Finally FAP's long and rich international experience is at the complete disposal of the entire FOAM WORLD.
Thanks to foam extruder in our internal laboratory together with our customers, raw material producers and research centers, we create, test, approve new solutions capable of anticipating the ever-changing foam market demand or even changing the competitive scenario.
We dedicate ourselves daily to the development of innovative technologies and to the study of new fields of application of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) foam (expanded films).
Laboratory foam extruder is a perfect copy of FAP extruders of industrial scale with “direct gazing” technology and high performance characteristics. The foam extrusion line has nr.3 (three) extrusion dies (heads): round, flat, tube/pipe.
Researchers, producers of raw materials, producers of foam materials and start-up businesses are welcome to discover the benefits of FAP technology:
Three years ago exactly Luigi Poli, the founder and father of FAP, passed away.
He was always passionate about his creation, his machines, cared for and controlled down to the last detail. He was always present with customers during the start-up of the lines because he considered them as his own children whom he accompanied on the greatest adventures to conquer the world's markets.
From the 1980s, he was able to lead FAP from the production of simple packaging machines to complete production lines for expanded film and turnkey factories.
His memory is always alive, in the passion and dedication that his sons Francesco and Fabrizio Poli and the entire FAP team put into their work every day, but also…
Dear Customers,
More than 25 years have passed since I started building plastic processing machines. In this long period of time, FAP has gained such experience that have been able to complete the range of our industrial plants and offer our customers an important technical and commercial support, with a very high level of customization.
Our creations cross national and European borders, but our production facility is still located in Brianza, one of the most important industial areas in Italy. This is where FAP's production heart beats, and it is here, with the help of my two sons Fabrizio and Francesco, that we will continue to make our desire to do OUR JOB WELL available to our customers, old and new.
Luigi Poli
We are aware about the coming restrictions on PS foam packaging trays and containers widespread in the food industry, and today we are proud to offer our high technological solution for companies which facing with this problem.
According to the numerous requests, ITALIAN FOAM CENTRE have found and approve the safe solution to offer to companies which have to switch over to EPP production or want to start a new one.
We are proud to share that in our foam centre has been produced excellent samples of PP foam (density 120 kg/m3 , thickness 1mm) totally recyclable and perfect to be thermoformed in food trays or used for other applications in any industrial field. The safe production of polypropylene foam (EPP) samples was carried out using natural CO2 gas, which is directly injected into the extruder during the extrusion process by special systems.
We are continuing to improve, develop and carry out different tests also by requests from our clients.
Stay tuned to find out more!
For more information send your request by e-mail sales@fapitaly.com.
Thanks to everyone who came visit us, clients, partners & suppliers, foam and future foam producers, foam & bubble film transformers who wanted to know more about our foam technology & converting solutions and modernize the productions with the most innovative and versatile solutions in foam industry!
8 days of new ideas and fantastic visits, collaborations and news!
For our FAP team this show was the 8th one since 2001 and it was really fantastic to exhibit again in such great event!
FAP continues to develop and grow, constantly looking for new solutions for foam production and converting lines, which have already reached an impressive level of productivity and quality in the production of polyethylene and polypropylene foams in recent years! Stay tuned!
See you again at the next edition K2025!
Visit us at K 2022 - The World's No.1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber.
When: 19 - 26 October 2022, Dusseldorf, Germany
Where: Hall 16 / D68
And for our FAP team this show will be the 8th one since 2001, and we are sure it will bring a lot of new and interesting opportunities and collaborations.
Over the past decades, the global market has experienced many difficulties, but every decline is followed by new growth, new ideas, solutions. The personal contact has been and remains an indispensable tool for building strong relationships between the manufacturer and the producer.
For FAP K exhibition has been always an important tool for business global development, which allowing to create favorable conditions for the interaction of business partners, demonstrate relevant solutions and introduce innovations in the polymer industry.
FAP continues to develop and grow, constantly looking for new solutions for foam production and converting lines, which have already reached an impressive level of productivity and quality in the production of polyethylene and polypropylene foams in recent years!
FAP's lines are synonymous of no-stop productivity, reliability, low waste production and unparalleled quality of polyethylene and polypropylene foam. And FAP's team offers the complete support in each stage of project creating the long-term collaboration with clients.
