The Roldo foundry started out as a family firm in 1961. This was during Italy’s economic boom when anyone with skill and ambition could set themselves up in business. Luigi Roldo, who at the time was working as a labourer in a long established foundry in Gorizia, did just this.
When the foundry where he worked decided to stop producing aluminium, Luigi and his brother-in-law Riccardo decided to go into it, and that’s how the business – which right up to the present day is run by the third generation of the Roldo family – began. They started out in rented factory buildings, but as the foundry went from strength to strength, they decided to build their own production premises in 1976 which were further extended in 1985. Apart from the structural aspect, other changes took place within the company itself. It went from being a small scale artisanal enterprise to a better equipped entity with more modern machinery able to cast aluminium, brass and cast iron. As time passed the foundry added to sand casting also shell casting, a method which uses permanent moulds and which allows the production in series of larger numbers of castings with a more refined finish.

In addition to casting, the foundry began to carry out its own finishing work, where the rough castings are freed of excess metal (flashing, risers and runners) being subjected to sanding and, finally, also shotblasting.
If requested, the Roldo foundry can also contract out machining work to trusted partners for customers who required highly finished work.
By virtue of its wealth of experience, Roldo has taken on the role as contract supplier for various sectors, ranging not only from shipbuilding to industrial, but also agricultural machinery and artistic commissions. Conscious of the constant innovation which is a characteristic of this sector, the foundry aims to conserve its current production methods while at the same time seeking further growth and modernization in order to take its own tradition forward intact into the future.