Interview with Jacopo Nava, President of Vega S.r.l. at FEFCO 2023.
With Jacopo Nava are present Remo Paiola, Sales Director and Marco Giovannini, CEO
We are here at FEFCO. How do you like the show?
First of all, I’d like to introduce myself. As Adam said, I’m Jacopo Nava, president of Vega, a company that produces machines for the corrugated industry since 1947. Our main products are folder gluers for solid board and corrugated board. This year for this show, we present our brand new folder gluer Vega Altair GT that comes in four sizes: 1.72m, 2m, 2.4m and 2.9m.
FEFCO is an exhibition and a congress that has been very important for us since the very beginning. We see it as a productive place, because here in three days, you can find everyone, all the decision makers of the big groups, independent groups, family companies that make the decision to purchase new equipment.
Usually, to talk with these people, it takes a lot of time. Phone calls, emails, mailing lists and what else. Here at FEFCO, every day, every hour, you meet someone very interesting to discuss with them about the existing projects and everything that could help all our companies to grow in the future.
Altair GT, I see that it’s your headline product at this exhibition. But what are your expectations after the exhibition? What are your specific goals for the future?
Even though the market is very stable, we think the growth for the future will slow down a little bit compared to the last 2 or 3 years, when there was a great boom in the market for our target.
We think we have achieved the state of the art in terms of folder gluer, and we have several projects on the table that we are very confident to close with contracts that will give us a good step ahead for the future of our company.
Another question I have is: how did your company perform in 2023? What challenges and difficulties did you encounter and what successes did you achieve?
Yes, in 2023, we finally found a solution in terms of material and component, especially in electrical component, that in the past gave us some issues to find the electrical component, the software component that allowed us to switch on the machine and to test the machine before the delivery.
Finally, this year, we sorted it out and we solved all our problems. And so we see the future with serenity and without any problem that we had in the past.
Maybe you have a message for our audience and for your customers about what your main advantage over the competitors in the market is and what is unique about your team and your product?
Absolutely. Our technical department was focused on reducing the time of the start up. The changeover from one job to another one is the key to our success.
Our machine is well known by everyone, from everyone, as a very versatile machine, very user friendly and able to handle several kinds of jobs in a very short time. This makes the difference between us and our competitors.
Thank you very much for the interview and for your time!
Thank you!
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