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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Idra_Group > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Idra_Group.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idra_Group > Source revision: 1345303534 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Italian die casting machinery company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Idra Group | logo = Idra-logo-colours.svg | image = GBF-IDRA fotoritocco-pannelli step2b.jpg | former_names = {{Plainlist| * Idra Presse * {{Smallcaps|Idra}} * {{lang|it|Costruzioni Idromeccaniche Bresciane}} }} | type = [Private](/source/Privately_held_company) | industry = [Die casting](/source/Die_casting) | founded = {{Start date and age|1946}} in [Brescia](/source/Brescia), Italy | founder = Adamo Pasotti | hq_location_city = [Travagliato](/source/Travagliato) | hq_location_country = Italy | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Riccardo Ferrario | products = {{Plainlist| * [Giga Press](/source/Giga_Press) * Die-casting machines }} | num_employees = 161 | num_employees_year = 2015 | revenue = €87 million | revenue_year = 2015 | parent = {{nowrap|LK Machinery}} | subsid = Idra North America inc. - Idra Mexico - Idra Pressen GmbH - Idra China ltd. | website = }} '''Idra Group''' (Idra [S.r.l.](/source/Societ%C3%A0_a_responsabilit%C3%A0_limitata); originally Idra Presse [S.p.A.](/source/Societ%C3%A0_per_azioni)) is a manufacturer of [die casting](/source/die_casting) machinery, founded in 1946 in [Brescia](/source/Brescia), Italy. The company is notable for producing the largest [high-pressure die casting](/source/high-pressure_die_casting) machines in the world.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.publiteconline.it/ael/idra-thinks-big-growth-new-strategies-and-an-order-for-the-largest-press-in-the-world/|title=Idra Thinks Big: Growth, New Strategies and an Order for the Largest Press in the World|magazine=Alluminio & Leghe|first=Mario|last=Conserva|date=11 June 2019|access-date=16 January 2022|publisher=PubliTec|language=en}} == History == The company was originally founded by Adamo Pasotti in 1944 or 1946 with the factory located on via Triumplina in [Brescia](/source/Brescia). By 1956, Idra was seeking to export its die-casting machines outside Italy.{{cite journal|volume=56|issue=20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rh9lBTrbkkcC&pg=RA19-PA13|page=12|date=12 November 1956|access-date=15 January 2022|journal=Foreign Commerce Weekly|department=World trade leads|publisher=[United States Department of Commerce](/source/United_States_Department_of_Commerce)|title=Machinery: Italy|quote=IDRA Costruzioni Idromeccaniche Bresciane (manufacturer, exporter), Via Triumplina 13, Brescia, wishes to export direct or through agent very good quality '''die-casting machines'''. Correspondence in Italian preferred.|via=[University of Illinois](/source/University_of_Illinois); [Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}} By 1971, an Idra {{nowrap|OL-1200 S}} machine was being used to cast motor components weighing {{convert|7|kg}} for [Porsche](/source/Porsche) cars.{{cite web|url=https://archiviostorico.fondazionefiera.it/oggetti/45215-pubblicita-idra-costruzioni-idromeccaniche-bresciane|title=Pubblicità IDRA Costruzioni Idromeccaniche Bresciane|trans-title=Advertisement of IDRA Costruzioni Idromeccaniche Brescia|access-date=15 January 2022|date=January 1971|publisher=[Fiera di Milano](/source/Fiera_Milano)|page=34|via=Fondazione Fiera Milano|language=it|quote=Stampate di un semi-carter motore e di una scatola cambio velocità pressofuse in lega di magnesio su una macchina IDRA a camera fredda orizzontale tipo OL-1200 S.}} [[File:Sandy Munro with John Stokes.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.0|Idra General Manager John Stokes (left) with [Sandy Munro](/source/Sandy_Munro) in front of the 9000t [Giga Press](/source/Giga_Press) for the [Tesla Cybertruck](/source/Tesla_Cybertruck)]] In March 2024, Riccardo Ferrario retired as general manager of Idra, with the role being taken over by John Stokes.{{cite news|url=https://www.foundry-planet.com/d/management-change-at-idra-group/|title=Management change at Idra Group|date=2024-03-26|access-date=2024-04-15|work=Foundry-Planet|department=Foundry Daily News|quote=retirement of Riccardo Ferrario … On 31 March 2024, John Stokes takes over the role as General Manager …}}{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqCAZGbSD-U|title= IDRA announces that as of March 31 John Stokes will be stepping into the role of General Manager|publisher=Idra Group|date=2024-04-12|access-date=2024-04-15|via=Youtube|type=video}} === Hot years === During Italy's [Years of Lead](/source/Years_of_Lead_(Italy)) in the 1970s, Giovanni Maifredi worked at Idra as a warehouse worker, having been provided with a job without having any qualifications. Following the [Piazza della Loggia bombing](/source/Piazza_della_Loggia_bombing) in Brescia on 28 May 1974, Idra factory workers organised a fifteen-day strike action and [picket line](/source/picket_line) outside the Idra factory. == Original site == The original factory site at via Triumplina 43 in the north of Brescia was developed into the Triumplina Retail Park, requiring construction of new roundabout junctions. == Ownership == thumb|Sunrise over Idra factory {{As of|2006}}, Idra was 30% owned by the [Intesa Sanpaolo](/source/Intesa_Sanpaolo) Bank, with 70% of the remaining shares acquired by {{nowrap|LK Machinery}}, a company listed on the [Hong Kong Stock Exchange](/source/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange). For the year 2015, Idra employed 161 people, and had a turnover of {{nowrap|€87 million}}, with a profit of {{nowrap|€3 million}}. By 2016, {{nowrap|LK Machinery}} had acquired the remainder of the outstanding shares. == Development == [[File:2021-10-23-idra-presse-outbound-giga-press-boxed-up.jpg|thumb|Boxed up [Giga Press](/source/Giga_Press) die casting machine outside Idra factory]] In 2000, Idra filed a patent application for die casting machine designed to produce two separate castings simultaneously from a single injection of liquid metal. On '''August 20, 2020''', the first '''[Giga Press](/source/Giga_Press)''' installed at a U.S. electric-car-only manufacturer customer produced castings.