SMW-AUTOBLOK is a global market leader in the manufacture of clamping systems for turning, grinding and milling machine tools. The company designs, develops, manufactures and supports a variety of technologies and solutions for different industries and applications worldwide. Founded in Turin, Italy's quintessential automotive district, nearly 80 years ago (1942), SMW-AUTOBLOK went from a workshop to fully industrialized production over the course of a couple of decades. The company became the leading spindle manufacturer in Italy. In the 1960s, Autoblok began exporting its products abroad and opened its first foreign branches in France, Germany, England, Sweden, Brazil, and Japan.
In the early 1970s Autoblok opened its subsidiary in the United States. With the advent of new numerical control technologies, Autoblok developed increasingly sophisticated and specialized products, reaching the North American continent at a time when very few Italian companies succeeded in this feat.
During the 1990s, SMW-AUTOBLOK entered the oil and gas industry by engineering specific technologies for oil extraction and field operations. Meanwhile, it finalized the acquisition of OML and MARIO PINTO, thus consolidating its leading position in the Italian market. Mario Pinto is a manufacturer of manual chucks, live-tooling equipment and tool holders. OML specializes in static products, vices and blocks. In early 2000, as it continued its international growth and strategic acquisitions, SMW also strengthened its Italian operations by investing in new facilities and equipment. The size of its workforce also grew significantly both in Italy and abroad.
In 2017, in Stuttgart, SMW-AUTOBLOK achieved an important milestone by being awarded the prestigious "100 Sites of Industry 4.0" award from the state government of Baden-Wuerttemberg for being one of the most technologically advanced companies in the German Bundes.
Today, SMW-AUTOBLOK has two modern sites in Italy in Caprie, near Turin, where the global headquarters are located, and in Petacciato (CB), as well as subsidiaries in China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, India, Mexico, Korea, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, and the USA (TX, IL).
Recently the company has been growing its business in Canada by winning important customers in the automotive and other key industries. With the support of Machines Italia and the Italian Trade Commission network, SMW-AUTOBLOK is gathering information and meeting with key stakeholders to explore possible expansion in the country. The company's philosophy and the nature of its advanced solutions require close proximity and strong partnerships with end users.
Source: SMW Autoblok
