The next steps will be the definitive assignment of Cerutti to the Swiss Bobst by the court and the launch of the social plan for the more than 200 employees of the historic industrial reality of Casale Monferrato, which went through a long crisis, a bankruptcy procedure and an auction with subsequent raise. In mid-July Bobst Italia was awarded the second auction for the acquisition of the assets of the bankruptcy of Officine Meccaniche Giovanni Cerutti and Cerutti Packaging Equipment for 7 million euros, relaunching with respect to the offer presented by the Rinascita Secondo consortium, also supported by Invitalia , which in fact had reopened the games after the first auction.
The business plan on which Bobst – one of the world‘s leading suppliers of machinery and services for substrate treatment, printing and converting for the industries producing labels, packaging, boxes and corrugated cardboard – aims to “further consolidate the position of technological and market leadership », recovering the skills and industrial assets of Cerutti and guaranteeing assistance to over a thousand customers worldwide. The industrial idea that guided the Swiss company in the acquisition of Cerutti is to relaunch the Italian brand in some sectors, “with models designed specifically to meet the needs of certain markets, such as the Asian ones, an area in which ex Cerutti had left by selling its patents to some Chinese and Indian competitors ».
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In the plan presented to the bankruptcy trustee Bobst, which has an office in San Giorgio Monferrato, the former Rotomec, a few kilometers from Casale Monferrato, undertakes to hire 30 employees. The project also provides for the possibility of stipulating contracts with the future cooperative of ex-workers. «In the future, priority will be given to former employees, compatibly with the skills required, when we need additional staff» writes the company in black and white.
Meanwhile, in Casale the workers remain in the garrison in view of the meeting on 23 August between the unions, curatorship and the company. “We need an agreement both for the social plan, which guarantees aid to all former employees, and to obtain social safety nets in the coming months, starting with the 13 weeks of Cig Covid. At the moment the workers have been without any coverage since last July 2nd »explains Maurizio Cantello of Fiom in Alessandria.