Company overview
Uteco Converting S.p.a. is the company identified by the supplied company page and homepage [1][2]. It describes itself as offering printing and converting solutions, with origins in 1985 in the hills around Verona; the source says the idea began with a Veronese entrepreneur who set up a production unit, an assembly service and an after-sales service with four other people experienced in flexographic machines [1]. The company page gives its current headquarters as Colognola ai Colli, Italy, with an operational space area of 75,000 square metres, and reports a commercial office, Uteco North America, in Atlanta, Georgia, since October 2000 [1]. The homepage lists machine families and service lines [2]. The supplied sources do not provide a full ownership history, audited financials, headcount, plant capacity, named customers, certification evidence, prices, minimum order quantities or lead times. This profile therefore treats product and service descriptions as supplier statements unless a separate check is noted.
Company information
| Field | Available information | Evidence or check needed |
|---|---|---|
| Official or trading name | Uteco Converting S.p.a. on the company page; Uteco Converting on the homepage [1][2]. | Confirm the exact registered legal name and spelling, and the trading name used on quotations. |
| Official website | uteco.com; the supplied pages are the company page and homepage [1][2]. | Website ownership and legal registration were not independently checked for this profile. |
| Business type | Supplier of printing and converting machinery and related services, based on the machine families and service names listed on the homepage [2]; the company page refers to production, assistance and sales functions [1]. | Confirm which entity sells, manufactures, assembles, installs and services each product family. |
| Country | Italy [1]. | Confirm the registered country and the contracting entity for an export order. |
| Region and city | Headquarters in Colognola ai Colli (VR), Italy; the company origin is given as San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy [1]. | Do not treat the origin location as the current production site without confirmation. |
| Full postal address | Viale del Lavoro, 25, 37030 Colognola ai Colli (VR), Italy [1]. | Confirm whether this is the registered office, headquarters, production site, or all three. |
| Contact route | A postal address is published [1]. Email address and telephone number are not provided in the supplied sources. | Request an official sales contact and a named contact for the relevant product family. |
| Registration identifiers | VAT IT 03083040232; Rea 307791; C.F. and Social Security Number 03083040232 [1]. | Check current registration and legal scope if these details will be used for contracting or due diligence. |
| North American office | Uteco North America, Atlanta (GA), described as a commercial office with technological support, a warehouse and a machinery demonstration area; reported since October 2000 [1]. | Confirm its address, order-handling role and whether it serves any buyer outside North America. |
| Review status | Not checked. | No independent verification, audit or certification review is documented in the supplied material. |
Products, services, and capabilities
The homepage organizes the offer into machine families and services [2]. The source wording is broad, so the table keeps the supplier statements separate from the technical details a buyer must confirm.
| Offering or process | What the source states | What to confirm for your order |
|---|---|---|
| Flexographic presses | Described as having highly flexible configurations [2]. | Confirm web width, substrate range, print stations, colour count, drying, registration, speed, automation, ink system and available configurations. |
| Rotogravure presses | Stated to offer reduced operational costs [2]. | Confirm cylinder handling, repeat range, web width, speed, drying, solvent or water-based ink suitability, energy system and job-length economics. |
| Coaters and laminators | Solvent or water-based coating and lamination are listed [2]. | Confirm coating method, adhesive chemistry, substrates, line width, speed, drying, solvent recovery, lamination type and food-contact requirements if relevant. |
| Digital machines | Listed as digital machines with the phrase reinventing digital printing [2]. | Confirm print technology, inks, resolution, substrate range, colour management, finishing or integration with converting, and production speed. |
| Special machines | Described as machines tailored to needs [2]. | Confirm what can be customized, the engineering process, validation, lead time, and whether the scope is a standalone machine or a line. |
| Automatic solutions | The homepage names a fully automatic Sleeve Changeover solution [2]. | Confirm sleeve sizes, cycle time, compatibility with press models, safety, controls and integration. |
| Accessories and equipment | Described as the starting point after the printing machine [2]. | Confirm whether these are new-machine options, retrofits, spare parts or separate equipment, and their compatibility. |
| Services | UtecoCARE, spare parts, upgrades and training are listed; a preventive maintenance service is described as preserving machine performance, reducing downtime risk and optimizing productivity [2]. | Confirm service scope, location, response times, spare-parts availability, training language and site, contract terms, and whether support is direct or through partners. |
| Applications | The site lists food and pet food, industrial, and health and personal hygiene, and says the machines print a wide variety of flexible packaging on different material substrates [2]. | Confirm suitability for the specific package, substrate and print or coating requirements, and request food-contact or hygiene documentation if applicable. |
| Alliance context | The homepage refers to Flex-Converting Alliance as one printing and converting group covering flexible packaging needs and names Bimec, CMG, Smartjet, Uteco and Vision [2]. | Confirm the exact role of Uteco, the contracting entity, and which company is responsible for sales, installation and service. |
| Active Pack | The homepage says adding Active Pack to Onyx Go can save more than EUR 100,000 each year on energy and material consumption [2]. | Treat as a supplier claim. Confirm machine model, baseline assumptions, currency, measurement method, region and whether savings are guaranteed. |
Locations and production scope
The current headquarters is documented at Colognola ai Colli, with 75,000 square metres of operational space [1]. The same company page gives the company origin in San Martino Buon Albergo and refers to functions from design and prototyping to production, assistance and sales, but the supplied excerpt does not identify which production stages occur at each site or whether any activities are outsourced [1]. The Atlanta location is described as a commercial office with technical support, a warehouse and a machinery demonstration area, not as a manufacturing site [1].
