Bauce, a leading company in the production and marketing of leather pressing and drying machines, launched some important news at the latest Tanning Tech show
The economic slowdown caused by the pandemic does not stop BAUCE TRI.MA, based in Trissino (Vicenza province), a leader in the tanning sector for over 51 years, specialized in leather pressing and drying machines. At the Tanning Tech Show, hosted in Milan last September, the owners presented, within their stand, an important news regarding through-feed sammying machines.
The details are provided by Luca Bauce, at the helm of the company together with his sisters Sabrina and Michela. It is a beautiful family story: the company was founded back in 1970 by the father, Attilio, when he was only 23 years old. “The model we brought here at the fair boasts particularly significant technological innovations, starting from the fact that, with the same power, energy costs are reduced, without modifying the functionality of the machine. We believe it will be an interesting feature for the Italian and the international market, as it was a need already expressed by many of our customers. This essential aspect is meant to meet both the new legal parameters related to emissions, even if we are well ahead in this area, and to face the announced electricity rate increases, that risk to heavily affect those factories equipped with quite big machinery.”
Covid-19 is penalizing those businesses, such as the Bauce Group, which heavily work with foreign markets. “Before the health emergency – explains Luca – our export share was between 85 and 90%, so the efforts made between 2020 and 2021 are clear. However, in the last two to three years we have increased our turnover in Italy also thanks to the incentives provided by the Government, including the Industry 4.0 plan, which have pushed Italian companies to make investments in machinery and large plants. From 2020 onwards the percentages have changed, even if the largest share of our work, for us, still consists in exports.”
“Recently – concludes the manager –our technicians were allowed again to travel, possibly trying to stay abroad up to 120 hours, as that is the limit to avoid long quarantines, lasting 14-15 or even 21 days. That means losing a technician for up to two months: in short, this is an unsustainable situation, let’s say almost impossible. Throughout the last year and a half, we have broken new grounds, managing to make remote installations, thanks to different tools such as videocall platforms.”
Luca Bauce