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COMPANY
                                                                 INCA



















                                                                    SHAPINg BRILLIANT IDEAS



                                                                    From cosmetics and jewellery

                                                                    to innovative and sustainable

                                                                    aluminium packaging thanks

                                                                    to passion and expertise





                                                                               being Rubinstein, which accounted for up to 20% of
                                                                               the company’s turnover, later followed by the most
                                                                               famous brands in the Italian and French markets. In
                                                                               the space of thirty years, the production area of the
                                                                               Porto Valtravaglia factory soared from 500 to 24,000
                                                                               square metres. In 1995, Inca acquired the French
                                                                               company Capinter SA, based in Vihier, near Angers,
                                                                               enabling it to expand its production range.

                                                                               A new strategy
                                                                               In  2022,  new  industrial  partners  decided  to  take
                                                                               up the challenge with the entire Inca team. An
                                                                               investment programme of €9 million over seven years
                                                                               was decided, including €4.5 million immediately for
                                                                               the next four years, mainly focused on the industrial
                                                                               reconfiguration of the plant and its automation but
                                                                               also, from this year, on water treatment facilities to
             From left: E.Leolli - CMO, S. Parodi - CEO, F. Leolli - President, S. Faverio - Business   reduce environmental impact and on the purchase of
             Development Director, M. Del Bue - Board Member, F. Sciorilli - Board Member  new assembly lines to increase production capacity.
                                                                               The company also took the opportunity to divest
                             Inca was founded on the shores of Lake Maggiore, to   the cosmetics formulation and filling activities and
                             the north of Milan, by Giuseppe Faverio in 1951 who   concentrate  on  metal  products,  to  strengthen  its
                             realized (even then!) the potential offered by brass   position in aluminium processing. By 2023, sales will
                             and aluminium in packaging for the beauty sector.   have exceeded €21 million, with a workforce of 180
                             After a brief foray into the production of        and a target of €23 million by 2024.
                             cosmetics, with  a brand  of its own, Karma, which
                             was  discontinued  in  the  late  1960s,  the  company  Expertise and creativity

                             continued to grow in the 1970s and 1980s, building   Inca’s business  currently  consists of  transforming
                             on its unique packaging/cosmetics duality, with   aluminium  sheets  delivered  in  coils  using  various
                             aluminium packaging  emerging on  the market to   stamping,   forming,   anodising   and   finishing
                             become hugely successful among perfume and        processes, and manufacturing closures, lids, jars,
                             cosmetics  brands. The  most  emblematic  of  these   collars and coverings, mainly for the beauty industry.

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