Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti

What Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti does

Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti S.p.A. is a privately held, family-owned Italian industrial manufacturer founded in 1947 in Chiari (Brescia) by the seven sons of Carlo Gnutti. The company produces brass semi-finished products — drawn rods, hot forging rods, hollow rods, wire, strip, and custom profiles — in more than 50 copper-zinc alloy variants and over 30,000 article codes. After discontinuing aluminum production in 1968, Gnutti has focused exclusively on brass, operating a fully vertically integrated process on a 370,000 m2 site that includes two vertical continuous casting plants, four direct extrusion presses, drawing and rolling operations, automated quantometer-based analytical controls during melting, and an 18,000 m2 automated warehouse across 15 height levels with autonomous stacker cranes.

The company serves B2B customers across five primary vertical segments: plumbing and HVAC (the lead segment, served by hot forging rods and the lead-free ECOSI alloy), electrical equipment (plugs, terminals), automotive (fasteners and bushings), pipe fittings (hollow rods), and hardware/lock manufacturing (brass strip, profiles). Its proprietary ECOSI lead-free alloy (CW724R, Pb < 0.09% / Cu 76% / Si 3%) targets drinking water contact applications in response to tightening European hygiene and environmental regulations. The business model is industrial commodity sales priced publicly in EUR/ton, with revenue derived from one-time, weight-based product orders; daily quotation prices for standard CW614N/CW617N (€9,300/ton) and ECOSI CW724R (€12,510/ton) are disclosed on the company website. Go-to-market is direct B2B enterprise sales via separate domestic (Ufficio vendite Italia) and export (Ufficio commerciale Estero) offices, supported by a private customer portal, an online product configurator for quote requests, and industry trade show participation including ISH Frankfurt.

Gnutti has invested heavily in sustainability infrastructure: 7 MWp of photovoltaic capacity (avoiding over 2,000 t/CO2 annually), a 3 MW Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) energy recovery system (additional 1,000 t/CO2 reduction per year), and a circular production model that recovers 100% of process waste with over 90% recycled raw materials. Quality, environmental, health and safety, and energy management systems are certified to ISO 9001 (since 1995), ISO 14001 (since 2004), ISO 45001 (since 2013), and ISO 50001, and in March 2025 the company received EPD certification from SGS for three alloy families. The firm is governed by a Board of Directors with a Code of Ethics (2013) and an Organizational Model pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree 231/2001 (2019).

Name

Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti

Legal name

Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti S.p.A.

Website

https://gnuttichiari.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti S.p.A. is a privately held Italian family-owned manufacturer, founded 1947, producing semi-finished brass products (rods, wire, strip, hollow rods, profiles) in 50+ alloy variants for plumbing, electrical, automotive, and hardware industries across European markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chiari

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Brass Semi-Finished Product Sales: Revenue generated from the sale of brass semi-finished products including drawn rods, hot forging rods, hollow rods, coils, wire, strip, and profiles. Products are sold in various alloys (binary CW5xxL, standard CW6xxN, complex CW7xxR) with pricing based on weight (EUR/ton). The company maintains high stock availability for rapid delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti S.p.A. manufactures and sells semi-finished brass products — drawn rods, hot forging rods, hollow rods, drawn rods in coils, brass strip, wire, and custom profiles — in more than 50 copper-zinc alloy varieties (standard CW6xxN, binary CW5xxL, complex CW7xxR, including the proprietary lead-free ECOSI/CW724R alloy) covering over 30,000 article codes. Products are sold by weight in EUR/ton to industrial manufacturers in plumbing, HVAC, automotive, electrical, hardware, and pipe-fitting sectors, with high stock availability supported by an automated 18,000 m2 warehouse.

Product overview

Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti produces brass semi-finished products for industrial manufacturing. The product portfolio includes eight core product categories: Drawn rods for free machining (round, hexagonal, square sections), Hot forging brass rods, Brass hollow rods, CW724R ECOSI lead-free rods, Drawn rods in coils/wire, Brass rolled strip, Unleaded wire in coils, and Brass profiles. Products are available in over 50 different copper-zinc alloys (standard CW6xxN, binary CW5xxL, and complex CW7xxR alloys) and span more than 30,000 article codes. The company operates a 370,000 m2 facility and recovers 100% of production waste, with over 90% of raw material sourced from recycling.

