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Since nearly a century we manufacture and distribute high quality household products. We started as a carpentry realizing wooden pliers for the leather industry, well developed in the area.

Our company name actually comes from this initial activity and has been registered in 1941. After a few years we started the production of smaller cloth-pegs for the consumer market. During the ’60s we introduced the fi rst machine for thermoplastic injection and we have been among the fi rst in the world to realize plastic cloth- pegs. At the same time we made the fi rst investments in manufacturing automation, often with self-developed machines and technologies. During those years our company radically modifi ed itself changing from a craft factory into a modern manufacturing plant.

Zema brand name was born during the ’70s as the acronym of the owners’ initials, Zugliani Enrico and Munarini Antonio. The second and third generation of Munarini’s family still own and manage the company.

During the years we have been constantly enlarging the Zema range, creating some items that have become milestones like Super Pierino, Lola, Kaimano. We have also introduced other kind of products beside clothes pegs. In the year 2000 we began the fi rst test with biopolymers, like Mater-Bi by Novamont, and we also approached the world of recycled plastics.

The fi rst outcome has been the range Garden Zema, a product line entirely manufactured with recycled plastic that brings other innovation contents aiming at joining the image of wrought iron to the advantages given by thermoplastic materials. On the other side, after 5 years of testing, in 2005 we have been fi nally able to propose to the market the Ecozema range. This product line includes disposable foodservice ware, fully

biodegradable and compostable, made by biopolymers or natural fi bers. The Ecozema cutleries have been the fi rst in the world to obtain the OK-Compost certifi cate. The new Re-Zema range is going to be launched in the market in 2010. It will be entirely made by post consumer recycled plastic and will involve many other environmental and social facts.

Moreover, according to our mission, we have decided to complete our program to obtain the certifi cations ISO14001 and SA8000, besides the ISO9001 that we have already obtained.

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Gelaterie Grom has choosen Ecozema as partner for its prestigious project "Grom loves world"

The Team Honda L.C.R. has selected the Ecozema products to be used during the MotoGP world championship to reduce its environmental impact

We will be exhibiting during next edition of S.E.P. in Padova from 21st al 24th April 2010

The Ecozema product will be used during the "Salone del Gusto", organized by SlowFood in conjunction with Terramadre

Ecozema and Slow Food again together for Slow Cheese, the main European event about cheese

The Ecozema product will be used also for Slow Fish, international exhibition for food product coming from the Sea

Thanks to the cooperation with C.l.a.s.s. the Ecozema product will be used in an event beside the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. You can find the press release on our blog

Ecozema will sustain next edition of Ciaspolada 2010, the most famous race for snowshoe. The 37^ edition will be held in Val di Non on the 6th of January

The Ecozema product branded with "Campagna Amica" logo are now available for members

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Welcome to the website for Fabbrica Pinze Schio srl, manufacturer of household and garden items, environmental friendly and sustainable. The range of products of Fabbrica Pinze Schio includes four different brands. Ecozema for biodegradable and compostable foodservice ware, ReZema for sustainable products made from recycled plastic, Zema for plastic and wood household and Garden Zema for decorative garden items. Ecozema specifically includes fork, knife, spoon, coffee spoon, coffee stirrer, chip fork, plates, bowls, two partition plates, three partition plates, trays, clamshell boxes, pizza plates, cups, hot drink cups, straws, t-shirt shopper, rubbish bag. All the Ecozema products are made from biodegradable and compostable raw materials like Mater-Bi (by Novamont), Ingeo PLA (by NatureWorks) or bagasse pulp coming from fast growing plants, especially sugarcane. Thanks to these materials the Ecozema products are fully biodegradable and compostable, this means that it is possible to collect them together with organic waste and dispose them in industrial composting facilities. OK-Compost, Din-Certco and BPI certificates testify that our products are aligned to the international normative such as EN13432 and ASTM 6400. If you are looking for sustainable products you should also take a look at our Rezema range that includes cloth peg, drying rack, hangers and baskets made in Italy from recycled plastic coming from separated waste collection. The Rezema products are emission free since we offset our CO2 emission cooperating with AzzeroCO2. We pack the Rezema products using only biodegradable and compostable matrials such as Mater-Bi or cardboard. We always develop new items according to eco-design concept. Moreover the 3% of the sale is collected for charity organizations involved in no-profit projects both for social and environmental issues. Fabbrica Pinze Schio aims to be a manufacturer of quality items, environmental friendly and sustainable, for this reason we decided to get the certification ISO9001 for quality management system, ISO14001 for environmental management system and SA8000 for social accountability. If you wish to visit again our website take care to correctly digit our brand name, Zema, Ecozema, Rezema and Garden Zema that can be easily mistaken with zima, zama, rizema o eczema. If you wish to be constantly updated about our news you can sign up on our blog  zemablog.wordpress.com. Thanks for visiting us