The company
Cromoplastica CMC – Plating on Plastic is the leading Italian company in plastic component electroplating.
We have been using electroplating techniques in the following industries for over 35 years:
- cosmetics and perfumery
- automotive
- luxury sanitary fittings
- interior design
We are the only company on the market that can provide 50 different finishes to premiere Italian and international customers.
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Our Present
Here are some figures on our company’s current production capacity:
- 90 employees currently employed at the sites in Castelli Calepio and Grumello del Monte
- daily output of about 400,000 pieces, amounting to circa 1800 sq.m/day of treatable surface
- great flexibility of the processing process, capable of treating components ranging from 0.5 cm² 20,000 cm²
- 50 available finishes, including latest 6 introduced in 2018, called Violet Gold and Violet Gold Plus (in shiny, velour and Matt versions).
- 9 new finishes using “green” technology, click here to learn more about these new finishes
In addition, Cromoplastica has been always focused in respecting all the people contributing to the work in the company, click here to learn more about our ethical line of conduct.
Our future
Cromoplastica CMC – Plating on Plastic is still at the forefront in the third millennium, thanks to continuous research and innovation. Our company has a number of short and medium term objectives:
- Planned major investments aimed at a sustainable future, with the introduction of in-house energy production technologies in energy requirements and “green” processing technologies.
- Introduction of trivalent chromium in the electroplating process.
- New chemical treatment technology that involves the complete elimination of hexavalent chromium.
- Introduction of anthropomorphic robotic technologies to position items for the production equipment.
- Unlimited number of available colours, to suit any customer need and access new markets with our decades of experience.
Click here and download the pdf to view all 50 available finishes
Visit the page on the industries to which we provide our electroplating plastic finishes!
Our past
The history of Cromoplastica CMC – Plating on Plastic:
A summary of some of the most significant moments in the history of Cromoplastica CMC – Plating on Plastic:
- 1978: Year in which the business, a pioneer in the field of galvanisation in Italy, was founded
- 1986: Complete automation of the industrial waste treatment and purification process
- 1988: Complete automation of the electroplating treatment process and installation of the second automated line of treatment.
- 1993: Installation of the Satin-effect finishes and increase of the finishes to 6
- 1997: Certification of the Quality Management System according to standard ISO9001
- 2006: Certificate of 100%recycling of industrial solid waste
- 2008: Achievement of the Integrated Environmental Authorisation IEA-IPP/IED
- 2009: Increase to 24 available finishes
- 2010: Installation of the FIFO and barcode system for in/out goods logistics management
- 2011: Increase to 35 available finishes
- 2012: Barcodes for automatic production formulas, customised for each item
- 2013: Logistics platform with a capacity of 1,000 Euro Pallets
- 2014: Automatic ergonomic workstation for positioning items
- 2015: Installation of the photovoltaic system and laser scan smoke detection system
- 2016: Planning and programming management via web
- 2016: Development of a new decoration technology, selective galvanic treatment 2.0
- 2018: Development of a new decoration technology, exclusive galvanic treatment
- 2021: installation of a new line using green technologies
- 2021: Registration on Ecovadis, the world’s most trusted corporate sustainability assessments
- 2021: Technical innovation aimed at applying a layer of nickel more resistant than the previous ones
- 2021: Investments in the entire logistics department, for more efficient automation
- 2021: extension and improvement of the quality control department