FIMIGroup is considered a market leader by everyone:
Customers, suppliers and even competitors.
FIMI was established in Barzanò (Lc) – Italy – by the two brothers Vittorio and Pompeo Rovelli, eager to follow the footsteps of their father, who ran a small mechanical workshop.
In 1964 the company moved its headquarters to the present site in Viganò (Lc) where it continued to grow, thus becoming a leading company in the design and manufacture of coil Levelling and Slitting Lines for ferrous and non-ferrous metal sheets.
1988 marks the beginning of the partnership with SA.MO, a company based in Barzanò (LC) specialized in the design and manufacture of Slitting Lines and slit-coils Packing Lines.
A new agency office is opened in Shanghai to provide support to the increasing number of clients spread throughout the Asian territory.
In 2006 FIMI founds FMS (Fimi Machinery Shanghai). With a team of engineers supporting the installation phase and the after-sales service, FMS has started its own production of auxiliary machines on site completely manufactured on the basis of FIMI’s design.
After a long and fruitful partnership, in 2010 FIMI S.p.A. acquires SA.MO.
2016 marks a turning point in the history of FIMI. With the entry of Meccanica Adda Fer S.r.l. and a new management, FIMI begins a new phase of its life. In fact, the range of products is further expanded, acquiring leading companies in the industry such as SACMA and SELEMA. Moreover, new offices are opened in Italy and abroad, transforming FIMI in a group with 4 factories and 2 representative offices, 180 employees and an annual turnover of about 60 MLN.
In 2017 FIMIGroup announces the acquisition of the historical company of Crosio della Valle (VA), leader in the design and manufacture of sheet metal processing lines.
At the same time the new Service division is established in Mapello (Bg), able to guarantee an accurate and professional support in the after-sales service and in the maintenance, both ordinary and extraordinary, of FIMI lines.
FIMIGroup founds FIMI GmbH, the German division able to guarantee prompt and effective maintenance and intervention on FIMI’s lines and machines located in the North of Europe.
FIMIGroup acquires SELEMA S.r.l., an Italian company founded in 1980, leader in the engineering and manufacture of processing lines for strips of non-ferrous materials and specialized particularly in the treatment of aluminium strips in the range 10 µm – 4 mm for the whole variety of alloys produced to the present date.
FIMI Swiss is the representative office located in the centre of Lugano deals mainly with the Russian market, providing strategic support for the sale and assistance of plants in an area where, especially in recent years, there has been a significant increase of FIMI sales.
The new division of FIMIGroup, FIMI Automation, is the result of the acquisition of two companies active in the automation sector for many years: L.A.E.B. Srl and Mec Service Srl.
In particular, LAEB incorporation is making it possible for FIMIGroup to reach the first goal of the Automation division: the complete autonomy in the realization of the industrial automation and of the service for the whole range of its own products.
The acquisition of Viganò International has the goal to reintegrate naturally FIMIGroup with a range of products having as source the experience gained in our group.
Established in Mumbai with the aim of pursuing FIMI proximity, support and loyalty strategy to the Customer in the Asian territory, where FIMI plants are present in considerable numbers and to allow new business opportunities.
