The "Officina Meccanica Franco Marchini" established in 1973 with just a manual lathe, a drill press and a lot of passion.
The company mainly dealt with machanical machining accuracies third party by hiring one apprentice only.
At the beginning the company only produced the metal cores of the rollers And the wheels. Over the years the company started grinding the rubber products. Own rubber coating of metal cores è was the natural outcome of the progress of Franco’s production. This made it possible to achieve the full control of the production process and to also extend product types by special rubber-metal details and suctions cups.
In the meantime the company has moved from the small laboratory in Bagno a Ripoli to wide mechanical workshop located in Lastra a Signa. After completing his studies in mechanics, Dino, Franco’s son, joined the company in 2003, to follow his fathers footsteps and work in the family business.
Caterina, the elder daughter of Franco, also joined the company in 2016 by leaving her job at a historical florentine publishing house to handle the accounting and administrative management of the firm.
On 31 October 2011, in order to adapt the corporate form to the new company management, Marchini S.r.l. was established, with the reference of the sole proprietorship and the partecipation of the children as working partners and directors.
In January 2015 we moved to the Granatieri's industrial area in Scandicci, where we were able to update the fleet of machines and improve logistics and organization. In fact, in the following 10 years, we purchased a new control lathe with steady rest and tailstock to turn the shafts, a new control grinding to achieve better finishes and two new rubber molding presses that have allowed us to adapt production to the increasing demand from customers for precision and reliability.
In August 2024, we moved again to the new headquarters in Campi Bisenzio. A fund of over 1000 mq where we hope to continue to improve to offer increasingly up-to-date and competitive and reliable products and processes.
At the beginning the company only produced the metal cores of the rollers And the wheels. Over the years the company started grinding the rubber products. Own rubber coating of metal cores è was the natural outcome of the progress of Franco’s production. This made it possible to achieve the full control of the production process and to also extend product types by special rubber-metal details and suctions cups.
In the meantime the company has moved from the small laboratory in Bagno a Ripoli to wide mechanical workshop located in Lastra a Signa. After completing his studies in mechanics, Dino, Franco’s son, joined the company in 2003, to follow his fathers footsteps and work in the family business.
Caterina, the elder daughter of Franco, also joined the company in 2016 by leaving her job at a historical florentine publishing house to handle the accounting and administrative management of the firm.
On 31 October 2011, in order to adapt the corporate form to the new company management, Marchini S.r.l. was established, with the reference of the sole proprietorship and the partecipation of the children as working partners and directors.
In January 2015 we moved to the Granatieri's industrial area in Scandicci, where we were able to update the fleet of machines and improve logistics and organization. In fact, in the following 10 years, we purchased a new control lathe with steady rest and tailstock to turn the shafts, a new control grinding to achieve better finishes and two new rubber molding presses that have allowed us to adapt production to the increasing demand from customers for precision and reliability.
In August 2024, we moved again to the new headquarters in Campi Bisenzio. A fund of over 1000 mq where we hope to continue to improve to offer increasingly up-to-date and competitive and reliable products and processes.
