Good morning, You have less than one month left to visit 50°Marmomacc 2015, the most important fair in the stone-working sector that will be held in Verona, Italy (September 30 to October 3). Let's find out the 10 machines that Breton will exhibit in its stands
We are waiting since Wednesday, September 30 at: Pad. 4 - stand B6/C8 and Pad. 5 - stand C5. We’ll get back to you promptly. Thank you for the attention and best regards. Bye-bye Sergio Prior
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Encapsulating Italian-made goods in a single piece of work is no easy task. Three Italian companies – Ducati, Odone Marmiand Breton– have come together to create “Fortitudo mea in levitate” (“Lightness is my strength”).
Ducati (Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.)
Italy’s most world-famous motorcycle manufacturer. A company that still amazes us, even after 90 years, with its products of peerless style and performance.
Design Uniqueness Craftsmanship Attention to detail Technology Italian verve
Odone Marmi
Master stone and marble workers since 1950, from planning and design through to production and installation.
Breton
Research, innovation and technology in machines for working marble, granite and natural and engineered stone.
What is “Fortitudo mea in levitate”?
It is a sculpture in white Carrara marble designed by Gianandrea Fabbro, Chief Designer at the DucatiStyle Centre, depicting one of the company’s most recognisable models, the Panigale.
His refined designer’s pencil has given the world the Panigale 1199 and 1299 and now this splendid marble sculpture, an award-winner at Milan Design Week 2015. It was made by Odone Marmiusing a Breton Shapemill.
The work was displayed in central Milan for over a week in April, drawing huge admiring crowds outside Audi City Lab in Via Monte Napoleone, at the pulsating heart of the city’s fashion district.
Many people wondered how this gem of technology and craftsmanship could have been made. Today’s machining centres with 5 interpolated axes can create highly complex forms with different materials, including marble and granite, to bring designers’ creativity to life.
The most innovative Italian workshops, such as Angelo Odone’s, choose this kind of machine to turn marble and granite blocks into unique objects, avant-garde furnishing pieces, and veritable works of art.
The Vercelli-based company produced the sculpture for Ducati.
“Fortitudo mea in levitate” could only have been made using a Breton Shapemill, the "Ducati" of 5-axis machining and shaping centres for marble and granite, the queen of speed and precision. This machining centre’s impressive performance supports multiple work processes that would otherwise require several machines. Working with various tools, it can mill, turn and perform routing through its shaped tools.
Here is the official video:
The Ducati designer and his design, the Odone Marmi factory’s trademark craftsmanship, and Breton technology are the ingredients in a breathtaking work that emphasises the contrast between the lightness of the forms and the weight of the hefty Carrara marble blocks.
In other words, it is a true celebration of Italian-made excellence.
That’s all for today. Thank you for reading. Until next time. Bye-bye. Sergio Prior
