Sandretto, historical leader in the design, manufacturing and sale of injection moulding machines for thermoplastics, is one of the main worldwide manufacturers of innovative systems and machinery for the processing of thermoplastics.

Over the last 60 years of activity Sandretto have installed a large number of high technology machines into a global market and today remain amongst the major manufacturers of injection moulding machines in the world.

• Collegno Factory opened
• Pont Factory opened 1971 with it's open hydroelectric power station
• Opening of subsidiaries across Europe
• 1978 - 5GV Series of Sandretto injection moulding machine launched equipped with a system for the closed loop control of movements.
• 1985 Serie Sette a machine with two multiprocessors with a video interface: those innovations marked a turning-point in the history of the injection technology.
• 1988 saw the opening of new headquarters and offices located in Grugliasco, where cast components are machined with automated stores.
• 1989 series otto was introduced with larger platens and injection units
• 1990 New sef 200 control system with a much improved user interface
• 1993 The Mega T Range of machines was launched offering clamp tonnages from 550 upto 2000 tonnes
• 1994 Sandretto launched a range of small machines the Micro series
• 1995 Series Nove T introduced to meet the demands of the market for lower energy consumption and a high level of specification
• 1999 Series Nove S introduced to give further energy savings
• 2002 Mega T hydraulics and injection unit to give reduced energy consumption this was to be known as the Mega TES and ESD range
• 2005 Series Nove HP was introduced to give reduced cycle times thanks to improved platen movement speeds and hydraulic response

THE MUSEUM: Sandretto for the culture of plastics

Together with the mainly technological contribution given by Sandretto to the development of plastics, the Company has promoted a number of initiatives representing a valuable deepening in the culture of this essential sector of the modern industry.

Among them, the Museum in Pont Canavese deserves to be mentioned, being the first museum in Europe dedicated to plastics and one of the first of its kind in the world, opened in June 1995.

Fitted out in the interiors of one of Sandretto's factories, the Museum displays one of the richest existing collections of old manufactures in plastics, from ebonite through celluloid, casein and bakelite, to the materials employed nowadays.

The collection, started in 1985 has progressively increased in the following years up to the number of 2500 pieces filed until now. At such a stage, we at Sandretto deemed that a leader company in the field of plastics should emphasize those tokens of the culture of plastics, making them available to the public and to the experts in a suitable landscape.

In ten years since it was opened, thousands of people have visited the Museum in Pont Canavese.