Press Release

CPE enhances the productivity and expands the plant in Glimboca

CPE (Custom Production Europe), company belonging to CUSTOM S.p.A. Group, worldwide leader in the field of hardware and software printing components, announces the expansion of the factory, becoming the "diamond point" of Custom Group manufacturing in Europe, now able to satisfy requests from all over the world.

June 22, 2016

Glimboca - CPE (Custom Production Europe), company belonging to CUSTOM S.p.A. Group, worldwide leader in the field of hardware and software printing components, announces the expansion of the factory, becoming the "diamond point" of Custom Group manufacturing in Europe, now able to satisfy requests from all over the world. On July 7th, 2016, CPE will inaugurate the plant with an event opened to stakeholders, employees and journalists.

With this expansion, CPE - with a current production of 130,000 pieces/year - puts the bases to increase the total annual production capacity to over 300,000 units/year in this plant, strengthening the Group's competitiveness in an field where it is already a worldwide leader. CPE, the only manufacturer of cash registers in Romania, wants to support the Government as a local manufacturer with know how in the field of tax systems.

“The investment in the new plant is part of an important project with the aim of strengthening the competitiveness of the Custom Group worldwide in an ever-changing industry”, commented Carlo Stradi, president of Custom Group. The Romanian government is going to approve a new tax law and CPE will be able to support specific manufacturing needs coming from the new regulations.

In 2016 CPE will celebrate its tenth anniversary. The company started its activity in 2006, producing 100 printing mechanisms per day. The production site has a significant number of quality certifications such as ISO 9001, UL X1, X2, CQC-C0901, EAC Russia.

“We started in 2006 with 5 people with Custom support; we built a reality that rapidly grew both in terms of production and size, from 150 square meters in 2006 to 2,500 in 2015, up to 4,000 square meters planned for 2016”, as Marius Ursulescu, CPE AD, said “and our growth will allow to increase human resources up to 96 units by the end of this year”.

WHO WE ARE CUSTOM was born in 1992 with the idea of creating mechatronic solutions (mechanic/electronic), especially for the printers growing market. Since its foundation, the objective has been the one related to invest as much as possible in research and development, products and solutions. All the technical and electronic steps, the mechanic projects, the firmwares, the drivers and the utilities are being developed internally in the company. 23 years spent in developing products gave us a technical know how and a strong experience in several fields. CUSTOM has the biggest range of peripherals focused for vertical markets: Point of Sales – printers, fiscal printers and cash registers – Industrial, Kiosk and Ticketing – mechanisms, printers, ticket printers and scanners – and the division Gaming/Lotteries/Betting with complete terminals, together with the new division related to phones, with mobile phones, smartphones and accessories for any kind of need.

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