Breton S.p.A. is an

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, privately held

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established in 1963 that produces

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and plants for engineered stone and

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. Machines and plants by Breton can be used in diverse sectors such as die-making, aerospace, automotive, racing cars, energy, gears, general mechanics, stone processing and kitchen top manufacturing.

History

Breton was established in 1963 in

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, Italy, by Marcello Toncelli, who started developing new technologies and manufacturing industrial plants for producing engineered stone. He invented Bretonstone technology, also known as vibrocompression under vacuum, a patented technology which is used today by engineered stone manufacturers.Technology used by most leading engineered stone manufacturers - according to International Surface Fabricators Association
Around the mid 1990s, the company decided to expand into the

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market, manufacturing machining centres for the mechanical industry. In 2003, Marcello Toncelli died, and the control of the company passed to his sons Luca and Dario Toncelli, who have been running the company since together with Roberto Chiavacci, Vice President of the Board of Directors. In 2011, the company acquired Bidese Impianti and signed a partnership with Boart & Wire, a diamond wires manufacturer. In 2014, Breton became an official member of the Graphene Flagship Project, one of the largest research initiatives of the European Commission which focuses on the

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Products

Breton manufactures machines and technology for following fields: * engineered stone processing * natural stone processing * ceramic materials processing * high-speed machining for aerospace, formula 1, automotive and die-mould sector

Awards

Breton's solution to connect through the cloud to manage tele-service for 4,000 machines for hundreds of customers worldwide was awarded by

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in 2012 with the Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Award for manufacturing.

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External links

Company's official website

Timeline of Breton's history
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