A ninety years long history

BASSOLI Bros was founded in 1929 through the ingenuity and industriousness of the brothers Aldo and Napoleone Bassoli, who decided to repair and renew worn files through a chemical process to bring them back to normal use.

However, this procedure was dropped soon because the quality was far below their expectations. They decided to bring worn files to a small factory near Milan where files were remade through a mechanical process. In 1950 they had the opportunity to buy this factory and thus Napoleone and Aldo were joined by another brother, Dante, and all together with courage and efforts, assisted also by their relatives, they replaced the old owner and they continued his activity.

In 1954 the Bassoli brothers decided to move their factory to Olgiate Molgora (Lecco), the place where they lived and place where the factory is still established. The working process was so much developed and improved that the production of new files was started with very good results soon: the quality of their files reached shortly the one offered by competitors companies already well-known on the market. As a consequence, the worn file processing was completely abandoned.

In 1960 Dante – the third brother - remained alone to manage the company, since Napoleone had died suddenly and in the meanwhile Aldo had retired from business. During the same year, the Confederazione Generale Italiana dell’Artigianato gave the gold medal and the “Diploma” of working seniority to Dante Bassoli.

The old location built in 1954 became shortly inefficient to contain the new and modern machines bought to improve and to increase production. With considerable efforts and well considering all the difficulties and financial problems involved, Dante and his sons, Sergio and Antonio, decided to build a new headquarters, always in Olgiate Molgora, much bigger and functional and they moved there in 1973. Once reached this goal, Dante entrusted the company management to his sons Sergio and Antonio who accepted with great enthusiasm, even if aware of their responsibilities. They also developed new projects, so that their business could not be affected by any critical moments.

Soon, to meet the needs of the growing customers, BASSOLI Bros felt the need to experiment with new techniques to bring the company to a high qualitative level. For this reason, in 1981, a new building was added to accommodate the offices, a Department for machine maintenance, and not least a Department for rasps production.

Two years later the company took over “SOCIETA ‘ COOPERATIVA LAVORANTI IN LIME” in Grugliasco (TO), expanding considerably its files and rasps production, also according to new technologies. In 1994, with the acquired experience in the field of files and rasps, BASSOLI Bros decided to expand its commercial offer with the wide range of CUTTING TOOLS on the urgent demand of its loyal and faithful customers.

From 2001 to 2005 the third generation took over the direction of the company by giving a new enthusiasm and a burst of energy. In 2003 the Trade Association (Confartigianato) in Lecco gave a recognizer the “Diploma con Medaglia d’oro” for the 45 years of entrepreneurial commitment to BASSOLI Bros.

Today, as then, efforts, dedication, and love for the company remain and allow BASSOLI Bros to be increasingly present on the domestic and international market by satisfying the different needs of its estimated customers.