Innovation is in our dna

"We are constantly building for the future, so that our methods and machines may travel through to future generations."

In 1934 in Florence, Italy, Enrico Longinotti founded a company whose ambition was to grow through consistent innovation. As both CEO and director of the technical department, he encoded R&D into the company’s DNA, ensuring there was a new design to work on every day.

His engineering spirit centered on construction applications, including wet cast and marble resins, and today the dry-cast sector is the central pillar of the company. However, his curiosity took the company into areas as diverse as modular housing solutions, boring mills, agricultural applications and more recently, a recycling machinery division.

By 1960, Longinotti had renowned multi-station rotating presses and sanders. That’s when Longinotti really started to pull ahead from other players, developing a machine that revolutionised the sector: the first cyclical, automatic movement machine to take fresh output from the press, handle the curing and return cured slabs for finishing. The first installation in Pontassieve attracted customers from all over the world, greatly expanding Longinotti’s global reach.

2020: acquisition of longinotti group by cassani

Recognizing the important transition in the agglomerated concrete slab market, in 2020 CASSANI acquires Longinotti Group, undisputed king of single-layer slab machinery with its multiple technoindustrial process patents.

The acquisition of the world’s favourite hermetic presses create the Cassani Longinotti Group, the largest italian company in the sector.

Leading the concrete market with successive innovations:

1904
CASSANI
Creates the world's
first floor grinder
1904
1960
LONGINOTTI
Creates the first automatic
slab movement machine
1960
1963
CASSANI
Launches the world's
first linear grinders
1963
1970
LONGINOTTI
patents the first
single-layer technology
1970
1987
LONGINOTTI
Introduces automatization
of washbeton
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1990
LONGINOTTI
Patents the first
moisture extraction
technology for pressing
1990
2005
CASSANI
Launches the world's
first digital printing
lines for cement
2005

Ours is a history of continuous invention and development.

Nothing borrowed: every Longinotti machine is developed in-house and adapted to work in perfect harmony with the others. We start with an idea, develop and build it, synthesize all previous experiences, simplify and improve. The small department from 1960, where prototypes were assembled and tested, has now become a dedicated team of technicians, always looking for new and better solutions, iteratively adding technical quality and robustness. They look to customer needs for different products and sizes and shapes of plants, even creating compact and modular versions of machines to fit around smaller or busier work spaces.

Our unique MSTM single-layer technology sets us apart, a family of turnkey production lines that can produce single or double layer tiles in agglomerated concrete.

Our unique presses are capable of automated production of slabs in agglomerated concrete from 250x250mm to 1400×600 (and larger on request), with production over 200m2/hr. Each production group is designed with a different level of productivity in mind, with larger models offering larger product formats. All the standardized technological innovations have been incorporated into each machine.

Our machines can be equipped with a tele-service system, so our engineers can connect directly to check and correct working conditions and settings of the PLC. We can also automate data collection and transmission, and production set-ups can be automated and performance tracked, helping improve production cycles and efficiency and reduce downtime.

Technological progress will remain a touchstone as we strive to better serve our customers as quality innovators and manufacturers.

A ROBUST AND USER-FRIENDLY PARTNER

Now part of the CASSANI Longinotti Group, we can confidently say we have more machines and installations in the world than any other company in our sector, with hundreds of turnkey plant projects for full slab production and finishing lines.

Our joint multilingual commercial and technical teams are here to give you peace of mind on your investment, minimise your down-time and optimise your maintenance processes.

The CASSANI Longinotti Group has an extensive global sales and technical assistance network through 30 sales agencies covering 50 countries.

They are in constant contact with the head office in Besozzo, Italy, guaranteeing sales coverage and an extensive network of aftersales service and spare parts.

CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

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“Quality, strength, power, reliability, production, durability. Important characteristics to aim for, but our greatest strength is delivering what our clients ask for.”

Whether you work with concrete, stone, marble or engineering stone, our aim is to give you what you need. For this reason, we have developed many variations of our most popular machines, offering different productivity and automations.

From manual to full automation, in analog or digital modes, with water cooling or in dry-mode: our machine families have a range of sizes and working stations and heads, all customisable.

Each machine is designed with optionals to adapt to your resources and way of working, and to make your products unique. And where we don’t have a solution, we’ll invent it.

Not sure exactly what you need?

That’s completely fine: tell us what you want to produce, at what speed, the level of automation required, and the space available, and we will do the rest.
You can pursue your plant design and manufacturing aspirations with confidence, knowing that we are here to support you every step of the way.

Polishes, granis and moulds

Different sizes and larger format

Blocks and pavers finishing

Technical properties of surfaces

Different widths and edge effect

Packaging and Palletising

endless finishes of final products

CONCRETE APPLICATIONS

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From brutalist building exteriors to colourful terrazzo home interiors, concrete has taken center stage again as complement to more traditional uses.

Concrete is the most widely used construction material, thanks to its qualities: strength, low porosity, high resistance and economic advantage over granite, marble and natural stone. And in the last decade, it has become mainstream again in exterior and interior design aesthetics.

residential & commercial

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Cassani and Longinotti machines play a critical role in manufacturing and treating concrete slabs and blocks to deliver those qualities in a near-infinite range of decorative styles.

HERE WE SHOWCASE SOME OF THE MANY APPLICATIONS OUR MACHINES ARE USED FOR.

MASONRY BLOCKS, PAVERS, CURBSTONES AND MORE

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BEYOND FLOORS: WALLS, STEPS, RAISED FLOORING, AND DECORATIVE SLABS

We manufacture and install machines and turnkey projects allowing the production of the widest range of agglomerated cement products

Digital lines

Our concrete digital printing lines provide the ultimate level of personalisation, allowing virtually any image to be transferred onto the surface of a tile.

We set out to deliver a new technology with creativity as the only limit.

We are proud to be the first movers in the field of digital decoration of cement: we have delivered complete lines for printing on agglomerate tiles, pavers and concrete products.

We have worked with the most prestigious leaders in this sector to develop colour supplies, chemical products and inkjet printing machines.

Cement products are pre-treated and primed, digitally printed and then given special anti-wear coating treatments for a long-lasting finish. 

WE SHOW HERE A VERY SMALL SAMPLE OF THE INCREDIBLE RESULTS ALREADY OBTAINED: WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS TECHNOLOGY.