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Energy, shipbuilding and mechanical engineering are the main areas of application for VDP, one of the most important Italian foundries. Its wide product range, high quality standards and customer service are its main assets, says Daniele Garavaglia.
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ith over €10 million invested during the last three years in new technologies for cast iron melting, and another €20 million investment to be apportioned, by 2020, for the construction of new facilities and the hiring of 40 new employees, VDP is on a path of dynamic growth. Active for more than three generations in the development of casting processes and cast iron jets, VDP Fonderia SpA is a force to be reckoned with. “We have 200 employees and collaborators, and believe our company to be the second largest European fusion iron foundry, specialised in small-medium series up to a few hundred pieces, with numerous
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environmental work safety systems,” explains sales director Carlo Felici. VPD was founded in 1992 by the union of two families coming from the melting tradition: Vicentini (which today is responsible for the global management of the company) and De Pretto. Together, they oversee skills, capital and production facilities.
A major player in foundry applications With a consolidated turnover of approximately € 60 million, the company, based in Schio (Vicenza) is now a major player in foundry applications in the energy, shipbuilding, agro-mechanical, earth-moving and other