Thats why we invite all our clients to contact us to get an entrance voucher.
WE CELEBRATE OUR 35 YEARS OF ACTIVITY. WE COMBINE 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 FOR A JOB WELL DONE WITH THE 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗘𝗦.
FAP team wishes all participants fruitful and efficient work!
Welcome to FAP! Welcome to our family!
Over 35 years of history, FAP has sold complete lines to leading producers of non cross-linked polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) foam, always guaranteeing the service and reliability of its technology.
The key to FAP’s success is based on pillars such as: hard work, concreteness, reliability and quality 100% made in Italy.
FAP distinguishes itselves from competitors because the plants only have proprietary technology, which is the result of constant dialogue with the production departments of customers.
Each plant meets the requirements of Industry 4.0 to ensure the customer maximum efficiency, reduced energy consumption, accurate control of temperatures, pressures, raw materials and gas consumption.
FAP is focusing on long-term partnership and continuous improvement to help customers to achieve their goals.
Contact us: sales@fapitaly.com
Follow us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fapitaly/
Visit us at PLASTIMAGEN® MÉXICO 2022 - one of the most important plastic industry exhibitions for Mexico and Latin America entire regions. We will be located in Hall A, Stand 3030.
When: 8-11 March 2022
Where: Centro Citibanamex, Mexico City
The official representative of our company will be Danemach Latín América S.A. that since 2003 provides professional services and representative of machinery manufacturers specialized in the plastic processing and conversion industry in different applications.
The personal contact has been and remains an indispensable tool for building strong relationships between the manufacturer and the client. So from this great event we will waiting to create new collaboratirons from following sectors such as: packaging, construction, automotive, electronics, food and others.
FAP continues to develop and grow, constantly looking for new solutions for its extrusion lines, winding machines, laminating units and cutting and welders machines, which have already reached an impressive level of productivity and quality in the production and transformation of polyethylene and polypropylene foams in recent years!
With the hope that Plastimagen Mexico will bring a lot of new and interesting opportunities, FAP team wishes all participants fruitful and efficient work.
Visit us at Interplastica 2022 - one of the plastic industry leading exhibitions in Russia and Eastern Europe.
When: 𝟮𝟱 - 𝟮𝟴 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮, 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄, 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮
Where: 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝟮𝟱, 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮
The official representative of our company will be company Avexx, a representative of the leading European manufacturers of equipment for polymer processing.
Over the past decades, the global market, and especially the Russian market, has experienced many difficulties, but every decline is followed by new growth, new ideas, solutions and opportunities.
The personal contact has been and remains an indispensable tool for building strong relationships between the manufacturer and the client.
The Interplastica exhibition has been always an important tool for business development, which allowing to create favorable conditions for the interaction of business partners, demonstrate relevant solutions and introduce innovations in the polymer industry.
FAP continues to develop and grow, constantly looking for new solutions for its production lines, which have already reached an impressive level of productivity and quality in the production of polyethylene and polypropylene foams in recent years!
With the hope that Intepalastica will bring a lot of new and interesting opportunities and collaborations, FAP team wishes all participants fruitful and efficient work.
With sorrow we inform you that that our dear colleague and friend Alexandre Dyminski passed away.
In many years of intense activity he has given support and great development to FAP. He has always passed on his passion for work to us and he has given us his sincere friendship.
We will miss his support and his constant, constructive and positive presence, his imprint remains indelible in the many personal relationships developed with customers.
FAP team
A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW WITH FABRIZIO POLI, CEO of FAP, WHO RUNS THIS FAMILY FIRM TOGETHER WITH HIS BROTHER FRANCESCO, THE SALES DIRECTOR.
The best advertisement for FAP has always been innovative, high-quality machines, on which clients can build the success of their enterprises.
These are words of Luigi Poli, who in 1987 founded FAP, a company based in Besana in Brianza (Monza Brianza) that builds extrusion plants and specializes, in particular, in systems for producing foam film. His words perfectly encapsulate the philosophy that, stemming from the typical Brianza mindset (a trait recognized both in Italy and internationally), has always guided this company. Indeed, Brianza people are committed to their work, even when the going gets tough, and they regard their products as the best possible testimony both to themselves and to their businesses.
