Salvagnini

Italian maker of flexible sheet-metal automation: panel benders, fiber lasers, punching and bending systems, since 1963.

About the company

Salvagnini was founded in 1963 by Guido Salvagnini in Quarto Oggiaro, Milan, to design and build lubrication units; in 1974 it moved its headquarters to Sarego near Vicenza, where Salvagnini Italia is still based. In 1977 it designed the first panel bender, the P4, followed in 1978 by the S4 punching-shearing centre; combined as S4+P4 they formed the first flexible manufacturing system, and in 1985 Salvagnini built a fully automated, lights-out factory for General Electric. The OPS production software followed in 1993, later the ROBOformER bending cell and, after research in 2007–2008, the L1Xe – according to the company the first fiber-source laser available on the market – and the S1 punch-laser combi machine.

Today Salvagnini employs 2,108 people and reports revenue of €530 million. It has five production plants – four in Italy and, in Austria, the largest European plant dedicated to panel benders – 25 sister companies in the Americas, Europe and Asia and more than 9,500 installations in 87 countries. Its fiber lasers L3, L3.G4 and L5 are designed to integrate with Salvagnini automation and software, and the Salvagnini Campuses in Italy and America are technology centres for training and demonstrations, open to visitors.

The service network has 36 service centres and more than 400 service staff. Its services include installation, maintenance contracts and kits, spare parts, tools, overhauling, training courses, machine transfers, hardware and software upgrades, the LINKS IoT platform and remote service with augmented reality (Acty).

Product range

Service and support

Installation, Training, Remote support, Service visits, Spare parts stock