It was a busy day for the two troubled companies near Saronno, with two items of news that were both issued late on Monday evening. For IMS, in Caronno Pertusella, whose employees have been on a permanent, round the clock picket for over a month and a half, insolvency has been declared by the Padua Court of Justice. For Anovo, the Saronno-based technology company, which has more than 250 employees and which it was feared would close before the end of the year, the trade unions have reached an agreement with the owners for redundancy for one year for all employees. But let’s go one step at a time.

The situation at IMS

The danger of insolvency had been around for a while, especially since it was discovered that the owners of the company situated in Via Bergamo, which produces CDs and DVDs, had not opposed the request for insolvency made by a creditor. On Monday evening, the news was officially issued, as the Padua Court of Justice agreed to the request and appointed Michela Pivotti from Padua as the official receiver. After the appointment, the trade unions soon requested another meeting with Lombardy Regional Council, because the IMS case was a particular one, whose situation, according to the trade unions, was not due to a crisis in the market, but to mismanagement of the company. Meanwhile, the employees have continued protesting in a number of ways, in order to make their voices heard, but above all, to try to salvage whatever they can, to prevent the company from going under completely.

The situation at Anovo Italia

A few weeks ago, after months of talk of a crisis due to insolvency of the company, which is owned by a French multinational, the dreaded news of the Saronno-based technology company arrived. The employees began protesting, demanding intervention by the Ministry and by the City Council. Here too, the crisis is apparently not due to the market situation, because the company had always broken even. The latest protest took place on Monday afternoon, then, the trade unions had a meeting with the owners, and an agreement for redundancy for one year for all of the 253 employees was reached, regardless of how the agreements with other companies turn out. This is all we know for now. A meeting of the employees is scheduled for Tuesday, during which this agreement will be discussed. Only then will other details emerge.