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PRECAST CONCRETE ELEMENTSwww.cpi-worldwide.com CPI %u2013 Concrete Plant International %u2013 3 | 2025 147competition while meeting the evolving needs of its clients. For this reason, in 2022, Mr. Silvio Prim (President of Proa%u00e7o) along with his son, Mr. Alan Prim (Vice President and CEO), began researching new machinery suppliers in Europe. Their search led them to Mr. Thiago Pieri, Nordimpianti%u2019s representative in Brazil from the company PCI Engenharia e Consultoria Industrial LTD.Thiago Pieri introduced them to the advantages of the Nordimpianti%u2019s EVO2 Extruder machine and visited the Proa%u00e7o factory several times. During these visits, Mr. Pieri explained the differences and advantages of the EVO2 Extruder compared to their existing locally sourced machine. These advantages included high concrete compaction, minimal downtime for product changeover, a user-friendly design with easy access for maintenance and cleaning and the use of a touch screen control panel for managing machine parameters such as casting speed, screw speed and concrete compaction.At the end of 2023, after the Prim family decided to purchase the EVO2 Extruder machine from Nordimpianti, they requested the opportunity to visit a factory producing special I-beams elements with thicknesses of 180mm and 230mm manufactured specifically using Nordimpianti%u2019s slipformer machine.Nordimpianti quickly organized a trip to visit Tensolite S.A. in Argentina. Tensolite is a leading point of reference in the From left: Mr. Thiago Pieri and Mr. Alan Prim, CEO of Proa%u00e7o