Bassi Luigi and SIMAS definitely acquired by the Allied International Group

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Last July of this year 2018 Allied International has completed the acquisition of Bassi Luigi & C. S.p.A. , one of the top worldwide manufacturers of buttweld fittings with a very long and prestigious history.

It was just after World War II that Mr. Luigi Bassi started producing the first fittings in Italy, gaining a high experience and creating many important connections in this industrial field. In 1962 he moved his activities to, and establish it, in the present location in San Rocco al Porto (LO, Italy).

The Company has progressively extended its range of activity until it has achieved a worldwide positioning and a high degree of specialisation which characterizes its overall production. In the course of the years, Bassi Luigi & C. . has been granted the most important certifications to work in Nuclear and Conventional Power Generation, Oil & Gas On and Offshore.

Bassi Luigi & C. has been one of the first companies in the world producing fittings for Thermoelectric power plants, geothermal plants, hydrothermal and nuclear plants. Meanwhile an elevated specialization has been achieved in prefabricated components and special fittings up to 120” for Oil & Gas applications such as onshore and offshore oil & gas platforms.

Besides the manufacturing of joints and loose components, during the years the company had expanded its activities to increase the range of production by assembling complex prefabricated products such as slug catchers, manifolds/headers, scraper traps, pipe spools, skids. Bassi Luigi offices and plant are even now located in San Rocco al Porto (LO, Italy) on total 210,000 sq.m. (covered 61,500 sq.m.). The company employes 146 people and has a yearly capacity of 20,000 tons of products.

The acquisition of Bassi Luigi & C. has naturally involved also SIMAS S.p.A. , an experienced manufacturer founded in 1963, located in Prezzate di Mapello (BG, Italy) and entered in 1994 in the Bassi Group following the complete acquisition of the former B.G. Metallurgica Bergamasca. SIMAS is specialized in the production of wide range of large radius bends, pressure vessels and heat exchangers, and in prefabrication and cladding. All products and services are addressed to the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Power Generation and Offshore sectors.

Moreover, many ranges of special pieces are destined to the Oil & Gas such as prefabricated pipes in all types of material grades, large radius bends in all sizes up to 60” diameter (produced from bended pipe by electrical induction - 3D, 5D, 7D, 10D), receiving and launching traps with patented quick closures, extrusions on manifolds Last but not least, the cladding services for pipes and bends (performed with a GTAW machine) are fully in line with the latest requests of the clients to upgrading the product performances in several applications.

SIMAS occupies an area of 45,000 sq.m. (15,000 sq.m. covered), employs 61 people and has a yearly capacity of 10,000 tons of finished products.