{{cn|date=October 2025}} {{As of|2025|05}}, Idra were providing sponsorship to [Prema Racing](/source/Prema_Racing) starting with the Indycar [2025 Indianapolis 500](/source/2025_Indianapolis_500).{{cite press release|url=https://premaracing.com/en/news/19498-prema-racing-announces-indy-500-partnership-with-idra-group|title=PREMA Racing announces Indy 500 partnership with IDRA Group|publisher=[Prema Racing](/source/Prema_Racing)|date=2025-05-17|access-date=2025-05-19|quote=IDRA Group … identity … on the … [IndyCar Series](/source/IndyCar_Series) machinery driven by [Robert Shwartzman](/source/Robert_Shwartzman) and [Callum Ilott](/source/Callum_Ilott). … IDRA has been based at its traditional North American home in [Kokomo, Indiana](/source/Kokomo%2C_Indiana) for the last 27 years,}} The Idra-sponsored car driven by [Robert Shwartzman](/source/Robert_Shwartzman) took pole position in qualifying.{{cite news|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/indycar/2025/05/18/indianapolis-500-qualifying-robert-shwartzman-rookie-pole-position/83716023007/|title=Robert Shwartzman becomes first rookie driver to win Indy 500 pole since 1983|work=[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)|date=2025-05-19|access-date=2025-05-19|first=Ellen J.|last=Horrow|quote=[Shwartzman](/source/Robert_Shwartzman) averaged 232.790 mph in his No. 83 Chevrolet over his four qualifying laps to become the first rookie to qualify for the pole position since [Teo Fabi](/source/Teo_Fabi) in 1983.}}{{cite news|url=https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/robert-shwartzman-rookie-shock-indy-500-pole-prema-racing/10724254/|title=Rookie Robert Shwartzman earns shock Indy 500 pole with Prema Racing|work=[Motorsport.com](/source/Motorsport.com)|date=2025-05-19|access-date=2025-05-19|first=Nick|last=DeGroot}} == References == {{Reflist|refs= {{cite magazine|url=https://www.giesserei.eu/magazin/interview/2016/interview-riccardo-ferrario/|title=Idra baut Führungsposition aus|trans-title=Idra expands leadership position|date=8 November 2016|access-date=25 October 2021|magazine=Giesserei|language=de}}{{cite patent|country=EP|number=1333948|pubdate=2003-08-13|title=Pressure die-casting machine|inventor1-first=Graziano|inventor1-last=Mortari|assign1=Idra Presse S.P.A}}, since withdrawn. {{cite magazine|url=https://brescia2.it/2016/06/06/idra-un-bilancio-2015-da-record/|date=6 June 2016|access-date=25 October 2021|title=Idra, un bilancio 2015 da record|trans-title=Idra, balance sheet record in 2015|magazine=Brescia Today|language=it}} {{cite news|url=https://www.autunnocaldo.it/autunno-caldo-in-lombardia/brescia/|title=Brescia|work=Autunnocaldo|date=31 October 2019|language=it}} {{cite news|work=[L'Unità](/source/L'Unit%C3%A0)|url=https://archivio.unita.news/assets/main/1974/06/04/page_005.pdf|date=4 June 1974|access-date=25 October 2021|page=5|title=Il missino Degli Occhi di nuovo interrogato a Brescia Diecci ordini di cattura per gli attentati nel centro-Italia|first=Mauro|last=Brutto|trans-title=The missino Degli Occhi again questioned in Brescia Ten arrest orders for the attacks in central Italy |quote=Giovanni Maifredi è dunque un campione della provocazione antisindacale, assunto all'Idra senza alcuna qualifica}} {{cite news|url=https://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/17_luglio_05/strade-rondo-rigenerazione-nord-l-ex-idra-porta-lavori-32-milioni-bebfd9f8-614b-11e7-bdfb-e027df3feb8d.shtml|title=Strade e rondò, rigenerazione a nord: L'ex Idra porta lavori per 3,2 milioni|trans-title=Streets and roundabouts, regeneration in the north: the ex-Idra development brings works for €3.2 million|first=Pietro|last=Gorlan|newspaper=[Corriere della Sera](/source/Corriere_della_Sera)|location=Brescia}} }} == Further reading == {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book|url=https://www.comune.brescia.it/servizi/urbanistica/VAS/Pagine/Vas-ex-Idra.aspx|chapter=Valutazione ambientale strategica|trans-chapter=Strategic Environmental Assessment|title=Piano attuativo Ambito di Trasformazione ex IDRA Violino – Unità di Intervento D.1|trans-title=Implementation scope plan for transformation of former IDRA headquarters – Intervention Unit D.1|date=23 December 2013|access-date=25 October 2021|archive-date=25 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025212946/https://www.comune.brescia.it/servizi/urbanistica/VAS/Pagine/Vas-ex-Idra.aspx|url-status=dead}} {{Refend}} == External links == {{Portal|Italy|Companies}} {{Commons category|Idra Presse factory}} * {{Official website|https://www.idragroup.com/index.php/en/}} {{Coord|45.5353|10.1103|type:landmark_region:IT|display=title}} Category:Companies based in Brescia Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1946 Idra Group Category:Italian companies established in 1946 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