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One person to talk to
Whoever answers the phone has seen the part. There is no chain of suppliers to keep aligned: quotation, sample and delivery go through the same hands.
Vertemate con Minoprio (CO) · since 1985
Twenty-nine finishes,one workshop.
We work and finish brass and copper for high-end furniture. Design engineering, machining, welding, burnishing, liquid painting, assembly and packing: the cycle is in-house, and so is the person you talk to.
Brass comes in raw and goes out finished. Under one roof: production drawing, cutting, welding, burnishing, painting, assembly and packing.
No parts touring the province between one stage and the next, no supplier passing the blame. One responsibility, from the drawing to the pallet.
- 1985
- from the first workshop in Figino Serenza (CO)
- 29
- finishes in the range, each with its own sheet
- 10
- in-house processes, from design to delivery
The full cycle
“Do you burnish in-house or send it out?” is the first question on the phone. This is the answer, stage by stage: ten processes, one plant, in the order they actually happen.
All processes →- 01Design engineeringFrom the designer's drawing to a drawing that can be produced: sections, thicknesses, joints and finish decided before the first tube is cut.
- 02Prototyping and engineeringThe first piece exists to be argued over: you look at it, measure it, change it. Then it becomes the rule for the whole run.
- 03Packaging prototypingA piece finished well and packed badly arrives ruined. Packaging is designed and tested like the product itself.
- 04MachiningCutting, drilling, milling, turning, bending: the geometry of the piece takes shape here, and with it the quality of the surface that will be finished.
- 05WeldingJoining without it showing: on a visible piece, a good weld is one that, once dressed, no longer exists.
- 06Burnishing and oxidationThe colour is born from a chemical reaction in the metal: it is not a layer laid on top, it is the surface itself changing.
- 07Liquid paintingFrom the clear coat that protects a burnished surface to a marble effect drawn by hand: the liquid paint cycle closes almost every finish in the range.
- 08AssemblyFinished components become the piece the client will see: assembly happens on already-finished surfaces, and nothing can be corrected any more.
- 09PackagingThe final packaging is the one tested at prototype stage: materials compatible with the finish, pieces restrained, opening made obvious.
- 10ShippingDelivery is part of the order: agreed dates, the right vehicle for the piece, and documents that arrive with the goods.
A finish is a gesture
Grinding, filmed on the shop floor. No finish in the range comes out of a catalogue: it comes from a hand watching the surface as it changes.
Filmed in the workshop, no sound.
The finish range
The fastest way to know whether we can do what you need: look at the surface, read how it is obtained, ask for the physical sample.
All 29 finishes →Clear coated · Satin and brushed · Clouded · Patinated · Marble effect · Oxidised and burnished · Textured
Why a single subcontractor
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The sample before the order
Every finish has a physical sample and we ship it. On real metal, under the light of your own showroom, a finish is judged in thirty seconds.
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Repeatable on the second run
Fixtures, locating references and the order of operations stay the same: the finish on the repeat order is the finish of the first batch.
We work for the people who design furniture, not for the people who buy it
We are a subcontractor: our client is the brand, the studio, the contract firm. From 1985 in Figino Serenza (CO), today in Vertemate con Minoprio.