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Products and services

• Drawn brass rods for free machining (Barra ottone in verghe per torneria) Semi-finished brass product with round, hexagonal, and square sections supplied in rods with tight tolerances, good straightness, and excellent surface quality, suitable for high-speed mechanical machining and turning. Used by manufacturers of plumbing, valves, automotive parts, and hardware (nuts, bolts, screws, bushings).
• Hot forging brass rods (Barra ottone per stampaggio) Semi-finished brass product with round or shaped sections supplied in rods for hot stamping, combining formability and machinability for plumbing, heating, taps, valves and components.
• Brass hollow rods (Barra forata ottone) Hollow semi-finished brass product with round, hexagonal, square, and shaped sections supplied in rods with tight tolerances, good straightness, and excellent surface quality. Eliminates the customer's drilling phase, chiefly used for pipe fittings.
• CW724R ECOSI lead-free brass rods (Barra in lega CW724R / ECOSI) Lead-free alloy semi-finished products for hot stamping and turning, with composition Pb < 0.09% / Cu 76% / Si 3%, designed for materials in contact with drinking water and to meet increasingly stringent hygiene and environmental regulations.
• Drawn brass rods in coils and bobbins (Barra ottone in rotoli e bobine) Semi-finished brass product with round, hexagonal, or square sections supplied in coils with excellent machinability for high-speed operations. Used in the electrical sector (plugs, terminals), automotive, and hardware.
• Brass rolled strip (Nastro) Semi-finished brass product supplied in coils with good machining properties, used primarily for key stamping.
• Unleaded brass wire in coils (Filo) Round-section semi-finished product in binary high-copper-content alloys with limited mechanical workability and good plasticity and ductility for cold working, used in screws, chains, and various cold-formed products at high speeds and productivity.
• Custom brass profiles (Profilati in ottone) Custom brass profiles produced on specific customer request, available as extruded products for forging or drawn products for turning, used in locks, padlocks, taps, valves, and electrical hardware, with special hollow bars and profiles also available.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of production waste is recovered and reintroduced into the smelting cycle
• +5 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wieland Group: Wieland is a German-headquartered global leader in rolled and extruded copper and copper alloy semi-finished products, with a similar product portfolio (rods, bars, tubes, strips) and end-market exposure to plumbing, HVAC, automotive, and electrical applications.
• Poongsan Corporation: Poongsan is a Korean manufacturer of copper and copper alloy rolled and extruded products, including brass rods and strips for industrial, plumbing, and electrical applications—similar in manufacturing process and end markets to Gnutti, though serving primarily Asian customers.
• Luvata: Luvata (now part of Mitsubishi Materials) manufactures copper and copper alloy products including rods, tubes, and components for plumbing, electrical, and industrial uses—closely aligned with Gnutti's brass semi-finished product business in materials, processes, and customers.
• Mitsubishi Shindoh: Mitsubishi Shindoh is a Japanese manufacturer of high-performance copper alloy products (rods, sheets, tubes) used in plumbing, electrical, and electronic applications—directly comparable in materials, processes, and end-markets to Gnutti's brass semi-finished product line.
• ElvalHalcor (Halcor): Halcor, part of Greek ElvalHalcor, is a major European manufacturer of copper and brass tubes, rods, and rolled products serving HVAC, plumbing, and industrial applications—directly comparable to Gnutti's product mix and European customer base.
• Ningbo Jintian Copper: Ningbo Jintian is a major Chinese producer of copper and copper alloy products including rods, bars, tubes, and wire serving industrial and consumer applications—comparable in product range and manufacturing processes to Gnutti, though operating primarily in Asian markets.
• Mueller Industries: Mueller Industries is a U.S.-based manufacturer of copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products, including brass rods and fittings, with a focus on plumbing, HVAC, and industrial markets—comparable in product range and end-market focus to Gnutti, though operating in North America.
• KME Group: Italy-based KME Group is one of Europe's largest manufacturers of copper and copper alloy semi-finished products (rods, bars, tubes, sheets), serving plumbing, electrical, and industrial markets—directly comparable to Gnutti's product range, geography, and end markets.
• Diehl Metall: Diehl Metall is the brass and copper alloy products division of the German Diehl Group, producing semi-finished brass products including rods, profiles, and billets for the plumbing, automotive, and electrical industries—directly competing with Gnutti in European markets.

Broad incumbents

• Aurubis AG: Aurubis is Europe's largest copper smelter and a major producer of copper products including rods and specialty wire, with broader scope covering primary smelting and recycling—overlapping with Gnutti's downstream semi-finished products but at a much larger, more vertically integrated scale.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

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Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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