BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND R & D
YEAR COMPANY HISTORY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

1989 Foundation of  Sinterleghe s.r.l. Resale of hard metal products
1992 Deposit of logo and trademark Ravitex® Realization of the first models of cutter in hard metal with three blades
1994 Acquisition of the first important project in Dingolfing , Germany E 39 by BMW AG First company to introduce in Germany the concept of  total dressing on the electrodes
1996 Acquisition of the first worldwide project: A4 by Volkswagen AG. Spread of Sinterleghe products in Europe and South America Patent N° 239855
1998 Certification ISO 9002  of the  manufacturing centre in  Anzola D’Ossola (VB) Italy Patent Pending N° TO 98U000028
2001 Certification ISO 9001 Patent N° 254577
Patent N° 254578
2002 Acquisition of the first projects of Fiat Auto Group Patent  N° 0001338264
2004 Purchase of the first CNC equipments.  Application of T.Q.M. concepts in the business process Internalisation of  manufacturing process
2005 Application of the Toyota Product System  in the business process Patent  N° 0001361164
2006 Construction of new manufacturing centre of Anzola D’ossola  (VB) Realization of an automatic tip dresser  for the manual welding guns without valve of regulation forces of closing during dressing. Test of functionality through the week KAIZEN c/o SUZUKI Hungary and
extension of the application on the manual lines.
2007 Realization in the manufacturing centre of an area equipped with Robot and welding gun for  test and development of Sinterleghe products Development of Ravitex® technology with optimisation of qualitative results on the welding lines – Patent EP 2193003
2008 Realization of a metrological room air-conditioned c/o Anzola D’Ossola-(VB) centre. Purchase CNC grinder  for the realization of cutters Patent EP 2193003

Realization of Cutter Ravitex ® RX
Patent EP 2193003.
2009 Extension manufacturing centre

Worldwide launch of :
- RAVITEX® TECHNOLOGY
- Patent EP 2193003 & Patent  N° 0001338264
2010 Key market expansion:
- Partnership in the U.S. (J.H. Bennet & Co., Inc.)
- Representance agreement in China (Shanghai Faith Co. Ltd.)

Omologation of Cutter Ravitex® RX Patent EP 2193003 and Tip Changer Patent N° 0001338264 by the most important car manufacturers.
Launch of the new swivelling units Spo Ev and Spo Av