Elia Bianco is the new director of the Vimi Fasteners Group

Manager with a structured career in the automotive and industrial fields on a national and international level

NOVELLARA (Reggio Emilia) – Elia Bianco is the new general manager of the Vimi Fasteners Group of Novellara, engaged internationally in the high-tech fastening sector in the automotive, industrial, oil& gas, aerospace and motorsport.

Manager with a structured career in the automotive and industrial sector at a national and international level, Bianco has held the role of sales and marketing director in the Vimi Fasteners Group and supports Marco Sargenti, managing director, as part of a strategy of ‘shared enterprise.

“We are very enthusiastic about the new position assumed by Elia Bianco, who has become general director of Vimi Fasteners – stated Sargenti – This change, planned for some time, is part of both an organizational context of better management of the group’s companies and the succession plan of the key figures within our company. Elia has led the Vimi commercial team with leadership, energy and passion in recent years – continued the outgoing general manager – and this new responsibility represents a further boost for the growth path of our Group”.

Graduating in Industrial Engineering in Parma, Bianco obtained further specialization master’s degrees including an Executive MBA at the Bologna Business School. From a professional point of view he worked for about 10 years in Pirelli, in various roles, in the industrial and commercial fields in Italy and England; subsequently he worked in Landi Renzo with the role of Europe sales & strategic marketing director before joining Vimi Fasteners as sales & marketing director.

Now the new commitment as general manager. “Our intention is to continue the path of modernization of the company’s business processes and technological development carried out successfully in recent years – stated Bianco upon taking office – with the aim of maintaining a focus on turnover growth and on the level of competitiveness. Sustainability and the valorisation of people will continue to be central to our strategy with the aim of maximizing synergies with the other companies in the group by involving all company functions”.

Vimi Fasteners reaches its customers in more than 300 factories around the world with over 200 million products. The Group is organized with three production plants and two branches.