Foundry in Barberino Val d'Elsa - Florence the company where we are technical features supply sectors Italian english home page The cast iron foundries in Val d'Elsa ... San Martino Foundry: cast iron foundry The foundry in Val d'Elsa The "art of melting iron" in Val d'Elsa is lost in the mists of time: there is certain information about the activity of a furnace at the beginning of the 16th century for the treatment of iron ore from the Montagnola Senese and the manufacture of cannonballs. In the mid-nineteenth century the great Masson ironworks operated in the area , drawing energy from the "gore" (artificial canals) of the Elsa River. At the beginning of the twentieth century there was the birth of the first cast iron foundries ; small activities essentially aimed at the manufacture of molds for the glass factories operating in the area. From these first craft activities, through generational changes and other fortunes, the passion and tradition of casting cast iron has been handed down . San Martino Foundry: cast iron foundry Realization co-financed by the LEADER Plus Community Initiative Fonderia San Martino Srl via G. Verdi, 2-8 50021 Barberino Val d'Elsa, Florence tel. 055 8078306 - 055 8078307 fax 055 8078420 e-mail: info@fonderiasanmartino.com VAT number 00434270484 www.fonderiasanmartino.com Cybermarket Web Agency