The company was established under the name of Asaplast after the purchase of Europa 92, a company in the sector with three production lines and a production capacity of approximately 240 million preforms per year.

The company increased production year after year and extended the fleet of machinery to 9 presses. A 1,140 kW/h trigeneration unit was installed in 2003.

Asaplast transferred its production lines to a new 25,000 square metre factory, of which 10,000 square metres were covered by a high level of automation. An automated LGV system for handling octabins was implemented. The old factory became a warehouse, and an automated island equipped with an anthropomorphic robot for packaging octabins for use in production was installed.

Asaplast become Nuovaplast.

A tenth press was added to the company’s fleet of machinery and production reached a capacity of 1.3 billion preforms per year.

An automated warehouse was set up with a storage capacity of 8500 pallet spaces. In addition, a new 2,000 kW/h trigeneration plant was started up and the eleventh press was acquired.

A second 22-metre self-supporting automated warehouse increased the company’s storage capacity by an additional 16,500 pallet spaces.

The refurbishing of the fleet of machinery continued with two presses being replaced. The 15 latest generation presses ensured production of over 2 billion preforms per year.

IGI Private Equity, a player in the Italian private equity and leveraged buyout market, acquired 75% of Nuovaplast.

Nuovaplast acquired new land and set up a second production department, reaching 35,000 square metres. The LGV fleet was renewed with 8 vehicles to automate 98% of parcel handling. Four presses were installed and, with a total of 19 available, production capacity reached 3 billion preforms per year.

The company installed a PET/R-PET mixing plant with a transport and mixing capacity of 12,000 kg/h.

Installation of a second 1,500 kW/h cogeneration unit began and a 72-cavity press was replaced with a 96-cavity one.