Peg Perego goes to Mimit, bankruptcy expires in March

The top management of Peg Perego and the trade unions will return next February for the third time summoned to the Mimit (Ministry of Made in Italy Enterprises). After the meetings in July and November 2025, they are now waiting for a proposal, a industrial conversion project, which will be used to access any State aid made available at national level. "So far the company has not made any proposals, but time is running out because we no longer have social shock absorbers. The last tranche of redundancy fund available to us expires on 30 March,' explains Adriana Geppert of CGIL-Fiom, who has been following the union dispute for years.

At present, the historic company, one of the best known Italian manufacturers of pushchairs, baby seats, and cots, has two plants: the first in Arcore with 210 employees, 70 of whom have been declared redundant; the second in San Donà di Piave, which has already undergone a major restructuring process that has led to halving the workforce by 2024.

For the company founded in 1949 by Giuseppe Perego, an industrial designer at Falk, the crisis has been evident for years. 'We still produce,' says Geppert, 'and there are still a few assembly lines in operation, but many parts are imported from China and we just assemble here. The production part has gradually shrunk. After the boom during the Covid years, came the collapse of the market. 'In addition to falling demand,' adds the trade unionist, 'linked to the demographic trend that has been going on for over 25 years, the main threat comes from Chinese competition'. And against Chinese products it is difficult to compete, even at the expense of quality. "Trump's tariffs also disrupted the supply of semi-finished products to a company in Mexico that served the US market."