{"id":7028,"date":"2019-06-17T16:41:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T14:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/company\/history\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T11:26:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T10:26:44","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/en\/company\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568380275434{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"deco-title sinistra\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"main-title\">Our history<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"sub-title\">More than fifteen years of success in the industrial keyboards industry<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]<strong>Grafos Steel<\/strong> started operating in January 2001 under the name of <strong>Mekano Srl<\/strong> as a subsidiary of <strong>Grafos Srl<\/strong>. Firmly believing in this project, <strong>Grafos Srl<\/strong> invested heavily right from the beginning in the new company. This premise provided Mekano with the research and production capabilities for creating the best<strong> industrial metal keyboards, num pads, HMI control panels, and frames<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007 <strong>Mekano<\/strong> moved directly under the control of <strong>Grafos Srl<\/strong> as its industrial keyboards branch. Eventually, it returned to its autonomy with the new name <strong>Grafos Steel Srl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grafos Steel<\/strong> is currently run by <strong>Grafos Srl<\/strong> founder <strong>Roberto Gatti<\/strong> .[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"button-wrapper sinistra\"><a class=\"btn btn-default \" href=\"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/en\/company\/team\/\" title=\"Meet our team\">Meet our team<\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1566308958228{margin-left: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"timeline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"item-wrapper animate_when_almost_visible\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-2\"><div class=\"autosquare\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/home-icon.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/home-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><div class=\"timeline-item-right\"><h3>2001<\/h3>Mekano starts operating<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-wrapper animate_when_almost_visible\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><div class=\"timeline-item-left\"><h3>2003<\/h3>Click-INOX technology reinvents the membrane keyboards concept<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-2\"><div class=\"autosquare\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/one-keyboard-icon.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/one-keyboard-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-wrapper animate_when_almost_visible\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-2\"><div class=\"autosquare\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/two-keyboards-icon.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/two-keyboards-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><div class=\"timeline-item-right\"><h3>2004-2005<\/h3>DIGI INOX and FIT INOX technologies are born, featuring  a higher IP69K degree of protection and a better typing comfort<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-wrapper animate_when_almost_visible\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><div class=\"timeline-item-left\"><h3>2007<\/h3>MEKANO becomes GRAFOS STEEL<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-2\"><div class=\"autosquare\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/grafos-icon.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/grafos-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-wrapper animate_when_almost_visible\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-2\"><div class=\"autosquare\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/panel-icon.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/panel-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><div class=\"timeline-item-right\"><h3>2009<\/h3>Grafos Steel inaugurates its milling department for steel and aluminium panels<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-wrapper animate_when_almost_visible\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><div class=\"timeline-item-left\"><h3>2012<\/h3>Manufacturing moves to the current facility of Formigine (Modena. Italy); the company now has an annual revenue of two mln Euros and count on fifteen employes<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-2\"><div class=\"autosquare\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/company-icon.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/company-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-wrapper animate_when_almost_visible\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-2\"><div class=\"autosquare\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/icona-usb.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/icona-usb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><div class=\"timeline-item-right\"><h3>2016<\/h3>The company strengthens its foreign markets operations; annual revenues reach 4,9 mln Euros, and the workforce grows to thirty-five employees <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-wrapper animate_when_almost_visible\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><div class=\"timeline-item-left\"><h3>2017<\/h3> Decisive investments for the development of touch panels technologies <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-2\"><div class=\"autosquare\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/panel-icon.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/panel-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"item-wrapper animate_when_almost_visible\"><div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-2\"><div class=\"autosquare\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/grafos-icon.jpg');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grafossteel.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/grafos-icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"timeline-item-lower\"><h3>2019<\/h3>Grafos Steel acquires Noxid; the group now has sixty employees, and annual revenues are esteemed for nine mln Euros. <br \/>\n <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568380275434{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;]Grafos Steel started operating in January 2001 under the name of Mekano Srl as a subsidiary of Grafos Srl. 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