COLINEX is established in Novara by Mario Zorloni and Francesco Lombardini, both coming from past experiences in the plastics field begun in 1966.
First in-line air bubble production
Foundation of COLINES® ENGINEERING SRL
Opening of the new factory in Nibbia, the current headquarter
First horizontal MDO unit for expanded polypropylene ribbons
First 2000 mm air bubble line
Development of the first 2-shaft automatic turret winder for air bubble film
Foundation of GRUPPO COLINES® SRL. Mr Eraldo Peccetti joins the company
First 6-layer coex air bubble line is manufactured
Installation of the first 2500 mm air bubble line
Presentation of the first 3-shaft automatic turret winder
Foundation of ALTAPACK SpA
COLINES® PP&P is established in Malnate (Varese)
Shareholding in Air Pack SpA and AIRCALE in France
Sale of AIR PACK SPA, AIRCALE and ALTAPACK SpA to BÜHRMAN TETTERODE
First cast stretch film line equipped with winder for jumbo reels production, useful width 2000 mm
Engineering and sale of the first 3-layer CPP line 3000 mm width
First 5-layer BARRIERCAST® line sold in China
Foundation of B-Pack SpA
Foundation of IMBALLAGGI PROTETTIVI Srl
Foundation of B-PACK® HOLDING
COLINES® manufactures its first 3000 mm air bubble line
First 5-layer cast extrusion line with 5 extruders for barrier film
Foundation of B-PACK® DUE SpA in Venturina
First vertical MDO unit in 2 steps
Delivery of the first cast line for breathable film
Launch of the first patented Bubble Guard® Board and Bubble Guard® Flex PP Air Bubble line
First 10-layer coex air bubble film 3000 mm line in operation
Development of the DITTERING® technique for the production of good quality barrier film
First 7-layer BARRIERCAST® line for B-BACK® SpA
Foundation of GRUPPO COLINES® HOLDING SRL
First 4500 mm 5-layer CPP line installed at B-PACK DUE SpA
Start-up of the first HANDrollEX® cast stretch film line
Launch of BIG MOUTH® recovery system for stretch film lines
ELAV® becomes part of GRUPPO COLINES® HOLDING Srl
Start-up of a first 500 mm pilot line for barrier film
First Western company to supply a hi-tech cast line for breathable film in China
First EASYCAST® CPP line
First Air Bubble film line producing biodegradable material
Development of very thin films (down to 8 microns) on the HANDrollEX® line
B-PACK® DUE is sold to AMCOR (now AMCOR FLEXIBLES VENTURINA) and COLINES® enters into an exclusive supply agreement with AMCOR USA-EUROPE
First super-coex Air Bubble film line
First HANDrollEX-Combi line
First 50-layer JUMBOrollEX® cast stretch film line
Presentation of MyCore® project, equipment for the production of light cores made in plastics
New 7-layer BARRIEBLOWN® line installed at B-PACK®
First 14 layers (7 + 7) coex air bubble line
Launch of the first ALLrollEX® 1500 line for stretch film with ALLspeedy® winder (for manual, automatic and jumbo reels) covered by 7 patents
COLINES® headquarters in Nibbia grows larger. Thanks to a buyout of an area equal to 7,000 sqm next to the production site, the overall surface raise now over 17,000 sqm
First 3000 ALLrollEX® mm cast stretch film line with ALLspeedy® winder
Acquisition of Torninova
1st BUBBLE GUARD® Simplex line
Foundation of COLINES® CORP. USA
1st MDO unit with IR heating technology (patent pending)
1st POLYCAST® line for high-thickness gloss effect
1st POLYCAST® line with short annealing unit
1st PREROLLEX® line for the production of pre-stretched film in-line
1st POLYCAST® line with hi-tech MDO unit for MOPP film
New POLYCAST® line with hi-tech MDO unit for MOPP and breathable film
A further venue was estabilished in Marano Ticino (Novara).
COLINES® was named for the first time among the 500 privately held "Champions companies" by the prestigious Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The report was realized by ItalyPost.
The ALLrollEX® 1500mm cast line for stretch film production is faster than ever: the line reached the unprecedented production speed of 1000 m/min.
COLINES® was included among the 1000 "Companies to inspire Europe" into the report created by the "London Stock Exchange Group".
COLINES® confirmed itself as a "Champion company" and was again inserted in the report by ItalyPost (Corriere della Sera) regarding the 500 best privately held companies.
COLINES® exhibited their brand new ALLrollEX® 3000mm 6-up cast line for stretch film production at the K exhibition in Dusseldorf, achieving an outstanding success.
Due to pandemic restrictions, COLINES® organized their first "Virtual Open House" event ever, engaging over 250 customers and 500 people.
Even during the darkest hours of pandemic, COLINES® never stopped their activities, thanks to the commitment of the company's staff and workers.
The 1st NanolayerTM stretch-line ever in Africa was supplied by COLINES®.
Cast MOPE Film has been made for the first time ever. The product has been extruded on a COLINES® Polycast® line equipped with the latest generation MDO (Machine Direction Orientation) by COLINES®.
COLINES® launch their brand new POLYBLOWN family, multipurpose lines for film production with blown technology.
NO.EL is now part of Gruppo COLINES® Holding