Pro-Gest is the number one private group in Italy, entirely controlled by the Zago family, as well as one of the major players in Europe in the vertically integrated production of containerboard, corrugated board and packaging. The Group has a turnover in the area of Euro 500 million, employs 1,150 workers and operates through 23 manufacturing facilities active in 7 Italian regions, including 6 paper mills with 10 paper machines, 7 integrated corrugators and 8 packaging facilities.
Afry (AF Poyry AB) is a European leader in planning, design, as well as an international partner in the world of strategic consulting, able to identify and guarantee the highest levels of technology, safety and quality, mainly in the paper sector and throughout its integrated cycle. It employs 17,000 experts and boasts an expertise of more than 50 years and over 400 projects, covering 90% of the largest paper production plants in the world; its mission is to identify and develop the production and management potential of the companies with which it collaborates, improving their results.
Pro-Gest Group and Afry (AF Poyry AB) recently signed an agreement aimed at improving the management, market, production and organizational performances of the Group companies, also called full potential project, which will make it possible to express all the value inherent in the upgrading investments already made by the Group in the last five years and equal to over Euro 500 million, in order to achieve and strengthen its technological leadership at European level and, at the same time, generate value for all stakeholders. Afry (AF Poyry AB) will contribute to the ramp-up and quantitative and qualitative improvement of the performance of the new Mantua paper mill, as well as that of the whole Group.
The collaboration will develop over the course of 2021 and will concern the analysis of the reference market, the competitiveness of the Group’s products and production processes, its organizational structure and an articulated reporting package, such as to position the Group itself at the highest levels of competitive edge.
