SEMAT: OMB and Groupe Zoeller SEMAT was owned by OMB International from 2001-2007     In 2001, the parent company of SEMAT sold the refuse equipment operations to OMB International, which was an agglomeration of body builders based in Italy. Under OMB, the company still retained the well-known SEMAT identity. It was around this time that the last of the Superpac II models were phased out in favor of the newer Cargopac. SEMAT changed hands once again in 2007, being acquired by Groupe Zoeller. Again, the SEMAT brand identity was retained, however some additional group models are now marketed within the brand. Group Zoeller is formed from the well-known Zoeller-Kipper, Europe's leading maker of bin lifting equipment. In addition to SEMAT, the group also includes Haller, Hagemann, Farid and Brivio.     The long-running Cargopac is still offered, and now comes in a dual-stream version known as the Bicompac. Dual and triple-stream combination ASL/rear loaders are sold as the Biflux and Triflux respectively, with the rear packer section of these being based on the Cargopac. A new curved-shell rear loader is the Micropac, which operates on the slide-sweep principle. In the 21st century, SEMAT continues a long-standing tradition of innovation that dates to the world's very first compaction rear loaders designed by founder Fernand Rey almost a century ago. This hand-loaded Cargopac without any binlift is a somewhat rare sight in the modern era The SEMAT Bicompac dual stream rear loader Bicompac hopper details Large compartment; standard 4-cylinder Cargopac blades in narrower width Small compartment; modified Cargopac blades with only 2 cylinders The SEMAT Micropac features a slide-sweep packer and curved body shell REFERENCES Vintage SEMAT Literature in PDF at the Classic Refuse Trucks Library 7/4/11 (revised 5/16/21) © 2011, 2013, 2021 All Rights Reserved Photos from factory brochures/advertisements except as noted Logos shown are the trademarks of respective manufacturers