About Us

Our machinery group management team comes from the pharmaceutical and automation industries. We have experience working with Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers all around the world. We understand the business and the challenges of creating, designing, building, integrating, commissioning, testing, installing, servicing, and customizing pharmaceutical machinery and automation systems.

Call us Toll-Free for more Information: 1-833-ACICMAC (1-833-224-2622).

Luciano Calenti

Chief Executive Officer

Luciano has been involved in pharmaceuticals in Europe since the late sixties and arrived in North America in 1969 to join the pioneers of the generic industry and became a key supplier of antibiotics to both the branded and generic industries.  He moved to Canada in 1972 to build the first API antibiotic plant in Canada, and in 1973, founded ACIC and masterminded the Corporation’s evolution from distribution to research and development, as well as manufacturing in both APIs and Pharmaceuticals for the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. Luciano was one of the founders of Canadian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (CDMA) and served as Chairman for three and a half years from 1985-1988.  He is also a founding member of Generic Pharmaceutical Industry Association (GPIA) in the United States now called the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA).  Luciano has been intimately involved in patent legislations in Canada and United States for over 20 years.

Michael Hughey

Vice President, Sales

Michael Hughey is the Vice President Sales of our pharmaceutical sales team and partner network. A native of Waterloo, Michael’s 25+ years of experience in sales as well as the pharmaceutical/machinery industry make him a staple of the ACIC Machinery team.