Silvestro Niboli, an industrial from Brescia, establishes FONDITAL.

The first plant is located in Vestone in Val Sabbia, and manufactures aluminium radiator under its own brand name, employing more than a hundred people.

Today FONDITAL has five production plants that employ 550 people in all, making it the largest employer in Val Sabbia.

The constant need to procure high quality raw materials led Silvestro Niboli to buy a metal refinery.

This resulted in RAFFMETAL becoming part of his industrial group.

Today, RAFFMETAL is an independent production unit that supplies its products not only Fondital, but that extends its sales network throughout Italy and the whole of Europe.

In 1987 VALSIR was founded. This Company produces domestic and industrial waste system.

This Company was established due to the owner’s conviction that flame retardant polypropylene and polyethylene were the most suitable material for these applications.

In just a few years, the Valsir catalogue has been extended to include new products – an entire range of items for meeting all waste and water piping system needs.

The Group’s studied business strategy led to the acquisition of NOVA FLORIDA, a Company that produces dei-cast aluminium radiators and markets them under their own brand name.

Over time new lines has been added to the NOVA FLORIDA product range-decorative radiators, gas radiators and wall-mounted and floor-standing boilers.

With a view to increasing the production of flushing cisterns and to make components interchangeable, Valsir went into partnership with OLIVEIRA & IRMÃO, a Portuguese Company that specialises in manufacturing toilet flushing units and mechanisms and component for ceramic cisterns.

OLIVEIRA & IRMÃO also markets Nova Florida aluminium radiators and boilers in Portugal.

A new Company, OLIVER INTERNATIONAL, is created to marked Oliveira & Irmão products.

The rapid development of this Company and the wide ranging market need led OLIVER INTERNATIONAL to produce the structures for toilet flushing cisterns and some of the components themselves.

The partnership with Oliveira & Irmão is further strengthened through the foundation of the company MOLDAVEIRO, dedicated to the production and maintenance of the molds for plastic materials.

A fundamental decision in the expansion and strengthening of the market for waste systems in Eastern Europe. Since its foundation, VALROM Industrie has known no limits in its growth, constantly expanding its production plants and improving technology in the production of pipes in polypropylene and high density polyethylene: an example being the futuristic rotomolding plant. Over the whole range of products distributed across Europe, VALROM boasts multiple quality approvals, which further strengthen their technical value and application.

Following the strategy of increasing market share and with the precise objective of producing and selling in the home market, VALSIR POLSKA is founded for the production of polypropylene pipes. This important reference in Poland permits development toward the exportation of the whole Valsir product range and generates stimulation for sales exchanges within the whole Group.

The purchase of MARVON is interpreted as an opening into new sectors under strong development, such as the safety and furnishing sector. The knowledge and the capacity acquired in the field of the production of plastic materials within the Group, are a perfect match for the fourty-year life of MARVON and inject the company with new energy in the production of intumescent seals for fire doors and seals for door and window frames, as well as in the realisation of galvanic treatments for plastic.

The background obtained and the industrious spirit that has developed in the last couple of years in Rumania, have lead to the creation of a solid and positive base for the creation of VALPLAST, a company dedicated to the production of pipes in PVC. The mutual participation in training and marketing between Italy and Rumenia, has proven the ideal ground for the successes rapidly obtained by VALPLAST.

Within the Russian territory SINIKON has achieved a prominent position in the production of polypropylene waste and water supply systems. The company is appreciated for the certifications obtained for its production processes and its products distributed by means of a precise and punctual marketing strategy.

The most recent takeover in the Group is represented by Soplasnor, a portughese company and leader in the production of PVC and Polyethylene pipes. Founded in 1971, Soplasnor provides a complete range of PVC pipes, utilising advanced technology capable of meeting market requirements with reliability. Soplasnor pays special attention to market requirements, boasting certifications and product approvals, In keeping with the quality standards of the Fondital Group.