Home Group Products History News Press Contact us History MINO MILESTONES 1840 Year of foundation of MINO G.B. & Figli by Mr. Giovanni Battista Mino, Italian pioneer in the field of machines for metal forming and rolling. 1922 MINO G.B. & Figli becomes “Società Anonima” and supplies rolling mills for the gold and silver industry as well as rolling mills for the production of aluminium plates for the pan and pot industry. 1954-1955 Supply of first Four-High Reversing Rolling Mill for Steel coils, installed in Lecco, Italy. 1958 Supply of first Four-High Reversing Rolling Mill for Aluminium coils, installed in Brescia, Italy. 1960 Supply of first Four-High Finishing Mill for Copper coils, installed in Brescia, Italy. 1961 Relocation of the Company to the new site at San Michele, Alessandria 1970 Supply of first Hot Rolling Mill for Aluminium strip, installed in Italy. 1970 – 1971 Supply of first Milling Machine for Copper alloy strip, installed in Brescia, Italy. 1970 – 1971 Supply of first Hot Rolling Mill for Copper alloy strip, installed in Brescia, Italy. 1973 Award of first Contract in China for a Cold Rolling Mill to be supplied to the Company Beijing Aluminium. 1975 Supply of first Aluminium Foil Mill, installed in Russia. 1977 Supply of first wide strip (1500 mm) Four-High Reversing Rolling Mill for Steel, installed in Italy. 1980 Supply of first Tandem Mill for Copper alloy, installed in Campo Tizzoro (PT) – Italy. 1982 Supply of first Cold Rolling Mill complete with AFC (Automatic Flatness Control), installed in Italy. 1982 Supply of first Cold Rolling Mill complete with AGC (Automatic Gauge Control), installed in Harbin (China). 1982 Supply of first Cold Rolling Mill that can achieve a top rolling speed of 1500 m/min, installed in Italy. 1984 Supply of first Hot Tandem Mill for Aluminium strip, installed in Norway. 1986 Supply of first Six-High Rolling Mill for Steel, installed in Italy. 1992 Supply of first Hot Skin-pass Mill for hot rolled steel coils, installed in Thailand. 1996 Supply of worldwide largest Cold Rolling Mill for Copper alloys, installed in Germany. 1997 Supply of first and largest in the world Continuous Hot Rolling and Milling Line for Copper strip, installed in Germany. 1998 Supply of largest in Italy Hot Rolling Mill for Aluminium alloys (strip width up to 2400 mm). 1999 Supply of prototype Four-High Hot Rolling Mill for stainless steel strip, installed in Italy. 2001 Supply of first high performance Hot Skin-pass Mill equipped with work roll shifting device, installed in China. 2004 Supply of largest in China Cold Rolling Mill for Copper alloy, installed in China. 2004 Acquisition of majority share in the Company EDM, traditional supplier of MINO for electrical equipment and automation systems. 2005 Set up of Mino Rolling Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. for servicing Chinese customers. 2006 Supply of first Six-High Finishing Mill for Copper alloys in China. 2006 Supply of first Tandem Cold Mill for Copper alloys in China. 2008 Supply of first Six-High Cold Reversing Mill for Steel in China. 2008-2009 Record sales years for Six-High Mills (five Six-High Mills sold in two years). 2009 Full mechanical and electrical revamp of largest Cold Rolling Mill for Aluminium (2500 mm strip width), installed in Italy. 2010 Supply of first Continuous Casting and Hot Rolling Line for Aluminium in China (1950 mm strip width). Copyright © 2010-14 Mino Spa P.I.01305950063 Powered by Cavelzani srl