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    • History

    COMPANY

    From Italian industrial tradition to a global player.

    EGM’s history is 160 years long, a history of innovation and development.
    Founded at Lumezzane, in the province of Brescia, back in 1860 by Giacomo Gnutti as a workshop for the production of cold weapons, EGM has always been able to anticipate technological changes. Having achieved numerous production diversifications, today it is an international metallurgical company where industrial development and sustainability come together.
    Thanks to the excellence developed and a careful management of changes, EGM continues to face the challenges of the future and of digital transformation with a strong manufacturing tradition.

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    Workshop Serafino & Andrea gnutti heirs, lumezzane - Brescia (1860)
    TIMELINE
    1860

    Giacomo Gnutti founds the "Italian Arms Factory" in Lumezzane - Brescia (Italy)
    1860

    The founding act
    1860

    The factory’s entrance in Lumezzane - Brescia (Italy)
    1870

    The company reaches 50 employees
    1920

    Series production begins, with over 300 employees
    1925

    Logo paper of the company "Serafino & Andrea Eredi Gnutti"
    1936

    The workers' village "Serafino Gnutti" is built
    1938

    Installation of the first vertical extrusion press
    1942

    Maximum occupational expansion
    1945

    Complete conversion to non-ferrous metallurgy
    1950

    Copper wire rod lamination
    1960

    Inauguration of the new rods production plant
    1960

    Cover of the centenary book “S. & A. Eredi Gnutti "
    1963

    Construction of the new plant in Brescia (Italy)
    1978

    Installation of the fume extraction system
    1985

    Concentration of the entire production plant in the actual site in Brescia
    1993

    Completion of the industrial water system with water recycling system
    2005

    Installation of a new brass billet foundry
    2010

    EGM is strengthened in the industrial rolled products sector thanks to the acquisition of Ilnor SpA
    2013

    Installation of the new hot roughing in Brescia
    2015

    The new EGM Group logo is designed
    2017

    The two business units are defined and organized: rods and rolled products
    2020

    The Group consolidates a global presence
    2021

    EGM Group and KME Italy finalize the ILNOR project

    

    

    
    
    
                                
                
    
                    
                    
    
                          
                        
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