Imal, founded in 1970 by Mr Paolo Benedetti at San Damaso (Modena) Italy has grown to be one of the major suppliers of plants and machinery for Particleboard, MDF and OSB manufacture. Now run by Mr Benedetti, President, and Mr Loris Zanasi, Vice President Imal has approx. 100 staff, mostly Graduates, many with Masters degrees covering:

• Sales and Marketing
• Administration
• Technical Department
• Electronics Department
• Mechanical Department
• PLC/Electronics Department
• Spare Parts Department

Modena has long been famous for Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini cars and Pavarotti, Imal have created a famous name for themselves in the wood based panels industry. They can easily be reached in a 20 minute drive from Bologna Airport.

Imal's main range of equipment which Otterson sell in Australia and New Zealand is :

• Particle dosing machines
• Metering bins with scales
• Weigh scales
• Glue blenders
• Resin preparation and dosing systems for panel plants and impregnation lines
• Computerised process control and management

All especially developed for PBD, MDF or OSB, of current interest in the last 2 - 3 years has been :

• IMAL IPL Glue Blenders for extended blending time that reduces the breaking up of PBD flakes
• IMAL FB Glue Blender, the only successful blender for MDF fibre and giving tremendous resin savings
• IMAL Mat Damping Unit for MDF lines

Please contact us for literature (paper or CD) and quotations for these and any other Imal equipment that could improve the performance of your line.