SITI – B&T GROUP S.p.A.

Merging into a single group, BARBIERI & TAROZZI and SITI, have joined abilities and competences in order to guarantee an ever increasing innovative technological offer, together with a widespread international distribution and a qualified after sales assistance on all the existing SITI and B&T complete plants all over the world.

The merging of these two companies into one industrial group, which has led to the registration of the new corporate name of SITI – B&T GROUP S.p.A., becoming effective from the 1st April 2007, involves the creation of a single large industrial organisation which will provide work for about 800 employees both in the production sites and in the representative offices all over the world.
The unification between the two Italian companies, leaders in the supply of ceramic plants will set the new group at the forefront in the technological offer worldwide.

THE GROUP’S PROFILES

The Barbieri & Tarozzi Group from Formigine (Modena) is a brand name which, for forty-five years, has characterised and represented a range of products and services in the field of machinery for ceramic tile production and advanced robotics, designed and produced to meet the wide-ranging needs of its customers.

Today, after forty-five years of activity, the Barbieri & Tarozzi Group testifies to its own strong presence on the world market for complete plants and machines for the ceramics industry, reinforcing the philosophy that it has always been defined by: the value of research in providing the high quality of its products, because by investing in research and development we can continue to offer new technologies, which are the driving forces behind the growth of the Group.

The development of the Group begins in 1961 with an activity starting with the production of machinery for handling and storage of tiles in the ceramic industry and with time has undergone a noteworthy technological evolution, with the aim of offering to its clients solutions to satisfy the most sophisticated requirements.
The 1999 acquisition of the Nassetti factory mark and business marks a fundamental milestone for the growth of the Group that presents itself to worldwide ceramics as the only complete installer, with head office in the ceramic district of Sassuolo, capable of offering comprehensive service, from design to execution of all the production processes, in every area of the ceramic industry.

The evolution of the Barbieri & Tarozzi Group has been consolidated in the last ten years, during a continuous and rapid growth cycle, marked by important investments (Research & Development Center), by strategies for optimizing logistics and internal production (Industrial Center) and by acquisition of new business ventures; in august 2006 SITI, Società Impianti Termoelettrici Industriali, Marano Ticino became member of Barbieri & Tarozzi Group.

SITI, Impianti Termoelettrici Industriali S.p.A.

SITI, Impianti Termoelettrici Industriali S.p.A., in Marano Ticino (Novara), is one of the richest companies in the industry in terms of its history and in terms of its technological contents and skills.
The company was founded in 1946 by Adriano Bossetti, historical character of the industry for ability and far-sightedness, and in many years of intense activity has reached an outstanding place with its complete production lines on the markets all over the world.
SITI’s plant engineering projects have had a determinant influence on the industrial technology, especially in the ceramics field, with the most modern production techniques and continuous research and development of ever more advanced solutions.
In August 2006, after having successfully got through a period of difficulty, SITI became member of Barbieri & Tarozzi Group. The competences of SITI in the supply of complete "turn-key" plants for the tiles industry and kilns for sanitary-ware production will complete and support the activities of B&T Group, who began its activity in 1961.

The two companies, Barbieri & Tarozzi and SITI, form a single, large industrial organisation with the result in the creation of the second largest plant-engineering group in the world.