ROOTED IN THE PAST, FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE The Forgital Group can be proud of its very long history, having been established in 1873. At the same time, as Barbara Rossi discovers, this highly specialised rolled ring forging company keeps an absolute focus on innovation, so as to be able to maintain its competitiveness, even in fast-growing markets.
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he Forgital Group is led by the fifth generation of the founding Spezzapria family and is headquartered in the Vicenza area of north-eastern Italy (specifically in Seghe di Velo d’Astico). Its size and structure keeps on growing and it currently includes a series of production and commercial companies, through which it produces and distributes forged and laminated rolled rings of rectangular or shaped sections. Various materials are used for this activity, mainly carbon steels, alloy steels, stainless steels and aluminium, as well as a nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, and copper and titanium alloys. Forgital offers an extremely wide range, used in applications in a large number
