History
For 190 years
The entrepreneurial tradition of the Bonaiti Company was born with the purchase of the “Giambellino” estate in the Gerenzone River Valley in Lecco.
The complex had a canteen and a dormitory for night shifts, as well as being the home of the family that remained at the Trafileria Bonaiti F.lli was Giuseppe until the 1950s.
In the Gerenzone valley, the historic iron industries had the characteristic of combining the residence of the owners with the productive environments for greater integration between entrepreneurs and the workforce.
In 1896, an agreement was drawn up between the municipality of Rancio and the Bonaiti brothers Giuseppe, Ernesto and Davide for the use of water from a spring found on land owned by the three brothers.
The exploitation of the watercourse as a driving force for productive activities and the proximity of Valsassina, which provided minerals and wood, were decisive for the metallurgical industry.
Caleotto’s main focus was on hot production of wire rod, which the various drawing mills such as Bonaiti re-processed cold.
The industrialists of Lecco considered it necessary to gather in a collective, innovative for the time, to buy raw material under better conditions than the difficulties of finding raw material abroad.
The founders represented the most prestigious surnames of the Lecchese, in the field of steel processing.
Kong SPA was founded, a company into which Giuseppe and F.lli Bonaiti transferred all activities pertaining to the production of various types of carabiners.
Kong’s production took place in the new factory in the municipality of Monte Marenzo.
Giuseppe and F.lli Bonaiti obtain the first ISO 9001 quality certification.
Designed to guarantee quality and product control at the highest level, certification continues to this day.
A plant is acquired in Palazzago in the province of Bergamo. All steel wire production is transferred to the 2,900 square metre building.
In addition to the building, the area of a total of 18,000 square meters will be used for the future expansion of the company to optimise greater production growth.
Giuseppe and F.lli Bonaiti and Itla, recognising a common interest in the future, jointly founded Itla Bonaiti SPA, which became Italy’s first producer of high-carbon cold-formed steel strips.
Bonaiti transferred the entire Palazzago site to the new company, whose building was expanded to the current 18,000 mq.
The entrepreneurial tradition of the Bonaiti Company was born with the purchase of the “Giambellino” estate in the Gerenzone River Valley in Lecco.
The complex had a canteen and a dormitory for night shifts, as well as being the home of the family that remained at the Trafileria Bonaiti F.lli was Giuseppe until the 1950s.
In the Gerenzone valley, the historic iron industries had the characteristic of combining the residence of the owners with the productive environments for greater integration between entrepreneurs and the workforce.
In 1896, an agreement was drawn up between the municipality of Rancio and the Bonaiti brothers Giuseppe, Ernesto and Davide for the use of water from a spring found on land owned by the three brothers.
The exploitation of the watercourse as a driving force for productive activities and the proximity of Valsassina, which provided minerals and wood, were decisive for the metallurgical industry.
Caleotto’s main focus was on hot production of wire rod, which the various drawing mills such as Bonaiti re-processed cold.
The industrialists of Lecco considered it necessary to gather in a collective, innovative for the time, to buy raw material under better conditions than the difficulties of finding raw material abroad.
The founders represented the most prestigious surnames of the Lecchese, in the field of steel processing.
Kong SPA was founded, a company into which Giuseppe and F.lli Bonaiti transferred all activities pertaining to the production of various types of carabiners.
Kong’s production took place in the new factory in the municipality of Monte Marenzo.
Giuseppe and F.lli Bonaiti obtain the first ISO 9001 quality certification.
Designed to guarantee quality and product control at the highest level, certification continues to this day.
A plant is acquired in Palazzago in the province of Bergamo. All steel wire production is transferred to the 2,900 square metre building.
In addition to the building, the area of a total of 18,000 square meters will be used for the future expansion of the company to optimise greater production growth.
Giuseppe and F.lli Bonaiti and Itla, recognising a common interest in the future, jointly founded Itla Bonaiti SPA, which became Italy’s first producer of high-carbon cold-formed steel strips.
Bonaiti transferred the entire Palazzago site to the new company, whose building was expanded to the current 18,000 mq.