCS)
Vice President: Stefano Cesari (FM Matras)
Board Members: Giulia Faresin (Faresin Industries), Aldo Laganà (Bargam).
ASSOTRATTORI (Tractor Manufacturers Association)
President: Manlio Martilli (Argo Tractors)
Vice President: Riccardo Bonciani (BCS)
Board Members: Roberto Castiello (Antonio Carraro), Leonardo Dalla Vecchia (Carraro Divisione Agritalia), Fabio Ferretti (Goldoni).
COMACOMP (Components Manufacturers Association)
President: Alessandro Malavolti (AMA)
Vice President: Piergiorgio Salvarani (Salvarani)
Board Members: Stefano Bettinelli (Trelleborg), Enrico Cornia (CBM), Mario Ferrari (Bondioli & Pavesi), Antonella Varini (Walvoil), Giorgio Zecchini (Braglia), Giorgio Zonta (Rima).
COMAGARDEN (Gardening Machinery Manufacturers Association)
President: Franco Novello (GGP Italy)
Vice President: Roberto Peruzzo (Peruzzo)
Board Members: Renato Cifarelli (Cifarelli), Vincenzo Ferragamo (Emak), Alessio Ferrari (Gianni Ferrari)
UNAMOT (Agriculture Engines Manufacturers Association)
President: Nino De Giglio (Lombardini)
Vice President: Alessandro Mazza (VM Motori)
Board Members: Luigi Bigi (Honda Italia)
Bologna, May 29, 2012
Source: Unacoma
