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The history of Sit
| 1953 | Pierluigi and Giancarlo de’ Stefani establish SIT La Precisa, a company operating in precision mechanics, in Padova (Italy) |
| 1974 | Continuous growth leads to open the first foreign subsidiary, in The Netherlands. The other European subsidiaries follow shortly (UK, France, Turkey, Poland, Germany, Czech Rep.) |
| 1983 | SIT goes global starting direct operations in Australia with the Melbourne subsidiary |
| 1989 | Expansion continues with the opening of the U.S. subsidiary. SIT sells the first electronic board for gas appliances |
| 1997 | Starting of direct operations in China with the Shanghai subsidiary |
| 1999 | SIT acquires ENCON, a Dutch company manufacturing electronic boards for gas appliances |
| 2000 | New production plants start manufacturing in Monterrey (Mexico) and Shanghai (China) |
| 2001 | SIT diversifies acquiring OMVL, an Italian company operating in the automotive business |
| 2002 | OP Controls, Italian company operating in gas control devices, joins SIT |
| 2003 | Opening of the subsidiary in Argentina |
| 2004 | SIT acquires Natalini, an Italian company manufacturing fans and flue exhaust kits |
| 2005 | Expansion of the production site in Rovigo up to 17.000 sq.m. |
| 2006 | New production plant starts manufacturing in Brasov, Romania |
| 2009 | Expansion of the production site in Hoogeveen, The Netherlands |
| The company MeteRSit has been established to offer Gas Utilities a new generation of remotely controlled smart gas meters | |
| 2012 | New production plant in Suzhou (China) |
| 2013 | Expansion of the production site in Brasov, Romania |
| 2015 | Merger of SIT La Precisa with the Italian subsidiaries Gasco, Imer and Natalini: SIT s.p.a. is born |
| Metersit Romania has been established to accelerate the growth of Smart Gas Metering | |
| 2017 | Merger with the SPAC Industrial Stars of Italy 2 and simultaneous admission to trading on the AIM Italia segment (20.7.2017) |
| 2018 | SIT shares and warrants have begun trading on the Mercato Telematico Azionario (MTA) by Borsa Italiana. |
| 2020 | Opening of a hub in Tunisia for the production of electronic and plastic components and the assembly of SIT products |
| Acquisition of the Portuguese company Janz and entry into the water meters business | |
| 2021 | Acquisition of the NGA product line (electronic valves for gas storage water heaters) from the US company Emerson Electric |
| MeteRSit subsidiary opens in Manchester UK | |
| 2022 | GWF and SIT enter a strategic partnership for the development, production and distribution of smart ultrasonic residential water meters |
| 2023 | HYBITAT is born, the joint venture between e-Novia and SIT for the development of a new hydrogen generation and storage system for residential use. SIT aims to grow in the cooker hood market with a dedicated Joint-Venture: SIT MTB is born |
The history of the Brand
The company logo has been created by one of the Founders of the Company, dr.Pierluigi de’ Stefani.
The “S” letter, initial of “SIT”, represents an oscilloscope screen where a hystheresis cycle of ferromagnetic material is traced, which refers to the company’s activity: the manufacturing of safety controls for gas appliances. In these controls, in fact, the safety magnet is made of highly permeable magnetic material.
This logo has been selected among the most original and beautiful Italian trade-marks shown in the book “MADE IN ITALIA” published in 1988 by Mr. Giorgetto Giugiaro and Mr. Bruno Munari.
Here below a brief “story” of its creation:
The logo was deposited for the first time in 1960 with the word “Thermocontrol” indicating the company activity of manufacturing thermic regulation controls.
In 1970 the company logo was slightly modified by enclosing the words “SIT” and “Thermocontrol” in a square with rounded angles.
In 1986 the logo has been updated by simplifying its graphic design.
