Industrial alliance between MATACHANA and DE LAMA for the pharmaceutical industry.

The MATACHANA and DE LAMA Groups announce their co-operation agreement in Spain and France regarding sterilization in the pharmaceutical sector. This alliance will enable MATACHANA to extend its range of sterilizers and offer products that are even better adapted to the pharmaceutical industry.

 DE LAMA's broad engineering and production platform, which focuses on the pharmaceutical sector, will be complemented by MATACHANA's sales organisation and technical service network, providing an exclusive service to the Spanish and French markets and offering customers in the sector a wide range of innovative products, in addition to an excellent service.

 "MATACHANA and DE LAMA are both family companies, carrying on a long and distinguished tradition of innovation in sterilization equipment, and both companies regard the needs of the customer as paramount", stated  Antonio Matachana, Chairman of the MATACHANA Group Board of Directors.

"The complementary nature of the two companies and our solid experience in the pharmaceutical sector provides us with a great impetus to continue offering our customers a top quality product and service", confirmed Paolo Bianchi, Director General of the DE LAMA Group.

DE LAMA is an Italian company, founded in 1949, with its head office in Pavia. It is a world leader in the manufacture of sterilization equipment, mainly for the pharmaceutical, microbiological, chemical and cosmetic sectors, providing products that are very versatile and of high quality, in accordance with the specific demands of these sectors. Thanks to 60 years of history and its long experience of installing equipment around the world, DE LAMA's reputation for carrying out all aspects of its work to the highest technological and quality standards is widely acknowledged.

Barcelona, Spain, 1 June 2008
San Martino Siccomario, Italy, 1 June 2008