Garda Plast preform technology

Company

A simple object,
a complex reality.

Garda Plast S.p.A. was established in 1996 in the province of Brescia to produce plastic material for mineral water and soft drinks bottling. Since then, we manufacture P.E.T preforms and bottles – single-stage and two-stage – for both the national and international markets. We leverage the extensive experience and skills we acquired over time, in compliance with the current regulations and the requirements of both the environment and the customers, always with an eye to the future.

Our goals and values,
always.

Even when the office lights go out, production at Garda Plast continues, for 24 hours, seven days a week; from the day the company was born. Just like for production, our management's ambition and farsightedness never stop. Born as a small-medium business, we have grown more and more in terms of space, technologies and market until we were noticed and acquired by Progressio, an independent company known for investing in Italian excellence.

Born as a small-medium business, we have grown more and more in terms of space, technologies and market until we were noticed and acquired by Progressio, an independent company known for investing in Italian excellence. We work every day to improve, nurturing the culture of quality. We have an implemented integrated management system that covers every area involved in our business: environmental sensitivity, food safety and legality. We believe in the value of social responsibility and we have relied on EcoVadis® to monitor and improve our environmental and social practices.

1996The Tonoli family establishes Garda Plast over an area of 20,000 square meters
1997The company starts to take shape, moving from 2 to 4 die-casting machines
1998Production requires more space, the area is extended to 40,000 square meters
1999After only one year, a new 40,000 square meters warehouse is built
2000-20084 additional machines to meet the needs of an increasingly demanding market
2009We move to the self-production of energy, with a trigeneration system
2010-2017 Old die-casting machines were replaced by new ones with 96 cavity molds
2017Progressio invests in Garda Plast: the fund acquires a 70% stake in the company
2018Shotscope NX is introduced to monitor processes and the production system