The company was founded in 1959 at Samarate by Carlo VIZZOLINI, the father of today’s president. A few years later (in 1964) the company’s name became VIMAS Srl. The business started in a few square meters in a workshop......The company was founded in 1959 at Samarate by Carlo VIZZOLINI, the father of today’s president. A few years later (in 1964) the company’s name became VIMAS Srl. The business started in a few square meters in a workshop arranged inside of a private house. At the beginning the activity consisted of repairing devices used for oxyacetylene welding (pressure reducers, valves, etc.). A short time later, by purchasing the first machine tool (an old lathe which was built at the beginning of the century), the manufacturing of mechanical components was started. During this period a co-operation with Ernesto MACCHI, the present co-owner, was started. A few years later (1967) the activity was transferred to the new workshop of approx. 300 m2 located in Samarate. Here the manufacturing of mechanical components was extended also to other fields (hydraulic, aircraft and other components). Many other machine tools were added to the activity. This became the outline of the business, which corresponds to the present activity, i.e. to supply a service as complete as possible to the customers. As a matter of fact - further to the purchase of some grinding machines so to be able to carry out nearly all the jobs inside of the factory - other kinds of work were added, such as mounting and testing of high-precision components. These mechanical groups can be supplied ready for final mounting by the customer himself. In 1975 the setting up of a new factory building at Cardano al Campo was started. This became the present seat of the company. In 1976 the entire activity moved over to the new building, which has a floor surface of approx. 800 m2 In 1981 the first CNC turning machine was purchased. In 1984 the first vertical machining center, in 1993 the first CNC grinding machine and in 1995 a multi-pallet horizontal machining center were added to the machine tool park. During this time, a close co-operation with many companies in the machine tool business was started for supplying high-precision parts. Then manufacturing of components for machine-tool spindles was started. At present such parts are supplied separately to many customers in the machine-tool field. In 1991 manufacturing of complete cartridge-type spindles according to the customer’s drawing was started. After a short time, in order to satisfy the increasing need coming from the market, designing of cartridge spindles was started, so to offer a full service to the customers. Then in 1995 the company developed the first dressing device for grinding wheels by using a diamond roller. In 1996 the first high-speed spindle was developed. Following this, in 1999 the manufacturing of high-speed spindles with synchronous permanent-magnet motors for milling machines was started. In 2000 VIMAS Srl. became a member of UCIMU, the association of Italian machine tool builders.