ICAS S.p.A’s founding is based on the ambitious and far-seeing idea of Bruno Getto, who developed the first automatic machines for the production of wirehoods. ICAS S.p.A enters into the share capital of HITE S.A., a Spanish company specializing in the same field. Experience begins to take hold and new machines for the production of CL-Type belt free wirehoods, with a production capacity of 120 wirehoods per minute, are put to work. New markets open up and ICAS S.p.A conquers the United States, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. ICAS S.p.A establishes a joint-venture with the German Philipp Schneider Gmbh & Co. ICAS France S.A.R.L., a trading company, is established to provide a better sales and distribution service in the French market. Sales increase: new machines for the production of CLNG-Type belt free wirehoods, with a production capacity of 250 wirehoods per minute, are put to work. Icas Brasil Ltda, the company for the production and distribution of wirehoods for sparkling wines and cider in Brazil, is established. ICAS S.p.A. diversifies its activity and enters into the share capital of Pfefferkorn & Co Gmbh, a company that specializes in the injection molding of plastic materials. Bozales Icas – Hite Argentina S.A., in partnership with Hite S.A., the production and distribution company for the Argentinian market, is established. ICAS S.p.A. continues to diversify by entering into the share capital of Relvas II S.A., a world-leading company in the production of natural corks for sparkling wine bottles. With an eye toward tradition and another toward innovation. At present, ICAS S.p.A is the world-leading producer of wirehoods.
1956
FROM THE IDEA TO THE COMPANY’S FOUNDING
1968
BEYOND ITALY’S FRONTIERS, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HITE
1969
NEW MACHINES AND THE INCREASE IN PRODUCTION CAPACITY
1970
ICAS ACROSS THE WORLD
1977
A NEW PARTNER IN EUROPE
1987
A MORE WIDESPREAD DISTRIBUTION ABROAD
2003
SALES AND TECHNOLOGY GROWTH
2008
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION IN SOUTH AMERICA
2013
NEW PROSPECTS
2014
ICAS, HITE AND ARGENTINA
2014
THE NATURAL COMPLEMENT TO THE RANGE
ICAS TODAY
AN EVER-GROWING COMPANY
