Who we are
Medium for the sustainable transition in plastic industry.
Model for the activation of virtuous circular economy.
History
After decades of experience in the plastics sector, the engineer Filippo Dall’Amico, in 2012, founded the reality of laprima plastics in the aim to propose an alternative response to the final disposal of the massive amount of plastic residues derived from industrial production.
The company is based in the city of Isola Vicentina, a town located north of Vicenza, in Italy.
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laprima plastics was founded in 2012.
We process about 8000 tons of industrial plastic waste per year.
Production performance records 98% of regenerated materials reintroduced into the market, ready to be used in new production cycles.
The operating plant covers a total area of 16,000 square meters, of which 10,000 square meters are in covered area.
The internal team at Laprima Plastics consists of around thirty people, all highly qualified in their respective operational or specialist areas. We also make use of a network of external partners to respond promptly and effectively to every need.
Since 2016, we have been actively collaborating with the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Padua; we have hosted numerous PhD students by funding a scholarship in Research and Development of innovative materials and processes. This partnership has allowed us to integrate new, up-to-date resources within our laboratory and to maintain an excellent level of research and testing.
Headquarter
A project of industrial requalification
Regeneration and enhancement define the philosophy and the company policy of laprima plastics, characterizing our constant commitment to sustainable transformation processes.
The operational headquarters is born from a disused industrial area: we did a requalification project of the previous HF site which, for long time, remained in a state of neglect and abandonment, in order to protect and preserve the territory, guaranteeing prosperity and well-being to the local community.
The site built around the sixties, was designed to host a textile business, which required, in addition to the expenditure of a large working area, the use of high-performance energy consumption connected to specific fire-fighting circuits and practices, properties that are ideal for recycling activities and for the types of processing connected to them.
The opportunity to recover an abandoned industrial site by taking advantage of appropriate spaces and adequate pre-existing services, has allowed laprima plastics to start its own business, preserving both economic and environmental consumption.
The current headquarters maintains the original architectural structure, characterized by the construction of a large area with double-curved prestressed concrete beams, today used for storage and warehousing.
The two massive hemispherical domes, built in reinforced concrete, each of 800 square meters, dominate the oriented surface of the industrial site.
A first example of a particular building practice made with a single cast of reinforced concrete, inflated and raised by the air pressure inside, which make the building unique in its kind.
“Our production system has been developed for specific needs in order to capitalize sustainable solutions and provide different destinations for those materials assigned to final waste disposal.”
Engineer, Filippo Dall’Amico
Co-Founder of laprima plastics
