A History of Innovation
A History of Innovation
Established in 1968 by a handful of ground breaking pioneers in the precision engineering world, A.L.T.A Spa has been around for over 50 years at the top of the hydraulic cylinder tubes market, widely gaining the title of reliable and highly innovative Company.
ALTA Spa is born. In the picture the document that certifies the inscription of the first employee to the Italian social security.
With the first employees the first machines arrive.
Acquisition and transformation of machines originally used in war industry.
ALTA conquers new markets abroad. Opening of the new manufacturing plant in South Africa.
The growth brings to construction of the new headquarters in Tradate
Starting of the experimentation that substitute the smoothing with the rolling process
The new headquarter, with a 2.500 mq warehouse.
Acquisition of the Certification ISO 9000
Cooperation Agreement with Tubificio e Trafileria Rothrist AG (Switzerland).
Alta becomes the first partner for electro-welded tubes ready to use.
Further expansion of the headquarter located at Via Brescia, Tradate, with a 5.500 mq warehouse.
Beginning of the design of the fully automatic system for the processing of pipes with “ALTA finishing”: is the birth of the T5 pipe (welded pipe, cold drawn, +C and with ALTA finishing).
The T5 project is completed with the activation of the computerised control process of the internal surface. Now the T5 automatic plant is the first in the world for quality and production capacity.
New fully automatic AL-MA warehouse, with a capacity of over 3,000 bundles (over 6,000 tons). The system is connected to the SAP management system and receives, stores and prepares pipes for shipment to customers. Active 24 hours a day.