Milestones



  • 1945

    Tecnovo foundation, first company in Italy
    producing wire drawing lubricants.
    Via Montecuccoli in Milano.

  • 1963

    New Tecnovo’s plant.
    Via Damiano Chiesa in Novate Milanese.

  • 1979

    TKT Group foundation, incorporating
    companies Tecnovo, Koner and Tecnosider.

  • 1993

    New Koner plant’s inauguration for the tungsten
    carbide sintered drawing dies production.
    Via Bastida in Cremona.

  • 2001

    Launch on the market of innovative
    Koner patented worldwide K.340 pressure dies.

  • 2009

    Launch on the market of 100% dust and borax
    free dry soaps after several years of research.

  • 2010

    TKT starts continuous collaboration on R&D activities with the most prestigious Italian Universities in the field of metallurgy and chemistry.

  • 2014

    Tecnovo is awarded “Bekaert Best Supplier”.

  • 2016

    New Tecnovo’s plant inauguration in Cremona
    at the side of Koner plant - first and only
    industrial hub in the world manufacturing
    both lubricants and drawing dies.

  • 2021

    Acquisition of the majority shareholding in "Nuova Lasea", company active in the production of auxiliary chemicals for the textile, tanning and paper industries.

  • 2022

    Start-up of the Koner East joint venture, based in Veles (North Macedonia), for the regrinding and polishing operations of the tungsten carbide dies.