CIMI
CIMI is an Italian industrial packaging and logistics company founded in 1958 that designs custom wooden packaging, polyethylene packaging (CIMIPLAST), and embedded logistics services for enterprise clients in plant engineering, automotive, and Oil & Gas valve manufacturing across Northern Italy and international markets.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1958
- HeadquartersSegrate, Italy
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What CIMI does
CIMI S.p.a. is a privately held Italian industrial packaging and logistics services provider founded in 1958 and headquartered in Segrate (Milan). The company designs and manufactures custom wooden industrial packaging — transport crates, cages, containerization pallets, and foldable boxes — under the CIMI Packing & Logistic Division, and flexible polyethylene packaging through its CIMIPLAST sub-brand. It also provides a layer of value-added logistics services including custom logistics design, goods collection, warehouse and spare-parts management, packing-list and loading-plan definition, and goods conditioning against humidity and oxidation using vacuum barrier bags and VCI (volatile corrosion inhibitor) systems.
Its technical differentiation rests on long-standing regulatory credentials — it was the first company in Lombardy to obtain ISPM 15 phytosanitary treatment authorization (IT-03-001, May 2004) and among the first in its sector to obtain ISO 9001 (1994) — and on specialist heavy-industrial handling capability, notably for Oil & Gas valve manufacturers, where it provides sandblasting, painting, actuator assembly, testing assistance, and specialized crating using gantry cranes with up to 40-ton lifting capacity. It is the exclusive Italian member of the INPRO international packaging operator network and an authorized partner under Conlegno's FITOK phytosanitary certification mark.
The business model is B2B sales-led, with dedicated project managers engineering bespoke logistics and packaging solutions for enterprise clients in Italian plant engineering, automotive, industrial machinery, and Oil & Gas valve manufacturing. Pricing is custom-quoted, contract-based, and multi-year. CIMI operates four owned facilities across Northern Italy (Segrate, Vaiano Cremasco, Inveruno, and two units in Parma) plus four permanent on-site yards embedded at client facilities, and reaches international markets through INPRO's partner network spanning 25+ countries. The company is controlled by the Strozzi family, with no external institutional investment or public listing.
CIMI firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- CIMI
- Legal name
- CIMI S.p.a.
- Website
- https://cimi.bz
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1958
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- CIMI is an Italian industrial packaging and logistics company founded in 1958 that designs custom wooden packaging, polyethylene packaging (CIMIPLAST), and embedded logistics services for enterprise clients in plant engineering, automotive, and Oil & Gas valve manufacturing across Northern Italy and international markets.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
CIMI industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Packaging & Logistics Services
- NAICS
- Packing and Crating (488991)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Custom Engineered Transit Packaging & Packaging Design Services (IMALAFAM)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Custom Crating & Export-Grade Packaging (HSAKADAC)
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Where CIMI is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Segrate
- HQ country
- Italy
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices8 records
Markets served
CIMI business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Custom Industrial Packaging Products: Design and manufacture of custom wooden crates, cages, pallets, foldable boxes, and polyethylene packaging tailored to specific client requirements for land, sea, and air transport.
- Logistics Services: Goods collection, warehouse management, parts management, picking and handling services, shuttle delivery, and spare parts shipping with content verification and photographic documentation.
- Specialist Oil & Gas Valve Services: Comprehensive valve handling including pre/post painting, sandblasting, painting, actuator assembly, testing assistance, and specialized packaging for the oil and gas sector.
- Packaging Services: Packaging services executed by highly qualified personnel, planned in coordination with project managers and packing-lists.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Custom packaging and logistics solutions for industrial clients |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels4 records
CIMI product offering
Product offeringCore offering
CIMI designs and manufactures custom industrial packaging products (wooden crates, transport cages, containerization pallets, foldable crates, and flexible polyethylene packaging via the CIMIPLAST division) and provides specialized logistics services including goods collection, warehouse management, packaging execution, goods conditioning against corrosion, packing-list and loading plan definition, and dedicated services for the Oil & Gas valve sector. The company operates four business units in Northern Italy with permanent on-site yards at client facilities.
Product overview
CIMI is a packing and logistics services provider offering industrial packaging products and customized logistics services. The product portfolio consists of wooden transport packaging (crates, cages, pallets, foldable crates) manufactured in various configurations using materials like fir wood, plywood, OSB, and polyethylene, plus flexible polyethylene packaging through its CIMIPLAST division. Services include logistics design, goods collection, warehouse management, packaging services, goods conditioning against corrosion, packing-list and loading plan definition, and specialized services for the Oil & Gas valve sector. CIMI operates through 4 business units in Northern Italy (Segrate, Vaiano Cremasco, Inveruno, and Parma) and multiple permanent on-site facilities, with access to gantry cranes up to 40 tons for heavy industrial applications.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- CIMIPLAST: Division specializing in flexible polyethylene packaging solutions, including various forms, colors, and additive-specific properties.
