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30 Stainlßss Steßl Focus 01/2016 Acciaierie Valbruna has come a very long way since its founding in 1925 as a small company specialising in forged equipment for use in agriculture, and after experiencing total devastation from allied bombing during the second world war. Following a rebuild and enlargement of the company’s works in the immediate postwar period, at the end of the 1950s there was a focusing of the company away from the production of specialty low alloyed steels to the production of high alloy steels, stainless steels, high speed steels and specialty alloys. Today, thanks to a strong commitment to continuous improvement in efficiency through Acciaierie Valbruna is a private company with 2,500 employees and an annual output of approximately 200,000 tonnes of specialty steels. The company is a fully-integrated producer of stainless steel, high nickel and titanium alloy long products with mills in Vicenza and Bolzano in Italy, as well as in Fort Wayne in the USA. Its products meet the highest technical requirements for the most demanding of applications, and it has an extensive global distribution network ensuring constant direct contact with customers wherever they may be located around the world.