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History

History

History

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History

A family company with a history: Founded in 1898 as a workshop, Collini has developed into an innovative “surfaces company”.

Company founder Damian Collini (born in 1849 in Mortaso, Trentino) immigrated to Vorarlberg with his scissors grinding tools towards the end of the 19th century. He settled down in Hohenems and took on work as a scissors and knife sharpener. The opening of his grinding and sharpening shop laid the foundation for today’s success.

 1898

1898

Damian Collini opens a grinding and sharpening shop in Hohenems

1928

1928

First chrome bath in Austria is built

1947

1947

Move to the location on Schweizerstrasse

1898
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Biography

1898 Damian Collini opens a grinding and sharpening shop in Hohenems
1928 First chrome bath in Austria is built
1962 Establishment of Austria’s first fully automatic galvanising plant
1977 Acquisition of the plant in Bludesch
1980 Construction of the plant in Bürmoos
1982 Construction of the plant in Knittelfeld
1989 Foundation of Collini Holding AG
1993 Acquisition of the plant in Dübendorf
1999 Acquisition of the plant in Vienna
2000 Foundation of the plant in Biel
2001 Acquisition of the plant in Marchtrenk
2006 Acquisition of the plant in St. Pantaleon, general reconstruction of the plant in Bürmoos
2008 Construction of the plant in Judenburg (replacement for Knittelfeld), acquisition of the plant in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2010 Acquisition of the plant in Asperg, near Stuttgart
2012 Acquisition of the plant in Civate, Italy
2013 Construction of the Rosenplatz anodizing plant in Hohenems
2016 New construction of the plant in Bludesch
2017 Foundation of the plant in Huejotzingo, near Puebla, Mexico
2020 Establishment of the plant in Apaseo (“El Bajio”)/Guanajuato, Mexico
2023 Foundation of  the company Collini Surface Treatment Zhenjiang, China
2024 New construction / expansion at the Hohenems headquarters

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