Siat S.p.A. - Turate, Como (Italien)

Siat S.p.A. is world known as top-class machines manufacturer for secondary packaging and produces more than 17.000 machines per year since 1970. Our product range includes semi-automatic as well as fully automatic machines like Case Sealers and Case Erectors, Stretch Wrappers, Strapping Tools, Flexographinc Printing Machines and Tape Dispensers. The company is present in more than 100 countries all over the world and is constantly investing worldwide to meet customers actual and future demand.

1970:
Foundation of Siat S.p.A.
Invention of innovative solutions for the packaging industry like the tape dispensers or the fast changing taping head.

1994
Siat S.p.A. introduces his first example of automatic case erector

2000
The M. J. Maillis Group, Initiator of the Combi America - Siat - 3M Joint Ventures (mid 1999), takes over Siat S.p.A.

2001
Annexation of MEGA S.r.l. to the M. J. Maillis Group by the subsidiary Siat S.p.A.
Annexation of TAM S.r.l. to the M. J. Maillis Group by the subsidiary Siat S.p.A.

2003
Start of automatic stretch wrapper machines business

2004
Siat S.p.A. acquires Columbia in the name of the M. J. Maillis Group

2009
Siat S.p.A. and Columbia strapping tools merge

2014
Siat S.p.A. enlarges the plant of Turate for the production of all machines

2018
Restructuring for a lean company layout

Sources:
- www.maillis.com
- www.siat.com
- Michael J. Maillis S.A. Packing Systems - Annual Report 2001