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and offer combined servicing and after-
sales service.
The primary goal is to transform Samco and
Formia into one Samco/Formia group.
Samco Machinery Limited – Canada
Fax: +1 416 285 0619
Email:
Website:
Formia Tech Oy – Finland
Fax: +358 207 577 301
Website:
Gallium Industries Ltd – India
Fax: +91 129 2309619
Email:
Website:
for steel framing, purlin, automotive, HVAC
and material handling. Samco has two
manufacturing facilities, one located in
Toronto and the other in India where it is
the majority owner of SAGA (Samco and
Gallium, a tube mill manufacturer). The
company already supports North and South
America, South Africa, Europe and India.
Formia specialises in roof tile roll form lines,
deep trapezoidal panel roll forming lines
and insulated metal panel rollforming lines.
Formia has two assembly facilities, located
in Jyvaskyla and one in Nanging, China.
The company has strong local presence
in Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan,
Belarus, and China.
Samco and Formia
are global suppliers of
rollforming systems with
a local presence. The
newly formed alliance will
take a unifying worldwide
marketing and sales
approach. The company
will optimise outsourcing
and purchasing activity
A leader in the North American roll
forming industry has aligned itself with an
innovative European firm to bring enhanced
efficiencies, creativity and service.
Samco Machinery Ltd, Toronto, Canada,
has formed an alliance with Formia Tech Oy
of Jyvaskyla, Finland. The two companies
have plans to “foster a culture of advanced
technological exchange and quicker product
development” to each other’s geographic
areas. The expected result of the alliance
is “world class technology at globally
competitive prices”.
Samco specialises in design and
manufacture of rollforming systems primarily
Ms Christine Hermann has also been
appointed as division manager of Rofin’s
R&D department. Her previous positions
include management of hard and software
development and other jobs in the
engineering division.
Rofin-Sinar Laser GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 81 31 704 100
Email:
Website:
In the new premises, the sales, service and
training centre are close to the entrance.
With a space of 250m2, the new application
lab provides the opportunity to run
application trials on virtually all of Rofin’s
marking systems. The new address, which
is immediately effective, is Dieselstraße 15
D-85232 Bergkirchen, Germany.
Rofin has also recently appointed key
members of staff. Mr Stephan Geiger has
become the new managing director of Rofin/
Baasel Lasertech in Starnberg, Germany.
Mr Geiger’s previous positions within Rofin
include manager of ‘new technologies’ for
the company’s
Micro division, and
R&D manager at
Rofin’s marking
division (where he
started in 1985). He
has also been the
managing partner
and co-founder of
Bavarian Photonics
GmbH – a
subsidiary company
of TuiLaser AG.
After 17 years at its existing facilities, Rofin-
Sinar Laser GmbH, Germany, has moved
to a new company building – but only 150m
away from its old home. The company
has been steadily growing in recent years,
meaning the relocation was inevitable. In
2007 spacious new facilities were built just
half a block away.
With 7,000m2, the three-story red building
offers enough room for all departments – and
for future growth. The company develops,
produces and distributes solid state and CO2
laser sources and laser marking systems.
The company also sets a high value on
additional services like training.
Rofin-Sinar Marking division moves
to new premises
Samco and Formia announce global roll
forming machinery alliance
 The new marking facilities of Rofin-Sinar, which are not too far from the old!
 Rofin’s new managing diretor, Mr Stephan Geiger
 From left: Mr Bob Repovs, Samco president, Mr Petteri Korpioja, Formia,
Mr Joe Repovs, Samco CEO, and Mr Jukka Salminen, Formia
Samco has two
manufacturing facilities,
one in Toronto and
the other in India
where it is the
majority owner
of SAGA (Samco
and Gallium)
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