Products and services
- Wooden Transport Crates
Quantifiable outcome
- Reduction of transport/shipping costs through maximized use of available space/volume
Companies that use CIMI
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
CIMI technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
CIMI partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- INPRO (International Network)coreCIMI is the only Italian company part of INPRO, the only international network of sector operators. This partnership enables CIMI to offer services, assistance, and support in other countries through corresponding partner companies across 25 countries including USA, UK, China, Germany, France, India, UAE, and others.
- Conlegno (Consorzio Servizi Legno Sughero)coreConlegno is a non-profit private consortium established in 2002 to protect forest heritage and biodiversity, promoting wood use from raw material to packaging. CIMI operates as an authorized company under Conlegno's IPPC/FAO FITOK certification mark, the only phytosanitary certification system in the world using batch numbers (Phytosanitary Traceability References) creating unique links between phytosanitary treatment and treated wood packaging.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
CIMI competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- UFP Industries: UFP Industries (formerly Universal Forest Products) is a major North American manufacturer of wood packaging, custom crating, pallets, and engineered packaging — a direct peer on wood-based industrial packaging production and custom crating services for industrial OEMs.
- Nefab: Nefab is a Sweden-headquartered engineered packaging company offering custom crating, ISPM 15-compliant wood packaging, and global logistics services for industrial customers — the closest functional analogue to CIMI, including international export-packaging focus and OEM/industrial machinery customer base.
Broad incumbents
- Smurfit Kappa: Smurfit Kappa is one of Europe's largest containerboard and corrugated packaging producers with extensive industrial customer reach — comparable to CIMI on industrial packaging supply to plant engineering and machinery exporters, though focused on paper-based rather than wood-based packaging.
- Brambles (CHEP): Brambles operates the CHEP pallet and container pooling network globally, including in Italy, overlapping with CIMI on pallet-based industrial packaging and pooling logistics services for large industrial customers — a much larger platform incumbent.
- Schoeller Allibert: Schoeller Allibert manufactures returnable and reusable plastic packaging, crates, and containers for industrial supply chains — comparable to CIMI's CIMIPLAST division on flexible/reusable industrial packaging and to the broader industrial packaging customer base.
- Mondi: Mondi is a global packaging and paper group producing corrugated, industrial, and protective packaging — a broad incumbent serving European industrial exporters with overlapping capabilities to CIMI's wood and protective packaging offerings.
- Greif: Greif is a global industrial packaging leader producing steel, plastic, and fibre drums, IBCs, containerboard, and protective packaging — a broad incumbent serving many of the same end-markets (chemicals, oil & gas, industrial) as CIMI, but at vastly larger scale and broader product scope.
- DS Smith: DS Smith is a major European packaging manufacturer and recycling group offering corrugated, protective, and custom industrial packaging with strong European logistics integration — comparable to CIMI on customer segments (industrial exporters) and packaging design services, but with significantly larger scale.
- Mauser Packaging Solutions: Mauser provides industrial packaging including drums, IBCs, and reconditioning services, with a particular focus on chemicals and oil & gas end-markets — overlapping with CIMI's Oil & Gas valve packaging niche and broader industrial packaging customer base.
Emerging players
- Tosca Services: Tosca provides reusable plastic containers, pallets, and pooling services for industrial supply chains — an emerging player focused on pooling/reusable industrial packaging, partially overlapping with CIMI's pallet and reusable crate business (e.g., 'Fiera' reusable crates).
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
CIMI social profiles
Digital presenceCIMI compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
CIMI financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
CIMI leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
CIMI subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
CIMI funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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CIMI M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about CIMI
What does CIMI do?
CIMI designs and manufactures custom industrial packaging products (wooden crates, transport cages, containerization pallets, foldable crates, and flexible polyethylene packaging via the CIMIPLAST division) and provides specialized logistics services including goods collection, warehouse management, packaging execution, goods conditioning against corrosion, packing-list and loading plan definition, and dedicated services for the Oil & Gas valve sector. The company operates four business units in Northern Italy with permanent on-site yards at client facilities.
Is CIMI a public or private company?
CIMI is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was CIMI founded?
CIMI was founded in 1958. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is CIMI based?
CIMI is headquartered in Segrate, Italy, in the Europe region.
How does CIMI make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Custom Industrial Packaging Products are the primary driver. The others are logistics Services, specialist Oil & Gas Valve Services and packaging Services.
Who are CIMI's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are UFP Industries and Nefab. Broad incumbents are Smurfit Kappa, Brambles (CHEP), Schoeller Allibert, Mondi, Greif, DS Smith and Mauser Packaging Solutions. Tosca Services is listed as an emerging player.
Does CIMI have an API?
No public API is recorded for CIMI.
What industry is CIMI in?
CIMI's product category is Industrial Packaging & Logistics Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMALAFAM, Custom Engineered Transit Packaging & Packaging Design Services, with a secondary code of HSAKADAC, Custom Crating & Export-Grade Packaging. Its NAICS code is 488991.