Tycon Technoglass was born in 1998 from the merger of two companies, Tycon SpA and Technoglass SpA, the former founded in 1969 by Dr Augusto Conti, in San Donà di Piave, the latter by Mr Romano Riccardi at the beginning o......Tycon Technoglass was born in 1998 from the merger of two companies, Tycon SpA and Technoglass SpA, the former founded in 1969 by Dr Augusto Conti, in San Donà di Piave, the latter by Mr Romano Riccardi at the beginning of the Eighties in Quarto dAltino, both locations are near Venice. It is emphasised that at the time, Tycon was utilising the know-how of GLASCOTE of the United States, accumulated over more than 60 years. Over the years, since their foundation, both companies have perfected top quality avant-garde techniques in glass-lined equipment for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, manufacturing products and providing services that today are to be found throughout the world, and esteemed by the largest and most important companies in these sectors. The merger of the two companies not only gave rise to a group with a turnover of more than € 27.000.000 but, more particularly, permitted the combination and optimisation, the synergy, of the experience, development and know-how of the two individual companies, with the aim of providing for their clients the satisfaction of their requirements to the maximum degree. Both the companies were acquired, in 1997, by the U.S. Corporation Robbins & Myers of Dayton, Ohio, the proprietors of a number of the most important companies in the field of fluid handling. Within this group, Tycon Technoglass forms part of the Reactor Systems Division. All activities as well as the registered head office of the company have moved to San Donà di Piave (Venice), via J.F. Kennedy 20.