Breton was first established in 1963 by Marcello Toncelli, who perceived the enormous potential in developing a market which was absolutely innovative and at the time practically unexplored: developing new technologies and manufacturing industrial plants for producing compound stone.
Since the beginning of its activity Breton has also dedicated itself to manufacturing machines and plants for processing natural stone.
The founder's farsighted entrepreneurship and his enormous aptitude for developing innovating ideas were the assets that enabled the company to rapidly grow becoming in a just few years an industrial reality in the foreground, and later to become the world market leader.
Around the mid 90's the company decided to move into the new market of the fabrication of numerical control machining centres for application in the mechanical industry, and in a very short period of time Breton became one of the most important manufacturers in this industry at a world level. Today Breton S.p.A. is under the control of Luca and Dario Toncelli, who presently run the company with the collaboration of the founder's long-time partner, Roberto Chiavacci, who holds the office of Vice President of the Board of Directors.
Breton is dedicated to research. Research and Development are the keys to Breton's success. Its chemical-physical laboratory and its mechanical and electronic design departments create and develop new ideas for products, processes and manufacturing technologies.
The ever-innovating technological content of Breton's machines and plants enables the company to maintain its status as market leader in all its company activities.Breton's organisational structure and the fact it has always worked respecting quality standards both in its organisation and throughout the production phases, allow Breton to offer its customers a high-quality product and service. Breton was the first company in this field to receive the UNI EN ISO 9001 Quality Certification in 1992; in 2003 Breton has been awarded the UNI EN ISO 9001 - VISION 2000 Quality Certification and in September 2007 the UNI EN ISO 14001-2004 Environmental Certification.
The company has always focalised its attention on the Customer, offering modern, precise and efficient services as an essential complement to the high-quality and high-performance machines supplied.
To be Breton Customer means to choose quality, efficiency and excellence not only of machines and plants but also of complementary services.
BRETON IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:
-- design and manufacture of plants for producing compound stone and development of the manufacturing technologies.
-- design and manufacture of machines and plants for processing natural stone
-- design and manufacture of numerical control machining centres for high-speed machining with various applications in diverse sectors such as aerospace, aeronautic, automotive, die-making and general mechanics.
-- design and manufacture of machines and plants for processing ceramic materials.
BRETON COMPOUND STONE PLANTS:
In the sector of plants for the manufacturing of compound stone (Engineered Stone(r)), Breton stands alone worldwide in its technological know-how and leadership position. The technologies applied to Breton plants, protected by numerous international patents, are the result of years of research and development.
Our compound stone plants produce high-quality, technologically advanced and decorative products for the building and furnishing industry, which are widespread, well known and appreciated worldwide. Every year, in various production sites throughout the world, the plants installed by Breton produce millions of square meters of compound stone.
BRETON MACHINES AND PLANTS FOR PROCESSING NATURAL STONE:
The unequalled experience acquired over the years and the complete range of machines offered, allow Breton to meet all its customers' needs from the small workshop to the industrial production site. The range of machines available covers all the various production requirements from block sawing to producing various types of finished products. Breton is a specialist in its field for all of its machines and plants, and develops innovative ideas with exclusive manufacturing technologies protected by patents.
HIGH-SPEED MACHINING CENTRES:
Around the mid 90's Breton strongly moved into the market of high-speed machining and developed a range of innovative numerical control machines with specific machining technology. The Breton high-speed machining centres satisfy the needs of aeronautic and aerospace industries, die manufacturers in all fields, as well as the car. In a few years Breton has affirmed itself even in this market.
MACHINES AND PLANTS FOR PROCESSING CERAMICS:
Thanks to the experience acquired over the years working with natural stone, Breton has developed a complete range of machines and integrated production lines for processing porcelain granite applying exclusive technologies.
BRETON S.P.A. PRESENTS BRETON COMPOUND STONE TECHNOLOGIES AND PLANTS: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, CREATIVE APPLICATION AND VERY PROFITABLE INVESTMENTS:
Creativity and freedom always have been pursued by man in any field and activity.In the stone field normally creativity and freedom have been always limited because it's the nature that is deciding almost all the characteristics of the final products (ie colour, strength, ....); man activity in this field was mainly dedicated on discovering new materials and quarries.Today, with the innovative Breton Compound Stone technologies all the above barriers and limitation has been totally overcome.
Breton Compound Stone technologies finally are giving to the architects and designers the power to project the exact material characteristics they need for any specific application: perfect uniform strength in all the mass, any possible color looking, perfect color repeatability at any moment, any thin or even thick thickness, very high resistances, wear resistance, UV resistances, chemical resistance, fire resistance, stain resistance, ice resistance, anti-bacterial (......), and also the possibility to decide the quantity to manufacture every day/month/year and the exact time when to have it at disposal.
In few words by using the above Breton Compound Stone technologies finally we get a modern and perfect industrial production system also in the stone field. Breton Compound Stone technologies are using very common and cheap raw materials (marble, granite or quartz grits, sands and powders bonded with normal Portland cement or polyester resin); its composition is of about 95% of grits and just 5% of binding agent (cement or resin).
It's also possible to use or to add other stone and non-stone materials which are both original and extravagant (mother of pearl, lapis lazuli, shells, glass, mirrors, gems, (....) giving to the finished product it beauty and uniqueness. Breton Compound Stone plants are giving to the investors the confidence of a very quickly pay-back period for the investment and of a very good profits even from the very beginning periods.
The evidence of the above statement are the about more than 80 plants already working with success in about 40 different countries worldwide, the continue requests of additional lines from our existing customers and the currently about 40 million of square meter per year of Breton Compound Stone products that are installed everywhere in the world and especially in the most prestigious places. Many airport, underground stations, Commercial Centres, banks, hospitals, schools, hotels (one of the most prestigious is the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai), residential homes, ... have installed successfully (for flooring, for cladding and for countertops) Breton Compound Stone products.
Breton Compound Stone technologies are also environmentally friendly; the technology need for 95-96 % of its contents just some simple crushed waste stone left over in quarries or from natural stone beds. No new quarries are necessary to open and so no more defacing of the environment is requested.
When using outside cladding with Breton Compound Stone products bonded with cement, due to the photo-catalytic phenomena created by direct contact of the product surfaces with the UV rays, the Nox level of the environment (ie all the dangerous nitric oxides we've in all our towns which create the smog) will quickly damp; it has been verified that about 1.000 sqm of surface is able to clean an air volume of about 200.000 m3 in about 10 hours of sun.
Because this characteristic then the products surfaces will also remain very clean without the need be no need to be periodically cleaned and the surfaces will remain also microbes free. All the market researches, from the west coast of USA across the globe to the Asian coasts of the pacific basin are showing that in the next years the market shares of these new products will continue to increase.
Worlds markets are always more and more interesting on the Breton Compound Stone products because they're looking for more attractive and high technological building materials and Breton Compound Stone are the perfect answer to these needs. Many existing European, Asian and American producers are already successfully exporting yearly big quantities of these products to any market.The current big yearly growth of the innovative and technological building materials requests and the high margins are positioning such investments as a unique opportunities for the next decades.
Research and Development are the keys to Breton's success. Its chemical-physical laboratory and its mechanical and electronic design departments create and develop new ideas for products, processes and manufacturing technologies.