MADE IN ITALY
LITMAT a world of plugs
Founded in 1950 LITMAT S.p.A. is specialised in the manufacturing of metal threaded plugs and magnetic plugs that are supplied to the automotive industry (oil drain plugs) and to manufacturers of hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical equipment.
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ITMAT is the only exclusive Italian manufacturer in this field, making a full line of plugs, in different materials (steel, brass, aluminium), according to various national standards (DIN, SAE, UNI), with any thread, cylindrical
and taper. LITMAT also manufactures a wide variety of magnetic plugs:
actually, the whole business started in 1950 with patented magnetic plugs, sold to the then booming Italian automotive industry. Since then, LITMAT has been original equipment supplier to the most important automobile and truck manufacturers in Italy for all drain and fill plugs in the oil pan, gear box and differential. Many of the most important manufacturers of mechanical components (including axles, gear boxes, pumps) for the automotive and industrial vehicle sectors and many important fastener dealers in Europe are in the LITMAT customer list. A large part of the business deals with special parts made to
customer’s specifications or drawings and sold mostly as large quantity orders to wholesale dealers and automotive industries. Very commonly used standard parts, such as cold formed steel plugs according to DIN 906, 908, 909 and 910 are normally kept in stock or deliverable with minimum delay. LITMAT’s largest effort, however, goes in trying to satisfy all customer needs, both explicit and implicit: examples include special heat and surface treatments, assembly of O-rings and other rubber sealing rings, captive metal gaskets, application of
special magnets, and threads sealants.
Owing to this extremely wide range of special products and to the diversified characteristics of its clients, from the global car manufacturer to the smallest independent mechanical craftsman, LITMAT service is fully customised, with parts quoted according to the volume, packaging and freight requested by the customer. LITMAT has always pursued a steady, but cautious, growth
over time; strengthening year after year the achieved results and progressively adjusting its production facilities to the sales volume, up to the current facilities in Via Bruino, 42 – Rivalta di Torino. In this location LITMAT owns approximately 10,000 square metres of land of which more than 6,000 are covered by production, storage and newly built office buildings. The LITMAT current production line consists of several thousand different plugs. This huge quantity of items, including semi-finished and uncoated parts, is stored in a single, computer controlled, mobile shelving system on rails. Different, all-in-house processes, depending on material, geometry and quantity, make the plugs. Large lots of steel plugs are cold formed on horizontal presses or machined by multi-spindle lathes, while very small batches or complex parts are turned on NC lathes. LITMAT knows it has the right technology for every plug. LITMAT has always considered the quality of its products
and services as an indispensable prerequisite and a primary competitive factor with respect to both national and international competitors. For many years now, the company’s quality organisation has been certified according to the main reference standards (ISO 9001:2008 and ISO/TS 16949:2009). These results are not considered as a stand alone achievement, but as the evidence of a continuous effort to improve every aspect of LITMAT industrial processes as well as its customers’ satisfaction, while preserving the environment following the recently acquired ISO 14001 certification. A very efficient Quality Assurance structure, directly under the
control of the top management, gives strength and rigour to the application of internal quality procedures and drives effectively the continuous improvement process that makes LITMAT an ever growing leader in its field.
www.litmat.it 62 Fastener + Fixing Magazine • Issue 76 July 2012
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