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 an oven at the beginning of the 16th century for the treatment of iron ore from the Montagnola Senese and the 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 Website and Web marketing created by

Foundry in Barberino Val d'Elsa - Florence the company where we are technical features supply sectors Italian english The company The San Martino Foundry, from its origins to today ... San Martino Foundry: cast iron foundry The San Martino Foundry The original nucleus of the foundry, with the current company name, has existed since 1962, but the founders, still working in the company together with their successors and a qualified staff, had started the artisan activity in 1959 with a small 400-diameter cupola built in their own right. . The main stages of the development were the following: 1970s - Building extensions, installation of molding machines and new ducts ø 800 , 1980s - Building extensions, installation of new automatic systems for ø 1060 and 400x400 stirrups, new 10-ton electric front furnace , birth of Forneria San Martino Sud in the 90s - Real estate expansions, new automated system installation for 1350x1100 brackets with melting with cupola furnaces ø 1100 and again avanforno 15 tons Mission: we want to build with you From the beginning, the founders believed in a highly oriented pilitica the spirit of service to customers. This has built a corporate culture that today, with the advent of modern technologies, can make human resources and experience available to customers right from the design stage in order to create products with maximum functional cost-effectiveness. 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 Website and Web marketing created by