Italpresse

In a growing number of sectors, there is an increasing demand for innovative, performative, cheaper materials that better protect the environment and the health of those who use them.

In response, Italpresse offers its solution - specifically developed for the production of composite lightweight panels. Individual elements to integrate pre-existing lines can be provided, or complete production lines.

Italpresse has developed applications in the following industries:

1. Furniture (home, office, community, ships, hotels, etc.)
2. Doors
3. Insulation (acoustic, thermal, cold storage, etc.)
4. Automotive sector
5. Packaging
6. Planes, ships, trains
7. Caravans
8. Floating floors
9. Construction
10. False ceilings
11. Display units and shelves
12. Exhibition stands
13. Advertising boards
14. Defence industry

For the middle layer (core) cardboard, aluminium, Nomex®, polypropylene, polycarbonate, etc. honeycomb can be used or lightweight chipboard or MDF, cork, balsa, foam panels or agglomerates.

For the coatings (skins) MDF, plywood, other wood-based materials, aluminium, steel, laminates, etc. can be used.

Thanks to well-established long-term partnerships with some of the major companies in the automotive industry, Italpresse has developed a unique know-how in this sector.

Italpresse are particularly specialised in the production of presses and systems for the production of internal and external components and thermal and acoustic insulation systems for cars and industrial vehicles. Hundreds of their systems all over the world produce internal and external components such as instrument panels, steering wheels, central tunnels, internal door panels, carpeting, wheel housing, luggage compartments, side boot covers, headliners and pillars, seat backs, thermal and acoustic insulating panels and composite exterior body panels.

Their production program currently includes presses and systems for moulding, forming, punching and rolling with the possibility to load and unload the pieces and change the mould with various degrees of automation.

Italpresse can also provide advanced heating and cooling systems for cold, hot or cold/hot cycles.

Composite materials are required by the industries where it is necessary to meet requirements of low weight and high mechanical characteristics, in particular: aerospace, aviation, automotive, marine, mass transportation, sport, defence, energy, construction, furniture.

With Italpresse systems, the main reinforcement fibres (glass, carbon, aramid fibres) and polymer matrices based on thermosetting resins (polyester, phenolic, epoxy, polyamide resins) or thermoplastic resins can be processed.

Italpresse manufactures complete presses and systems for different production processes for the production of composite materials: Compression Moulding, Injection Moulding, Resin Transfer Moulding and thermoforming.

They also offer customised systems with specific pressures from 1 to 300 Kg/Cm2, temperatures up to 500°C and, where required, the hot/cold cycle.

Italpresse produces a complete range of presses and systems for the discontinuous production of foamed panels for injection into a closed mould or casting into an open mould and for the bonding of sandwich panels with a core made of polyurethane and other high and low density foamed materials.

The considerable expertise accumulated over the years allows Italpresse to offer complete and reliable solutions at different levels of productivity in the following industries:

1. The refrigeration industry (refrigeration and air conditioning systems, cold storage rooms, display cases and refrigerator aisles)
2. Thermal insulation for construction (walls, floors, roofs)
3. Acoustic and thermo-acoustic insulation
4. Refrigerated and insulated trucks
5. Doors and insulated doors
6. The automotive industry
7. The mass transportation industry (train, underground, bus)
8. The marine industry
9. The aviation industry
10. The defence industry (ballistic panels, shelters)
11. The production of panels recycled from polyurethane waste
12. The caravan and RV industry, sandwich panels for various applications

Italpresse have gained significant experience in the field of recycling materials (wood, rubber, polyurethane, glass, cork, etc...) to achieve panels starting from machining scraps.

Other sectors where Italpresse's expertise reaches include systems for the production of fibre cement panels, systems for the production of panels for acoustic and thermo-acoustic insulation, systems for the production of slabs made of cellulose acetate with hot-cold cycle, presses for gaskets, presses for laboratories.