In 2020, the reins of the company passed to Fabrizio and Francesco Poli. The two brothers both joined the family firm when they were very young. Accordingly, after lengthy “apprenticeships” in the various departments and in various roles, they are now entrepreneurs with considerable experience to bring to bear, despite their still relatively young age. Today, they are engaged not only in the day-to-day running of the company, but also in a drive to raise the level of every aspect of its operations through major investments of the kind that, especially right now, demand a good deal of courage and expertise. Clearly, two brothers have both these qualities in spades. To get all this straight from the horse’s mouth, we interviewed Fabrizio Poli. Our thanks go to him for giving us his time. This is what he had to say.
Let us start by talking about your specialisation, namely the construction of lines for the extrusion of foam materials. Could you outline the state-of-the-art in this field and your own most recent technological developments?
“FAP has over thirty years’ experience in the foam film sector. Through our research and development laboratory in France, we study new applications made possible by materials that have yet to reach the market, so that our technology can be made suitable for processing them. In other words, we always try to anticipate the needs of processors and the market, to be sure we are ready”.
Has Industry 4.0 changed the plants you build and your company’s internal processes? If so, how?
“For years now, the manufacturing sector has been going through an unprecedented process of transformation thanks to technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence and augmented reality. At FAP, we have invested heavily in Industry 4.0, improving both access to data and the management of the extrusion process, so as to allow our customers to become more competitive, especially in terms of efficiency, precision and reduction of production costs”.
How is your reference market faring in these difficult times?
“We experienced a slowdown in March 2020 but bounced back almost immediately. Even though all sectors have been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis, fortunately our customer base is made up of companies that operate across a range of different ones, and have therefore felt the effects of this difficult situation less than they might otherwise have done. Thanks to their very high technical performance levels, foam films are used widely in numerous industrial fields, such as packaging, construction and the automotive industry. What is more, as an effect of imminent restrictions on the marketing and use of food containers made of polystyrene foam, we are seeing an increase in the demand for 100% recyclable solutions from food companies that are going to have to replace their products in polystyrene foam. We are therefore carrying out numerous tests in our laboratory in order to be able to offer our customers the best solutions to do just this. Our estimates suggest that 2021 will see our turnover further increasing on previous years”.
Speaking of Covid-19, what repercussions has the pandemic had on you, and how did you organise your work in the face of the emergency? Did you have to close or reorganise your production in any way?
“We closed the company in April 2020. At that time, of course, there was widespread fear, a lack of PPE, and no clear indications on the issue of workplace organisation. For us, like all companies, prioritising the health of our employees and collaborators has meant reorganising things, in other words, redistributing work spaces, sanitising common areas, making sure everyone has access to PPE and sanitising gels, and setting up training courses on safety protocols to follow within the company”.
Could you tell us about your investments in the renovation and expansion of your factory? What stage are you at, and what interventions are planned?
“Work on our new production site, which will also be in Besana in Brianza (Monza Brianza), is scheduled to begin in July. The project involves expanding the production area, which is now insufficient to manage our ever-increasing number of orders. Furthermore, we will be moving our research and development laboratory to Italy, thereby expanding our international research centre here”.
You have recently undergone an image and communications makeover. Could you tell us more?
“We are a serious company, committed to our customers, and this, together with our achievements, says a lot about us. However, we wanted to make sure our story also reaches those who still don’t know us. It has always been widely accepted that a company’s logo is an essential element in defining its image. We have therefore had ours restyled and also given our website a makeover, to make it simpler and more modern. We are very pleased with the result and feel that our new logo really reflects what we are today: a dynamic family business with a long history of success, as well as solid and constantly growing international experience”.
These new investments suggest that you are really striving to forge ahead with your business. Will this drive include the recruitment of new technical and sales staff?
“We have already embarked on a quest to find new people to add to our R&D and technical teams. We have started this process early because we attach great importance to the recruitment side of things. After all, the daily efforts of our staff are the foundation of the company’s success”.
FAP Srl is a member of AMAPLAST Italian Plastics and Rubber processing machinery and
moulds manufacturers’ association.
