Binotto, the Italian manufacturer of hydraulic tipping equipment, has just opened a new factory in Padua. An important addition to the company’s existing production facilities, Binotto is now a confirmed European leader in its field.

Representing an investment of Euro 15 million, the new plant covers a total area of 20,000sq.m, and has the capacity to produce a minimum of 30,000 cylinders a year, a boost to Binotto’s annual output of around 30%.

With a whole range of state of the art robotics and advanced machine tool technologies, the Padua factory is not only a showcase for the whole hydraulics industry, but also the third such Binotto production facility in Italy.

Reflecting the continuous demand for top quality tipping equipment - especially from countries within the recently enlarged EU - the new Padua facility was designed, built and commissioned in record time. Demand for Binotto equipment from the rest of the world is also very strong, so much so that over 90% of the company’s sales turnover now comes from outside Italy. Having already established itself in not only the EU but also the Middle East, North Africa and Australia, Binotto is now paying particular attention to the emerging markets of Russia, China, and South America.

A fully independent company without external shareholders, Binotto has the ability to focus 100% on its marketplace, identify new sales and product opportunities, and move quickly to exploit them. As a result, the company’s product range has a solution every type of tipper from 3.5 to 100 tonnes gvw.

Pete Vann, Binotto’s managing director in the UK comments:

"That Binotto is now a true European leader is not in doubt. We have not only the capacity, but also the widest product range backed up by the most modern, efficient and advanced production technology in the hydraulics industry. Here in the UK, the Binotto brand is going from strength to strength, not just on account of its reliability, performance and value, but also because of the particular attention we place on after sales and customer support.

That said, the addition of a third Binotto factory gives us a tremendously strong story to tell in the marketplace."