Caleotto, a steel company specialized in lamination, invests in new technologies, with the four-step calibrator, a tool that will enhance company production and expand professional skills in the direction of three keywords: research, development and growth, but also professionalism and determination, which allowed to fill some technical gaps with the rest of Europe.

Caleotto’s goal is to consolidate the market in Italy and expand it to Germany, through the improvement of quality and the expansion of the product range, in compliance with the standards of safety, guarantee and environment.

The one on which Caleotto has invested is the first calibrator of this type installed in Italy and focuses on quality, laser technology for continuous measurement of the profile and closer collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano – Lecco territorial pole.

The new calibrator is supplied by the German Sms Meer, part of the world-class Sms Group plant engineer. The calibrator’s laser measurement system ensures that the dimensional tolerances remain within the desired limits.

The numbers: Caleotto’s factory in Lecco covers an area of 96 thousand square meters, of which 47 thousand are covered and last year it exceeded the threshold of 100 employees. In 2018, turnover grew by 7.7%, reaching 98 million euros. Total investments for the 2016-2018 three-year period amounted to around 20 million euros.

The calibrator is not the only new Caleotto system, which has also created a loop for the production of thermomechanical steels and a new shaft for forming skeins. A new presser will be installed shortly to improve product packaging.

Domenico Campanella, president of Caleotto, commented on the successes of his company: «Today the first phase of our history, born in 2015, ends with efficiency and quality. The challenge is to be able to compete in an increasingly complex market, continuing along the path taken. The objectives were ambitious, but after four years, we can say we have achieved them and the budget proves it. These investments will give new energy and new stimuli for the coming years, improving the production range».

Lorenzo Angelini, Caleotto’s managing director, is of the same opinion: «We plan to place ourselves in an increasingly European market. The company’s goal is grow employees and continue to invest».

«The other element that has allowed us to win the challenge of the relaunch – explain the two managers of Caleotto – is undoubtedly the inclusion of many young people including, in the last two years, 6 new graduates in engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan – Polo territorial of Lecco, with which we have immediately established an excellent relationship of collaboration. Obviously we do not stop, knowing that the market will soon put us in front of new challenges, for which we are already preparing».

The new system was presented during “Made in Steel”, the most important event in southern Europe dedicated to the entire steel supply chain, an event conceived by siderweb, the steel community, an event that brings together the steel supply chain to reflect on the future of the sector. The title of this eighth edition was Steel Human, Sustainability and Innovation, to try to understand how the global steel industry can reduce the environmental impact and renew its products without losing competitiveness.