EXTRUDER OF THE MONTH


Fitt Group Head office:


CEO: Founded:


Ownership: Employees:


Turnover (2019): Profile:


Sandrigo, Italy


Alessandro Mezzalira 1969


Private Around 900 Around €233 million


Fitt Group, which was founded in 1969, manufactures a range of thermoplastic hoses and tubes for markets including infrastructure, agriculture, building and construction and leisure – such as for swimming pools. Its products include PVC pipes for water supply networks, PVC guttering, HDPE air pipes for ventilation systems, irrigation pipe, PVC and TPV hosepipes, drainage pipes for marine applications and various products for use in swimming pools.


Product lines:


The company has a number of brands across its various product types. For infrastructure pipe, it offers its Blutech, Bluforce and Bluforce RJ (for ‘restraining joint’) PVC pipe. In building systems, it has teamed up with Sanitized on its Fitt Air range of MVHR tubes – anti-bacterial tubes for ventilation systems. Its agricultural products include its Agroflex PVC spiral hose, which features high UV stability, while its Refittex hose – to deliver water, fungicide and fertiliser – operates at up to 40 bar.


Factory locations:


Fitt has nine manufacturing locations, including six in Italy and two in France. It recently announced plans to set up a US headquarters and manufacturing facility in North Carolina, which is expected to create almost 150 new jobs. The facility will concentrate on making its Fitt Flow and Fitt Force garden hoses.


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