FANTONI S.r.l. HISTORY
For a long time Mr Renzo Fantoni was interested in the precision drop-forging of turbine blades for thermal, nuclear and gas power station. There was always a very close co-operation with a lot of famous customers and the workshops of the most important steel-plants with regard to materials and their treatments. To comply with the changing needs of his customers, Mr. Fantoni himself and his firm (he was director) had to pursue a research activity in order to get front line positions as an answer to new technological challenges. The firm also manufactured different kinds of knives for household and professional use. As a matter of fact, the English word BLADE means knife blade or of turbine blade. If we refer to household knives, designers were already a very important and often necessary figures when design was considered a mere cavil. Without doubt, Mr. Fantoni with his own company was the first who required the presence of a designer Mr Moris Baroni more than twenty five years ago in the sports-cutlery production sector. The results of this co-operation have been excellent. Up to now, a lot of products remain the same as they were originally designed; this is due to the fact that they are still topical. The co-operation of other designers (or custom makers) such as R.W. Loveless and Bill Harsey (Prof. Enzo Mary will be the new comer) was also requested by the U.S market.
Over the years Mr Fantoni held highly responsible position in the industrialists association. Among other things, he was the first to promote a series of lectures about the just in time concept as a result of the introduction of the high quality system in his firm. The know-how was also transferred as much as possible to high quality sport-cutlery factories. Fantoni s.r.l. can offer drop-forged martensitic stainless steel hunting knives, titanium and stainless steel liners/bolsters for folding knives (first firm to use this technology). Beside this, knives made out of steel strips are also available. You can find several kinds of steel on the market today: their chemical structure and mechanical properties are excellent, but their processing methods could be different. In this case, too, Mr Fantonis know-how experience and training were a great help for defining the product lines. In confirmation of its technological know-how, Fantoni S.r.l. is proud to inform that they are working with same steel-plants engaged in highly advanced research on testing new kinds of steel to be used in cutlery firms. The relation between old and new customers all over the world is a great help for improving the knowledge of new product and process technologies. It is very important for this firm to involve its designers in this innovating activity.
