Idra Group (Idra S.r.l.; originally Idra Presse S.p.A.) is a manufacturer of die casting machinery, founded in 1946 in Brescia, Italy.[1] The company is notable for producing the largest high-pressure die casting machines in the world.[2]
 Idra Factory at Travagliato, near Brescia, Italy | |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Die casting |
| Founded | 1946 in Brescia, Italy |
| Founder | Adamo Pasotti |
| Headquarters | , Italy |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Riccardo Ferrario |
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| Revenue | €87 million (2015) |
Number of employees | 161 (2015) |
| Parent | LK Machinery |
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History edit
The company was originally founded by Adamo Pasotti in 1944 or 1946 with the factory located on via Triumplina in Brescia.[3]
By 1956, Idra was seeking to export its die-casting machines outside Italy.[4]
By 1971, an Idra OL-1200 S machine was being used to cast motor components weighing 7 kilograms (15 lb) for Porsche cars.[5]
In March 2024, Riccardo Ferrario retired as general manager of Idra, with the role being taken over by John Stokes.[6][7]
Hot years edit
During Italy's Years of Lead in the 1970s, Giovanni Maifredi worked at Idra as a warehouse worker, having been provided with a job without having any qualifications.[8] Following the Piazza della Loggia bombing in Brescia on 28 May 1974, Idra factory workers organised a fifteen-day strike action and picket line outside the Idra factory.[9]
Original site edit
The original factory site at via Triumplina 43 in the north of Brescia was developed into the Triumplina Retail Park, requiring construction of new roundabout junctions.[10]
Ownership edit
As of 2006[update], Idra was 30% owned by the Intesa Sanpaolo Bank, with 70% of the remaining shares acquired by LK Machinery, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[1]
For the year 2015, Idra employed 161 people, and had a turnover of €87 million, with a profit of €3 million.[3]
By 2016, LK Machinery had acquired the remainder of the outstanding shares.[1]
Development edit
In 2000, Idra filed a patent application for die casting machine designed to produce two separate castings simultaneously from a single injection of liquid metal.[11]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Idra baut Führungsposition aus" [Idra expands leadership position]. Giesserei (in German). 8 November 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Conserva, Mario (11 June 2019). "Idra Thinks Big: Growth, New Strategies and an Order for the Largest Press in the World". Alluminio & Leghe. PubliTec. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Idra, un bilancio 2015 da record" [Idra, balance sheet record in 2015]. Brescia Today (in Italian). 6 June 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Machinery: Italy". World trade leads. Foreign Commerce Weekly. 56 (20). United States Department of Commerce: 12. 12 November 1956. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via University of Illinois; Google Books.
IDRA Costruzioni Idromeccaniche Bresciane (manufacturer, exporter), Via Triumplina 13, Brescia, wishes to export direct or through agent very good quality die-casting machines. Correspondence in Italian preferred.
- ^ "Pubblicità IDRA Costruzioni Idromeccaniche Bresciane" [Advertisement of IDRA Costruzioni Idromeccaniche Brescia] (in Italian). Fiera di Milano. January 1971. p. 34. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Fondazione Fiera Milano.
Stampate di un semi-carter motore e di una scatola cambio velocità pressofuse in lega di magnesio su una macchina IDRA a camera fredda orizzontale tipo OL-1200 S.
- ^ "Management change at Idra Group". Foundry Daily News. Foundry-Planet. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
retirement of Riccardo Ferrario … On 31 March 2024, John Stokes takes over the role as General Manager …
- ^ IDRA announces that as of March 31 John Stokes will be stepping into the role of General Manager (video). Idra Group. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024 – via Youtube.
- ^ Brutto, Mauro (4 June 1974). "Il missino Degli Occhi di nuovo interrogato a Brescia Diecci ordini di cattura per gli attentati nel centro-Italia" [The missino Degli Occhi again questioned in Brescia Ten arrest orders for the attacks in central Italy] (PDF). L'Unità. p. 5. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
Giovanni Maifredi è dunque un campione della provocazione antisindacale, assunto all'Idra senza alcuna qualifica
- ^ "Brescia". Autunnocaldo (in Italian). 31 October 2019.
- ^ Gorlan, Pietro. "Strade e rondò, rigenerazione a nord: L'ex Idra porta lavori per 3,2 milioni" [Streets and roundabouts, regeneration in the north: the ex-Idra development brings works for €3.2 million]. Corriere della Sera. Brescia.
- ^ EP 1333948, Mortari, Graziano, "Pressure die-casting machine", published 2003-08-13, assigned to Idra Presse S.P.A, since withdrawn.
Further reading edit
- "Valutazione ambientale strategica" [Strategic Environmental Assessment]. Piano attuativo Ambito di Trasformazione ex IDRA Violino – Unità di Intervento D.1 [Implementation scope plan for transformation of former IDRA headquarters – Intervention Unit D.1]. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
External links edit
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