Established in 1961, IMA is a world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea and coffee.Newfloor participated in the construction of two new production centres of the group, producing and installing about 16.000 sqm of raised access floor.

The first building, designed by Raggi & Partners, hosts Ima Life, a division that deals with pharmaceutical production. The building, which replaces the Decathlon factory, is located in Ca’ Bianca, industrial area of Castel San Pietro Terme (BO).The second building, designed by No Gap Progetti, is located in Ozzano dell’Emilia and it is the national centre of chocolate packaging. Born from the leadership between Ima and the cooperative giant of mechanics SACMI Packaging & Chocolate S.p.a.

The raised access floor chosen for the office area of this project is G30AAK: 60x60cm panel with low density (1.100 kg/mc), 30 mm thick calcium sulphate core, aluminium sheet applied on the lower side with holes for housing the substructure and, as top covering, gres Iris collection Walk On, natural finish R9, colour Grey and White.

The customer chose S-Lock Systems AS as a substructure, self-centring system which allows the correct positioning of the above panels thanks to the particular shape of the polymeric gasket that has four truncated-conical points, which can be perfectly housed in the holes on the bottom of the panel. The stability of this system allowed Newfloor to test the structure for seismic events.