Interview with FARO INDUSTRIALE S.r.l.

• Company year of incorporation: 1981
• Year of association to the Consortium: 2005
• Turnover class: 10/15 mln
• Products: radial, axial and slewing bearings up to 6000 mm
• Industry: Paper processing industry and fin machines for carton, tubular rope-making machine and wire processing, wind, bulding extraction, rolling cages, gears with integrated bearings, rolling mills sendzimir, processing marble, machine tool, handling, roll-film holder for drawing boxes, robotics and automation, transfer rollers for rolling mills, flattening machines for sheet, universal-joint transmission, mechanical drives
• Foreign markets: exporting worldwide in particular in EU

We thank Nicoletta Bertoli, Head of institution and organization of Faro Industriale Srl, for having kindly answered our questions:

Hello Nicoletta, can you tell us about Faro Industriale Spa's growth path in exports and internationalization?

Faro Industriale was incorporated in 1981, this year celebrates its fortieth anniversary, and began its "career" as an exporter from the very beginning of its business. In the eighties there were some difficulties for sure, but this did not prevent us from reaching peaks of 65/70% of exports on the company's total turnover.

Can you tell us about the relationship with the Piacentini Exporters Consortium?

Faro has been counted among the Cepi consortium members since its inception and immediately begins a collaboration with the consortium to participate to industry related exhibitions.

Please describe the company and its products to us

Faro studies, designs and manufactures its products based on the specifications requested by the customer and specializes in the production of cylindrical roller bearings from a bore of 20mm up to a outer diameter of 6000 mm.  Faro therefore represents an effective alternative for users and manufacturers who are not able to find, among the standard products offered from the market, solutions to their technical needs. Over the years we have continuously improved our quality level up to the creation of a latest generation metrology room with two Zeiss machines. The quality of our products is guaranteed by the use of first quality materials and components, accompanied by relevant certificates of origin and warranty, and the processes controlled by an advanced metrology laboratory, carried out with high quality equipment, optimized for our type of production.

So we offer to a greater number of customers, the possibility of using high-precision bearings, entirely designed by our technical staff and produced in Italy, with extremely reduced deliveries even for a special bearing design.

What are the main tools used for promotion abroad and which in collaboration with the CEPI?

Faro uses every possible and existing means for promotion abroad: trade fairs, market research, b2b meetings, specific digital marketing mailing; in collaboration with Cepi over the years we have in particular organized trade fairs, B2B meetings and catalog exhibitions.

Present and prospect markets

Faro's mission is export in a broad sense, we have customers in almost every major country and we do not place any limits on operating with other countries.

Future plans:

Thanks to the investments made in recent years, both in the production department and in the quality control department, Faro has directed his interests towards new application areas, which require large bearings.

In consideration of our efforts to achieve a better rationalization of production and environmental impact and our investments to grow in foreign markets, we aim to expand the extra EU quota considerably in the next few years.