duplex and super-duplex with specific attention to high-integrity castings. The Cividale Group also produces steel ingots, cast iron and die-cast aluminium parts for the automotive and household appliances sector. Within the Cividale Group, there is also a forging shop capable of producing forged items up 20 tons in delivery condition. Moreover, it is also involved in producing drawn and enamelled copper wire. Cividale’s core business is supplying roughmachined castings. Nowadays it has the capability to provide fully finish-machined parts ready to be installed and to take care of any other specific treatment that may be required by its customers for each specific project: Special thermal heat treatment, overlaying and soldering of special metals, ‘revamping’ of hydraulic turbines. We act as a project manager for our clients, taking care of the whole process, from foundry design to production, from quality certification to delivery on site.
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The main sector served by the group is the power generation industry, for which the Cividale Group manufactures the critical components of the power plants. Other sectors supplied by Cividale are oil & gas and off-shore as well as ship-building and the mechanical industry. The group’s clients include some of the most important worldwide business players operating in these sectors. A leader on the domestic steel casting market, the group is also among the most important producers in its industry in both European and overseas markets.
Russian JV Since Industry Europe last spoke to the company, there has been an important addition to the Cividale family. In fact, Cividale has chosen to increase its focus on the Russian market, where it has set up a joint-venture with Russian company BVK in Chelyabinsk. The total investment
amount is €45m, where the share amount of Cividale represents 30 per cent. The main role of Cividale in this project has been in lay-out design and knowledge transfer, as well as in terms of operational staff training. This joint-venture has been established to create a Russian based foundry, but also to supply the country directly with the rest of the Cividale range. The works, which was officially opened on 30th September 2013, occupies an area of 150,000m2, of which 35,000m2 are covered, and employs 300 people. The target for the first three years is that of achieving an annual output of 10,000 tonnes of steel castings for valves used in the pipelines located in this region of the world (increasing to 16,000 tonnes in the following years). In terms of ingots the target is of an immediate output of 20,000 tonnes. “The Russian market is growing and we aim to supply it with a high-quality range which
