Firsa 2009 - Lockwood International

The CompanyWe are pleased to introduce ourselves as an Italian manufacturerof cast steel valves and strainers for chemical and petrochemical industries,oil and gas applicationes and power plantsEstablished in 1953, FIRSA is now one of Italy’s leading manufactures of Steel GateGlobe, Check valves and Strainers.The company modern 8000 sqm headquartes (5000 covered ) and manufacturing plantis located in Rho 10km north west of Milan.The manufacturing plant utilises an extensive range of state of the art computer controlled design,manufacturing and testing equipments to aid the manufacturing &management control processes.Since our incorporation, Firsa’s continued growth and reputation has been aided by our constantstriving to improve product performance andreliability, this has enabled us to extend both our range of products and the geographical marketsthat we serve.From our origin as a company serving Italian domestic Mkt we now export to more than40 countries and each of the five continents.These exports represent more than 70% of our production and our share of export marketscontinue to expand.Today Firsa’s products can be found in a wide and varied range of applicationsfrom chemical and petrochemical plants, power generation stations,oil refineries, gas pipelines and offshore exploration and production platforms.Firsa strength points are :quality combined with competitive prices and on time delivery, the latter based on huge invenctoryof raw cast material and finished components in excess of 2 millions euroOur objective is to offer our world wide clientele a company that is committedto meet their precise requirements.The extraordinary flexibility of our manufacturing facility, our continuedattention to detail and the ever changing demands of the marketplaceenable us to continue to deliver our range of specialist productsto exact specifications within relatively short lead times.Our policy of continued investment in people, plant and technologyremains of paramount importance to this company .It’s the reality of our actions today that will provide a futurefor the Firsa range of products tomorrow.An extensive product range is available in ratings ASME/ANSI 150lbs thru 4500lbsin sizes 2”up to 48”.The products are manufactured in an extensive and varied range of materials from standardCarbon, Chrome Alloys, Austenitic, Super Austenitic, Duplex, SuperDuplex SteelsNickel based alloys and even Titanium.Firsa is capable of satisfying the most demanding of needs.The consistantly high level of quality associated with Firsa products is assured by strict compliancewith the requirements of the Company’s quality Assurance ProgrammeThe procedures comply fully with the requirements of ISO and the company’s continuedCompliance is annually attested by BUREAU VERITASAward of API 6D and API accreditation and compliance with the EuropeanDirective 97/23/ECenhances both the international reputation of our productsas well acceptance of our Quality System