For an India-focused inquiry, the supplied material does not document an Indian office, distributor, service centre or spare-parts location. Buyers should confirm the quoting entity, shipping terms, import responsibilities, installation and commissioning coverage, local service arrangements, and which warehouse stocks the relevant spare parts. These points are not established by the available sources.
Order information and quotation preparation
No prices, minimum order quantities, lead times, payment terms, Incoterms, warranty terms, installation inclusions or spare-parts lead times are provided in the supplied sources [1][2]. These details appear to be configuration- and destination-specific and should be requested in writing. The following checklist is a research aid, not evidence that Uteco offers each item.
- Machine or line scope: identify the family and model, such as flexographic, rotogravure, digital, coating and laminating, special machine, automatic sleeve changeover, or service and upgrade scope [2].
- Product specification: state the flexible packaging format, substrate, thickness, web width, roll diameter, package application, and any food-contact or health and personal hygiene requirements [2].
- Print and converting requirements: specify colour count, print repeat, ink system, drying, registration, coating or lamination method, and whether printing is inline with other converting steps.
- Output and site constraints: provide target speed, operating hours, required uptime, available floor space, utilities, electrical standards and environmental controls.
- Order quantity and commercial scope: clarify whether the inquiry covers one machine, a line, multiple units, retrofits, spare parts or service; ask for a line-item quotation rather than a single total.
- Samples and trials: request a demonstration or material trial plan, sample substrates, acceptance criteria, and any factory or site acceptance testing.
- Tooling and setup: ask about plates, cylinders, sleeves, software, change parts, installation, commissioning, training and documentation, including which items are included or charged separately.
- Delivery to India: confirm Incoterms, freight, insurance, customs documentation, required delivery date, and whether the supplier or a partner handles import and site logistics.
- After-sales: request warranty terms, preventive maintenance options, spare-parts lead times, remote support, service response targets, and operator or maintenance training.
Quality, samples, and certificate information
The supplied sources do not provide certificate names, issuing bodies, certificate numbers, scopes, expiry dates, quality-management audit results or independent product approvals. The homepage lists service activities such as UtecoCARE, spare parts, upgrades, training and preventive maintenance, but it does not state that a particular management-system or product certification applies to a given machine [2]. Sustainability and environmental statements on the company and home pages are self-reported and should not be read as verified certifications [1][2].
No sample policy is provided. The company page states that the Atlanta commercial office includes an area dedicated to machinery demonstrations [1]; availability, cost, scheduling, and whether buyer materials can be run are not provided. For an order-specific check, request the relevant declaration of conformity, electrical and safety documentation for the destination, food-contact documentation if applicable, a material trial or demonstration report, and a factory or site acceptance test plan. Certificate claims, if made later, should be checked with the issuer and matched to the exact machine and scope.
Evidence and information gaps
The available sources are limited to the Uteco company page and homepage, as retrieved on October 28, 2026 [1][2]. They support the company name, current postal address, broad machine families, application categories, service names and a small number of news headlines. They do not support model-level specifications, plant capacity, headcount, revenue, ownership changes, export markets, India operations, customer references, certification status, prices, MOQs, lead times or order terms. The news snippets mention a refinancing and capital increase, an equity agreement with ENCA, and the FlexCA alliance, but the supplied text is incomplete; the profile does not infer transaction terms, current ownership, or responsibility for sales and service [1][2].
Identity and website ownership have not been independently checked for this profile, and the review status is Not checked. The legal form appears as S.p.a. in the source; the exact registered spelling and the product-specific contracting entity should be confirmed. The North American office is documented as a commercial office, not as a factory. The sources do not establish that every product is manufactured in-house or that every service is delivered directly. A lack of public detail is not evidence that the supplier lacks a capability; it means the point needs direct confirmation before a purchasing decision.
Next steps for a buyer
- Confirm identity and contracting entity: request the registered company name, VAT or registration evidence, registered address, product-specific seller, and the entity that would handle an India-bound order.
- Define the application before requesting a quote: prepare a packaging specification covering substrate, dimensions, print and converting steps, target output, automation, site utilities and required compliance.
- Ask for a model-level technical proposal: request datasheets, configuration drawings, standard versus optional scope, and a clear statement of which machine family is proposed and why.
- Request a comparable commercial quote: separate machine, tooling, software, freight, installation, commissioning, training, warranty and spare parts; state Incoterms and the delivery destination.
- Verify performance and after-sales support: ask for a demonstration or trial, acceptance-test criteria, reference contacts where available, service coverage for India, spare-parts stocking and response times.
- Collect compliance evidence: obtain the product-specific declarations and certificates relevant to your destination and application, and check their scope rather than relying on general website statements.
These steps are intended to support supplier research and an evidence-based inquiry. They are not a recommendation to transact.