Innovation on a roll The Beltrame Group is the European leader in the production of rolled steel sections and is the main supplier of special steel bars for shipbuilding and earth moving machinery. Philip Yorke reports on the company’s latest innovative, high-tech solutions that are keeping it well ahead of its competitors.
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oday the Beltrame Group is at the forefront of technology and innovation within the steel industry. The company boasts a century-old tradition that was pioneered by the Beltrame family at the end of the 19th century and continues today through its Lamines Marchand Europeens French subsidiary. Antonio Beltrame founded the company in 1896 in Vicenza, northern Italy. In the 1920s the steelworks “Ferriere Vicentine” was created by the family. Strong growth during the 1930s saw new production choices and the commercial reorganisation of the company. With globalisation and the opening up of international markets 130 Industry Europe
in the1960s, the Beltrame steelworks moved towards the production of merchant laminates for buildings, and iron structures for civil engineering works and industrial buildings. Today the Beltrame Group’s distinctive points of difference are the exceptional quality of its products and its ability to satisfy its customers’ needs through a range of dedicated client services. With nine strategically located plants, it is the only European steel-rolling operation with production exceeding three million tonnes per annum. The Beltrame Group employs over 2,000 people and its products are distributed worldwide.
