2008
Start-up
Caffaro Auto Parts starts producing pulleys in a rented garage
about the area 60 m² with one injection molding machine and one employee.
2008
Start-up
Caffaro Auto Parts starts producing pulleys in a rented garage
about the area 60 m² with one injection molding machine and one employee.
2009-2010
Dynamic sales development
Expansion of the machine park, increase in employment, rental of warehouse rooms with an area of 350m².
2011
Establishment of a new entity: Caffaro W. Szafarski i Wspólnicy Sp. J.
Relocation of production machines to the hall with an area of 400 m². Further increase in sales, employment and company equipment.
2012-2013
Renting a location in Kazimierza Wielka with an area of 1000 m² and moving the warehouse and offices there – together, offices, warehouse and production in the area. 1400 m².
Launch of the first laser marking line.
2014
Purchase of real estate with an area of 1 hectar with old industrial buildings in Słonowice near Kazimierz Wielka.
Dynamic sales growth, development of offers and machinery.
Obtaining the ISO 9001 certificate.
Participation in the Automechanika Frankfurt fair.
2015
Completion of the renovation of the hall in Słonowice and moving the machines to their own premises. Caffaro has its own production hall with an area of 800 m² and a rented warehouse and office hall with an area of 1,000 m².
Further dynamic growth in sales, offer and equipment.
2016
Construction of a new hall in Słonowice with an area of 1500 m². Relocation of the warehouse and offices to Słonowice – Caffaro is exclusively located in the area. 2300 m².
Purchase of modern injection molding machines.
Expansion of own tool shop.
Automechanika Frankfurt trade fair.
2017
Commencement of construction of another hall with an area of 3000 m².
Purchase of two Haas CNC turning centers and Nomura – creation of its own CNC machining department.
Further renovation and expansion of the machine park forced by the dynamic increase in sales and rapid development of the offer.
2018
Obtaining the IATF 16949 certificate at TUV SUD.
More CNC machining centers, injection molding machines and presses.
Participation in the Automechanika Frankfurt fair.
Rapid development of the offer, increase in sales and employment. Further expansion of the tool shop.
Purchase of an industrial plot of 2.0 h for further expansion of the company.
2019
EU project “Pulleys for combustion engines, micro and mild-hybrid” – industrial research and implementation of our own patented solutions for innovative methods of heat removal from pulleys into production.
Purchase of industrial real estate 0.6h with an old hall about the area 1,400 m² – renovation begins.
Creating your own design and research laboratory.
Achieving employment of approximately 100 employees.
Increased equipment with new CNC machining centers, injection molding machines and presses – the company has, among others:
– 7 CNC machining centers,
– 10 injection molding machines,
– 11 eccentric, hydraulic presses and pneumatic,
– tool shop fully equipped with conventional machines and devices.
2020
Obtaining a PATENT for the invention titled V-belt pulley and method of dissipating heat from the pulley’s bearing.
Silver medal in the INTARG 2020 Competition as part of the 13th International Fair of Inventions and Innovations INTARG.
2021
Signing the Financing Agreement with BGK (Technology Loan) and starting the project implementation.
Main prize in the Świętokrzyskie Rationalizer Competition of December 21, 2021 for the patent titled V-belt roller and a method of dissipating heat from the roller bearing.
Award in the Świętokrzyski Rationalizer Competition of December 21, 2021 for the submitted invention titled A method of producing a belt roller bushing, a belt roller bushing produced by this method and a multi-V belt roller.
2022
Obtaining a PATENT for the invention titled A method of producing a belt roller bushing, a belt roller bushing produced by this method and a multi-V belt roller
Economic Award of the Forum Vision of Development in the category: Innovation (Gdynia June 20-21, 2022)
PLATINUM and GRAND PRIX in the International Invention Competition PRIX EIFFEL 2022 organized by the French Federation of Inventors, French
Association of Inventors Europe France Inventeurs and Eurobusiness-Haller (November 15-17, 2022, Paris, France)
Purchase of three more building plots in Gabułtów.
2023
Positive completion of R&D projects and technological
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