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C O M P A N Y P R O FILE

BDT was founded in 2003 to support and complete Elettro-
meccanica Bovone: Vittorio Bovone, together with his dau-
ghters Federica and Giulia, and all the BDT Staff, wanted
to produce and manage wheels for straight-line edgers and
bevellers in-house. This represented just the beginning, and
now BDT is a strong and consolidated company with well-
prepared and experienced staff. Market demand focus and
technical improvement are the keywords of BDT history and
evolution.
Over the years this small company has grown a lot: 25 em-
ployees nowadays and a large production capacity inclu-
ding the range metal bond and resin bond diamond cup
and peripheral wheels for bevellers, edgers, double-edgers,
CNC peripheral wheels, drill bits and glass tools to make
holes. In 2015 two young employees were recruited, one in
the Production Department and the second one for Sales &
Marketing.
In 2010 the new revolutionary and performing GOLDNET
router was patented. Today it’s one of the most highly appre-
ciated tools of the range.
Bovone Maquinas e Equipamentos Industriais, the Sister
Company of BDT, based in São Paulo, which deals with Bovo-
ne machines and BDT tools all over Brazil, was also founded
during this same year.
Since 2010 the company has also been producing stone
tools, investing on high-performance machines to provide
high quality wheels, which can grind new materials such
as Dekton.
The company has always experienced step-by-step deve-
lopment recording a steady and progressive increase in sa-

les volumes year after year. The only exception was in 2009
when sales decreased, but in 2010 the previous targets were
completely restored. 2015 was a successful year since the
company reported a 25% increase on total volume.
Also 2016 was a very positive year thus considering sales
volume and accounting balance sheet.
The formula never changes: investments in innovation, rese-
arch, development and performance in machines and human
resources, these are the secrets of growth. At BDT, employees
are, first and foremost people, and they are, in fact, very
responsive people, part of a very big family, always ready
to intensify rhythms when a customer needs an order urgen-
tly, since their efforts are always rewarded: they are always
granted the best working conditions and always receive what
they ask for. BDT uses the same philosophy with customers:
first of all they are people, who need to be taken care of in the
best way. Our company aims at establishing positive business
relationships with them, and, thanks to this behaviour over the
years, simple partnerships have often evolved into something
more. This also happens with agents, dealers, suppliers, both
Italian and international, and even forwarding agents (they
are always welcome to a good Italian coffee!).
This virtuous circle keeps on producing important advanta-
ges, giving our brand name extra value which represents
BDT’s long-lasting seriousness and reliability.

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