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Ficep > History
Ficep from 1930 upto now
Ficep was founded in October 1930 in Gazzada as "Fabbrica Italiana Cesoie e Punzonatrici" (Italian Shears and Punching Machines Factory). With more than 70 years experience, the original production of shears and punching machines has developed into the present range of automatic machines and systems for Structural Steel Construction and Forging Industry.
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In these two specific market niches Ficep is the international leader with a "customer oriented" marketing strategy, to follow closely the needs of ever more demanding customers.
Milestones
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History
Progress through innovation
1930 Year of settlement and launch on the market of hand lever punching and shearing machines.
1932 Presentation of the first "universal" ironworker
1936 Entering into the forging sector with bar shears & screw presses
1965 Ficep is one of the first company entering into the market of CNC automatic systems for steel construction industry
1983 Start up of Mitrol s.r.l. specialized in hardware&software for CNC systems
1987 Construction of a new technical department building (2000 sq.m.) and enlargement of the machines assembly workshop (4000 sq.m.)
1988 Opening of two EU subsidiaries: the 1st in Bordeaux (France) and the 2nd in Vitoria (Spain)
1991 Construction of a new metal working workshop (3000
sq.m.)
1996 Acquisition of Bariola s.r.l. specialized in plate processing machines
1997 New range of machines (punch&plasma cut) to process large plates are launched on the market
1997 A new specialized productive unit (Dromome 1) opens in Crosio della Valle (Varese) (4000 sq.m.)
1998 Opening of the third EU subsidiary in Dublin (Ireland) and the fourth EU subsidiary in Leeds (UK)
1999 Year of construction of the second productive unit (Dromone 2) in Crosio della Valle (Varese) (4000 sq.m.)
2002 Opening of the fifth subsidiary in Erkelenz - Germany, and of the sixth subsidiary in Baltimore - Mariland (USA)
2003 Opening of the seventh subsidiary in Hong Kong and construction of a workshop in Gazzada Schianno to assemble the new range of machines to process large plates.
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The Gazzada plant is located in the foothills of the Alps, at Europe's centre of gravity.
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FICEP Sul America Service
The huge number of FICEP CNC lines installed in the South America area has incited us to open a new subsidiary company for the after sale service in Sao Paulo - Brasil.
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Ficep SpA - 21045 Gazzada Schianno - Varese - Via Matteotti, 21 - Italia another website made at sevenPM.com