Autopromotec Review: HPA-Faip Displays Fully Operational Prato Plant

HPA-Faip, a company of Nexion Group, operating in the international market of fitting centres and workshops for over 45 years, displayed its complete range of products alongside news of its new production plant in Prato, Italy. The company’s product display included the B 225 / B 215, a compact wheel balancer; the evolution of the lever-less M 928 Royal tyre changer; a WDK type-approved product as well as the models M 522 and M 624 from the range of products based on what the company terms classic technology. HPA-Faip says that the area of vehicle diagnostics is particularly important for the domestic market, and sees itself with a growing European and international role too.

The company was keen to stress at Autopromotec that the new ideas from the Campogalliano company are not limited to its product range; the brand will soon benefit from a new production plant near Reggio Emilia, a project that the company says is “the feather in the cap of Nexion Group”. The plant has been partially active for some time, but will be fully operative when Tyres & Accessories goes to press. The company released details of some of the production processes that will be concentrated in Prato, all of which will boast a high level of automation: sheet metal laser cutting, component bending and welding, and semi-finished product painting.