Gallus and Prati form US alliance

Prati is a manufacturer of finishing equipment including slitting/rewinding, converting and inspection machines. Gallus will not only represent Prati sales in the USA, but provide expertise, aftermarket services and parts to support the equipment from its headquarters in Philadelphia PA.

Commented Brian Bishop, president of Gallus, Inc: ‘With the Prati line we can bring more value and product depth to our customers. Our strong aftermarket service base will support Prati as they move into the North American market, and their high efficiency machines will benefit our customers, who can improve speed and accuracy while managing their post-production costs better. For example, one Prati rewinding/converting machine can serve two full-time flexo presses, saving the customer significant costs on capital purchases.’

Says Prati area manager Claudia Fabbri: ‘Prati has over 2,300 installations worldwide, including 13 recent sales in the US. Based on this early success, we wanted to develop a strategic relationship to improve our market penetration, but with the right partner. The business cultures of our companies are very similar. We both pride ourselves on building high quality, long-term client relationships. In fact, the first Prati machines were sold to Gallus so our history together goes a long way back.’

The full range of Prati equipment will be installed in the Gallus Inc. demo room in Philadelphia.

Prati already has strategic relationships with Gallus in South East Asia, Australia and Ocean Pacific Regions, Russia, Israel, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.