Ucima Presidency: Matteo Gentili in office from 2020-2022

Following consultations with member companies, the Designation Committee of Ucima (Italian Automatic Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Union) has opted for an arrangement in which two business leaders will take turns as Chairman during the four-year period 2020-2024. 

Matteo Gentili, 58, is chairman of TMC (Tissue Machinery Company), a company based in Castel Guelfo (BO) that produces and markets automatic machines for the packaging and management of Tissue and Personal Care products. In 2018 the company joined the IMA Group.

Enrico Aureli’s successor at the helm of the Association for the two-year period 2020-2022 is therefore Matteo Gentili (Chairman of TMC - Tissue Machinery Company ) who will relinquish the helm in the two-year period 2022-2024 to Riccardo Cavanna (CEO of Cavanna Packaging Group).

A reminder that the change was agreed during the Board of Directors’ meeting on 17 June, in the light of the great consensus between the membership base of both candidates and motivated by a dual purpose: to give value to both programmes presented and send out a message of cohesion and common purpose regarding the development goals of Ucima  and the sector it represents.

Meanwhile, the same Cavanna together with Roberto Paltrinieri from Tetra Pak will be vice-chairmen. Luciano Sottile from Goglio (a member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairman for the four-year period 2016-2020) has been assigned responsibility for promotional and exhibition activities.

All the offices were ratified at the Ucima Annual Meeting on July 6.
In particular, the new elected president Matteo Gentili stressed that «In recent years Ucima has acquired great international authority and credibility and has become the benchmark for everyone working in our sector. We have developed new projects and expanded our services. I intend to continue in this direction by providing services and tools that are increasingly focused on supporting and growing our companies».