BERGAMO, ITALY — Mr. Luigi Pedrini, who founded the Pedrini company as a manufacturer of stoneworking equipment, has died. Mr. Pedrini founded his business in 1962. At that time, he dealt with repairs of marble block cutting machines. In 1967, this business led the idea for the manufacturing of his own first complete marble block cutter equipped with, for that period, state-of-the-art technical solutions.
Great accuracy in quality and honesty towards customers, established right from this first machine, contributed to the great success of the company. Shortly thereafter, Pedrini became a leader in the manufacturing of this type of machine and delivered several units, both in Italy and abroad. In 1971 Mr. Pedrini decided to implement a production diversification by manufacturing the first marble polishing machine in a continuous cycle. His deep knowledge of the stone field, together with his well-established experience, led Mr. Pedrini to think about the first “revolution” in the marble field: the industrialization of marble processing, which until then was an exclusively hand-made process. Indeed, the first automatic line (in 1975) for the production of marble tiles with ceramic standard sizes, beveled upper edges and 10 mm calibrated thickness, owes its manufacturing to Pedrini.