Exhibition
Step into Cognitive Manufacturing
The IMA Ever‑Evolving System invites you into a new era of manufacturing.
Factory
Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 17, 40069 Bologna, Italy
IMA S.p.A. – GIMA Division
Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 17
40069 Bologna
Italy
+39 051 616 9711
Founded in 1977, IMA Gima is a leading manufacturer of primary and secondary packaging technologies serving multiple industries with high performance, flexible and fully integrated solutions. Over the years, the company has developed extensive know-how in handling a wide variety of products and materials, ensuring precision, efficiency and consistent quality across every stage of the packaging process.
In the food sector, with a special focus on chocolate, snacks and confectionery markets, IMA Gima provides complete systems that include primary wrapping technologies, vertical counting, dosing and filling solutions for cartons and rigid containers, horizontal cartoning from flat blanks, overwrapping and tray packing, as well as topload cartoning. Its strong expertise in product handling allows manufacturers to manage diverse product formats with reliability and outstanding output, supporting the launch of new packaging concepts and helping optimise production performance.
In the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and personal care markets, IMA Gima is recognised for its ability to engineer customised, high-precision packaging lines tailored to demanding product requirements and rapidly evolving consumer trends. With more than 40 years of experience and a proven production process, IMA Gima develops advanced solutions ranging from integrated counting systems to vertical cartoning, wallet packaging, overwrapping and tray packing featuring wraparound and top-loading technologies. Specific top-loading cartoners from flat blanks for parenteral products and medical devices represent the latest frontier of innovation, further strengthening the company’s commitment to cutting-edge, application-focused technologies.
Part of the IMA Group since 2010, IMA Gima benefits from shared technological know-how, strong R&D capabilities and global service support, reinforcing its role as a reliable partner for fully integrated and future-ready packaging solutions.
Staff
73
Employees
Facility size
10,893
Sqm
Installed base
+750
Machines
OPENLab is IMA Group’s network of technological laboratories and testing areas, dedicated to research on sustainable materials, technologies and production optimisation processes. OPENLab analyses most of the new sustainable and innovative materials as new compostable, biodegradable, paper-based or ultra-thin film, before they are commercially available in order to run them on vertical and horizontal packaging lines.