Ascon is an international leader in the manufacturing and sale of industrial temperature and process controls, data acquisition hardware and software. Additional products include transmitters, valves, actuators, SCRs, recorders, and process indicators.

QS Group builds automated industrial machines, systems and moulds for sheet metal, plastic and polyurethane foam processing, product handling systems and automated warehouses; the company also develops software to acquire, process and manage production data. In addition to white goods, which has always represented QS Group's main sector, the company has developed, over the years, its presence in various industrial sectors, namely: automotive, food, pharmaceutical, chemical and mechanical in general. QS Group is active worldwide and is constantly expanding its presence abroad by pursing its

Ormamacchine is located in Torre Boldone, near Bergamo, in the Region of Lombardy, not far from Milan. Its manufacturing facilities cover about 12.000 m2, plus 1000 m2 for offices. It employs 150 people and has a yearly turnover of about 22 millions Euro (2006 data). The company has been dealing for more than 30 years with hydraulic presses mainly used in the woodworking field. Originally leaders in Italy, Ormamacchine now plays a primary role in the worldwide market. The company's constant improvement of production technologies, problem solving capabilities and their customer oriented