For Gaggio Tech, the former Saga Coffee, a historic coffee machine manufacturer in Gaggio Montano, on the Bologna Apennines, after the industrial reconversion that made it a producer of plastics and metals, the final phase of reorganization begins, with further layoffs and the end of the plastics operational branch. The early expiration of the extraordinary redundancy fund, from September 30 to August 31, will mean that the social safety net ends on Monday, as agreed through an agreement at the Ministry of Labor, during a long negotiation that also involved institutions and local authorities. Layoffs will begin affecting 79 workers who will be eligible for Naspi benefits. Forty will remain in the metals processing operational branch and will be absorbed by Minifaber.
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Very little remains of the company from which the whole story began, Saeco, in Gaggio Tech. It was founded in the early 1980s, in an area far from easy to reach, Gaggio Montano, on the Bologna Apennines. The 1990s were the years of great development, first with the acquisition of Gaggia, then the entry into Philips. After a phase of continuous expansion, including employment growth, so much so that at the beginning of the millennium the coffee machine company had almost 2,000 employees, the downward trend begins. The group was dismantled, Saga Coffee was born, but the revival was short-lived. At the end of 2021, Saga Coffee, which employed 220 workers, mostly women, went through a very complex phase and announced its closure. This was followed by a sit-in in front of the gates with strong media resonance. It lasted three months, day and night, in the cold of the Apennines, becoming a real showcase for all politics and the union. In 2022, two buyers came forward, Minifaber and Tecnostamp. Thus Gaggio Tech was born and a new production revolving around plastics and metals. In March 2025, the announcement of a new crisis due to lack of orders, the end of the plastics branch, and the start of a dispute that ended with the agreement last July. From early September, about 40 workers will remain operational, absorbed by Minifaber, while for the others Naspi will begin.
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