Over 50 years of
Thermoforming of plastics
“We are a company that has been designing and manufacturing plastic packaging items and plastic parts in general through vacuum thermoforming processes from film and sheet for 50 years.
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Company
All because of a music box
The story of an adventure that continues for 50 years
“We managed to create a company that has combined steady growth with strong local roots and a broad vision.”
1968
50 years of activity
Seriplast was officially founded in 1968, but the roots of this entrepreneurial adventure can be found in the restlessness of a young man born in 1943, who was living through the proverbial ’60s. He chose to leave Italy and the few certainties he had to seek better fortune in Switzerland, where, while working as a waiter, he began importing music boxes from Switzerland. Bruno Bocconi “discovered” the thermoforming system by seeing how the plastic support bases on which the music boxes were mounted were produced, and he glimpsed the wide creative and usage possibilities.
1971
New Partners
The first thermoforming workshop was opened in Florence. The need immediately arose to involve other people in this adventure, and between 1968 and 1973, Bocconi involved lifelong friends like Giampietro Corsini and Italo Zoppi. With Italo’s entry, the company saw a new organizational boost. In 1971, the move to Ronta, where products for the silverware, toy, and Christmas item sectors were made.
1977
Florence
In 1977, production moved back to Florence, to a larger facility. These were years when Italo Zoppi, every day, with the company van, transported employees from Ronta to Florence, and then took them back to the village at the end of the shift; a free canteen was also established, which was not a given at the time, for a small company.
1990
Growth
In 1985, Stefano Zoppi, Italo’s son, joined the company. The following year, the first production unit was opened in Barberino di Mugello. A steady and linear growth that was tested in 1990 by the premature death of Italo Zoppi.
Thanks to the experience gained working alongside his father, Stefano Zoppi was able to take over his role and oversee the reunification of production at the Barberino di Mugello site.
1977
Clients
In 1997, Bruno’s son, Lorenzo, also joined Seriplast, consolidating its corporate structure: Stefano Zoppi, responsible for purchasing, work planning, and personnel, and Lorenzo Bocconi, sales manager.
Today’s story is that of a company that, from Mugello, manages to communicate with the world. The most well-known clients are FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automotive), Continental, Gucci, Fila, Manetti & Roberts, Colgate Palmolive, and many others.
2014
Brazil
In 2014, a new production unit was opened in Brazil, Smartpack Ltd. Here, support services are provided with the production of specific packaging for the automotive sector.
Meanwhile, the Mugello production site underwent significant redevelopment work, with the creation of new production spaces.
2017
Affirmation
In 2017, a new production unit of about 3,000 square meters was acquired and renovated, equipping it with photovoltaic panels and an eco-sustainable environmental temperature control system.
Here, the new Seriplast Food division was established, dedicated to the production of trays and other specific products for the food sector, which obtained BRC certification, a global standard for food product safety, demonstrating the company’s ongoing commitment to safety, quality, and compliance with agri-food sector regulations.
2025
Today
To date, Seriplast operates on a covered area of 7,500 square meters, in addition to the yards, with 14 active production lines and 25 employees.
And to think, in the end, it was all because of a music box…
