Gaggione history
1948 - GAGGIONE company started in the name of its founder, designer and manufacturer of moulds for injection moulding of plastics, based in Nurieux (01-FR)
1965 - Move to Montréal-la-Cluse (01-FR)
- First mini-case for Camping Gaz
1968 - Injection moulding of thermoplastic materials becomes the main activity
1970 - 2nd mini-case for Air Liquide
1976 - Launch of the Plasticase brand and success on the main European markets
1990 - 20 different models in the Plasticase product range
1993 - New standard boxes in transparent acrylic resin (PMMA) for luxury packaging ( CR)
1995 - AFAQ ISO 9002 certification
1999 - Acquisition of GAGGIONE by Babylone and acceleration of development into optics
- Construction of our first clean room
2001 - Acquisition of our first fully electric injection press.
2003 - Production for the first time of a moulded optical component with precision in the order of a few microns.
- Launch of a new line of standard boxes with a completely new design (T7)
2004 - Reinforcement of human resources in the optical engineering field and acquisition of new control and measurement resources.
2005 - Acquisition of the cutting edge technology company SURCOTEC in Switzerland, specialist in surface coatings and R&D.
- Opening of a sales office in Paris dedicated to the luxury sector
2006 - Opening of a sales office in Shanghai/China.
- Extension of our range of transparent boxes for the perfumery and luxury sector.
- Launch of our LEDnLIGHT range of standard collimators
2007 - Opening of a sales office in Chicago/USA
- Reinforcement of our resources in the nanotechnologies sector with acquisition of a high precision 4-axis diamond machining centre
- Reinforcement of SURCOTEC's human and technical resources with extension of the clean room dedicated to surface treatment .
2008 - A major first in the luxury sector: production of a prototype moulded in copolyester in very great thickness, in partnership with one of the world leaders in production of this material.
- Extension of our EVOLUTION case range
- AFNOR ISO TS 16949 certification.
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