During the 50’s and 60’s Fabbi manufactured special oleodynamic cylinders and gear pumps. The company entered the industrial automation sector designing and manufacturing automatic systems for ceramics and kilns. In the 80’s and 90’s Fabbi, drawing on the experience gained with the automation systems and storing, began to design, construct, and install automatic warehouses with rack feeders for pallets or cases. Today Fabbi is able to provide turnkey storing systems guaranteeing assistance for systems installed during the 1970’s even, both in the ceramic and logistics sector.

Frac company was founded in 1965 and ever since it has been employed in the firing of clay products and particularly is specialized in planning ,construction, supplying and technical assistance of its clients, concerning firing installations for brick and tile industry.

During all these years Frac reached great experience in this field and supplied about the ¾ of the Italian market while abroad in many countries starting from Europe, Central and South America, Northern Africa (Magreb) Saudi Arabia, in Iran some time ago, and some installations in the Far Est.

The Company Fuccelli Srl was founded in 1970, in Umbria (Italy), and more precisely in Deruta, a town well known for its long tradition of hand-made ceramics. Fuccelli Srl is known for the production of machinery and equipment for processing and the production of ceramics and pottery; it is the market leader, appreciated for many years for the quality and flexibility of its products.

In fact, it is able to meet the needs of those who prefer still a handicraft production and at the same time is able to meet the requirements of international companies that produce large quantities every day and require a series production.

Their machines produce the following items:

• Crockery (cups, plates, vases, trays, bowls, etc.)
• Flower pots and urns (cm. 5 to 100 cm.)
• Bricks
• Tiles

Affiliated Companies:

• Eurotecnica Srl, Modena, (Telephone:  +39/05928264
• Nuova Casa del Compressore Sds, Modena, (Telephone: +39/059282640)

Keos Srl, born in 1987 and located in the Region of Lombardy,  supplies firing materials for continuous kilns and shuttle kilns. They also provide drying units and thermal equipments and plants, as well as loading, unloading, and transfer machines for storage and handling. Their client sectors include: technical and advanced ceramics, refractories, sanitaryware and tableware.

LEMA was born in 1949 in Erba (Como) just as a small factory, and shortly after moved to Albavilla (Como) into an industrial complex that covers an area of three thousand square meters. After more than sixty years of experience in the production of molds and presses for the ceramic tile market, the brand LEMA has become known all over the world.

The fact that LEMA produces both presses and molds allows them to offer excellent quality results. The technicians of all ceramic makers that use Lema’s presses and molds for special pieces receive all the maximum support from LEMA quality products, producing very special and complex manufacturing lines with absolute confidence.

The proof of the excellence of LEMA lies in its products:

• Hydraulic presses for special pieces and trims of 10/25/50/188/500/620 tons
• Molds of any shape and size for any press and for different field
• Hydraulic press for molding and curing of various types of elastomers in coating buffer
• Advice for the construction of plants for production of special parts
• Advice for the construction of plants for curing of the buffers in the national and international markets continues to receive a considerable successes

Levikurve is a company specialized in the production of special parts suitable to meet the needs of the most demanding designers. Technology allows Levikurve to form elements and bend hot finished tile materials such as fine porcelain stoneware tiles with a full body and smooth, rustic or structured. The special pieces made by Levikurve meet the requirements of the most demanding designers.

M.D. Micro Detectors S.p.A. has been operating in sensor development and production on the national and international market since 1971. The M.D. Micro Detectors’ products were marketed under the brand name Diell until 2001, and today under the brand name MD; and are recognized worldwide for their quality and reliability, achieved by means of the painstaking research and development watchful of every aspect of product development and manufacturing. Continuous and careful controls over all the phases of the production process allow M.D. Micro Detectors to meet the most critical market requirements.

Over the years, M.D. Micro Detectors has constantly expanded its offers: today they provide a complete range of products from photoelectric to motion sensing, ultrasound, capacitive and inductive sensors, as well as safety devices and connectors. For some years now, M.D. Micro Detectors’ strategy has been focused on innovation and on spreading its expertise to new sectors, making use of the sophisticated technologies already applied in industrial automation. The “Co-design” concept has led them to start a close cooperation with big names on the international industrial scene, with the aim of transferring the industrial automation technologies to sectors characterized by very high volumes, such as electrical appliances.

The efficiency and high flexibility of M.D. Micro Detectors’ designers make it the best choice for companies that wish to entrust a team of professionals in the sensor field, to follow their products from design through to production, providing cutting-edge and complete solutions for every single need.

Manfredini & Schianchi was born in 1962 in Sassuolo, in the core of the world in Italian ceramics manufacturing. In 50 years of activity, the company developed avant-garde technologies in handling and processing raw materials of a different nature. The company features modern and technological facilities in its headquarters equipped with a R&D lab and a pilot plant with an area of 1,000 m2 which are capable of tailoring and testing any raw material whatsoever to be handled by its customers.

Besides the technological and plant supplies, Manfredini & Schianchi guarantees an impeccable servicing record directly to our customers thanks to its skilled and dependable team of technicians. The spirit and the enthusiasm exerted by the founders and partners Umberto Manfredini and Gianfranco Schianchi are always maintained in the activity and goals of the present management with the family tradition Manfredini & Schianchi has always featured.

Martinelli Group is one of the leading groups in the ceramic field in Italy and worldwide. The first company was established in 1953 in Sassuolo, the heart of the Italian ceramic district.
In more than 50 years of activity, production has constantly increased and many technical innovations have been developed.

Today, they are on the market with the following trademarks:

• Martinelli Ettore Srl
• Emar Srl
• Zao Martinelli Ettore (Russia)
• Meca-Betharia Engineering Ltd. (India)

They are affiliated with the following companies:

• Imes Sassuolo, MO, (Telephone: +39 053 6800008)

Their production includes:

• Molds and punches for all type of presses Sacmi, Siti, B&T, Welko, Laeis Bucher, Nassetti Asia
• Presses for production of special pieces (Trim)
• Presses for rubber and resin coating
• Filling cars, grills and feeding hoppers for all presses
• Spare parts

Martinelli Group exports products worldwide and has business contacts with many ceramic tiles manufacturers. Currently, they are increasing and improving after-sale service, in order to provide major support and assistance to present and potential customers.