CIMI

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.

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

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)

Keywords

• Industrial packaging services
• Wood packaging solutions
• Logistics services
• Warehouse management
• Custom crating solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Segrate

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. 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.
2. Logistics Services: Goods collection, warehouse management, parts management, picking and handling services, shuttle delivery, and spare parts shipping with content verification and photographic documentation.
3. 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.
4. Packaging Services: Packaging services executed by highly qualified personnel, planned in coordination with project managers and packing-lists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core 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

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• INPRO (International Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIMI 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)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConlegno 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

Direct 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

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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