More than 80 years of shared values

“We owe what we are today, and will be tomorrow, to a man intuition, a man who has always believed in his idea and who left us as legacy passion for work and desire of continuous improvement. For more than 80 years these are the values which inspired and led our company transformation from a traditional galvanic workshop to international leader”.
Passion for work and desire for continuous improvement
1935
Galvanic workshop Artiglio was founded
From Mr. Ettore Grassi enterprise (Vittorio Veneto Esqu.) in a galvanic workshop in Milan called “Artiglio” starts a story filled with successful great projects. At that time the company made static phosphation on radiator parts and heath exchangers tinning.
1953
New fasteners age
Thanks to his son Mr. Carlo Grassi, the company builds new plants for fasteners treatment. This strategic choice marks the beginning of a new age for the company, which in the meantime changes its name in Fosfantartiglio L.E.I..
1979
New factory opening
The great quality leap year goes back to the origin in that period with opening of a second factory (in the nearby in RHO) exclusively dedicated to fasteners anticorrosive new formulation coatings (Zink Flake Dacromet® from Dacral company which released to Fosfantartiglio the first Italian license).
1980
Growing years
Year after year, the company kept on investing in technology and more and more performant and effective plants.
Starting from the 80s, Rho factory has been modernized and widened up to current 60.000 sqmt.
At the same time agreements were set to use DELTA MKS exclusive anticorrosion treatments from DÖRKEN.
2018
International leader
With headquarters and plants continuously expanding, today Fabio and Loredana Grassi can look at the past with pride and to the future with renovated enthusiasm, always respecting ideas which gave life to this incredible adventure: customer satisfaction and respect for environment.
2022
Fourth generation
The time has come for the fourth generation of the family that has always led the company: for Marco, Matteo and Fabio, who join Fabio Grassi, the advancing world is proving to be an incentive to never stop and think big, without ever forgetting that the external context requires the utmost "respect for the future". This is why ethics, sustainability, gender equality and technological innovation are topics that pervade everyday decisions.