In 1949 Maurizio Rossi and Luigi Cristina founded the company Officina Meccanica Sestese in Arona. In those difficult post-war years, the company undertook the important task of producing equipment and accessories for kilns especially for the production of bricks. OMS production soon asserted itself on the market so much that after a few years it became necessary to change premises. So, in 1958 a new plant was inaugurated in Arona where it continued to produce technologically advanced kiln equipment. In the following years new and more sophisticated brick handling equipment and systems were

TCK has been active for more than 10 years in the design, manufacture and installation of: Industrial ceramic kilns and roller and bogie-type furnaces Kilns for metal thermal treatment Driers used in the ceramic industries, furnaces and water processing Energy-saving and CO2 -emission-reduction combustion systems Automatic systems for the elimination of defects in firing processes Each system is customized: once having closely examined the client’s specific needs, TCK's technical department then sets out to execute the technical solutions required. TCK's know-how and expertise remain available

Since 1985, Sacmi Forni is a part of the Sacmi Group, world leading producer of machines and complete plants for Ceramics, Beverage & Packaging, Processing and Plastics. Sacmi Forni's core business is the design and production of thermal machines for the ceramics industry. The company's operations, which started in the area of ceramic tiles, subsequently developed to embrace related fields (extruded products, bricks, frit kilns, technical ceramics, etc.). The company, which is based at the heart of the Modena and Reggio Emilia ceramics, currently has two divisions: Ceramic: dedicated to the

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.

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.

The Company Coel Srl (Electro Mechanic Company) was established in 1950 for manufacturing electrical kilns for thermal treatments and artistic ceramics. In that period the company took part, with determinant contribution, to the industry development for tiles and table-ware by making a kiln with a range that would have qualitative results higher than the standard in existence. In 1967, thanks to the cooperation of a group of technicians specialized in tunnel kilns, Coel expanded its activity in the sanitary ware and brick field by changing its name, at the same time, from Coel to Coel Tunnel

Capaccioli Group is formed by the companies Capaccioli Srl, and Capacciolimpianti Srl. Both the technical and trade staff is formed by very experienced people who can carry out complete plants that, starting from the analysis of the available raw materials, can develop into feasible studies in order to suggest to the customer the most favorable solution both from a technological and economical point of view. At the moment Capaccioli Srl in Sinalunga has a manufacturing unit on an area of 80.000 square meters, with a covered area of 10.000 square meters. In this area there are: The production

Baschild is a multinational company, renowned in timber drying industry and providing five product lines: drying kilns (traditional or with tunnel loading), pre-drying kilns, high temperature kilns (for timber thermo-treatment), steaming chambers and control systems. Kilns and controller are designed and built in a unique facility in Italy, according to four guidelines: mechanical quality, quick drying, energy saving and tailor-made solutions.

Orazio Scaion has been in the tobacco industry for over 30 years. He has invested all his processing experience in foundation of EUROPE TOB ITALIA, a leading company in the mechanization of all types of equipment for processing and curing tobacco. Dependability, performance and service are the criteria for the success of this company, which has been in the farming world, and in particular in the tobacco industry, for many decades. And these are the values that distinguish it from its competitors. Europe Tob is one of the largest suppliers of automatic harvesters, toppers and kilns for tobacco