Our history
We have been bringing Thermal Spray coatings all over the world for years, thanks to specialized teams that work directly on site. We perform coating jobs on the field and provide our support when preliminary machining or finishing is needed.
Establishment of Flame Spray
Edoardo Prosperini founds Flame Spray as an individual firm in 1969. Despite its limited size and employee number it reaches some challenging objectives working together with international companies such as IBM, Fiat Motori Avio, Montedison and Worthinghton.
New plant in Roncello
Considering the ongoing growth E. Prosperini decides to move the production center to a larger site in Roncello (Milan). The new plant has a covered area of 500sqm on a site area of 7500sqm.
New shareholders
Sergio Meloni and Dario Stehle become Shareholders in Flame Spray snc
New job shop in Roncello
Flame Spray further expands the footprint in Roncello, adding an additional 1000 sqm job shop.
New slurry technology
The company develops new slurry coating technologies for turbogas axial compressor blades and reaches new customers such as Fiat Avio and Nuovo Pignone.
New expansion site Roncello
A new plant of 1,200 sqm in Roncello supports the production growth and starts an expansion process that in 1994 will bring the covered production area to more than 4,000 sqm.
Establishment of TopCoat Srl
Flame Spray establishes a partner company, TopCoat Srl with the aim of expanding in a new and important market, Printing, and to support existing customers in the area of central Italy.
Flame Spray enters the Oil & Gas Market
Flame Spray enters the Oil & Gas market and, in particular, the market for metal to metal seated ball valves, obtaining qualification from the major OEMs and End Users.
Strategic agreement with BHS
Flame Spray firmly increases its presence in the corrugating machines market, signing a strategic agreement with BHS, a German company, and a global leader in this market.
Flame Spray becomes a Corporation
1999 is a year of big changes: Flame Spray Snc becomes a capital company and changes its business name to Flame Spray SpA. The ongoing activities of research and development bring the Company to new strategic markets including the Waste Incinerator market.
Agreement with major Gas Turbines' OEM
Flame Spray Spa signs an agreement for equipment supply and technological transfer with one of the largest OEMs in the industrial gas turbine market.
Establishment of Flame Spray Hungary and agreement with CRC – USA
To further expand its market reach Flame Spray decides to establish Flame Spray Hungary Kft with the aim of increasing the presence in the Industrial Gas Turbine market.
With the establishment of Flame Spray Hungary, Flame Spray becomes an international Group.
In the same year a cooperation agreement with CRC-USA, part of BHS Group (Germany), increases the presence of the Group in the Paper / Cardboard market.
Technology for the production of diffusion coatings
A university collaboration with Istituto Universitario Studi Superiore of Pavia and the participation in Consorzio Milano Ricerche emphasizes the internal Research & Development programs.
The Group develops Diffusion Aluminizing coatings for the Industrial Gas Turbine market.
Flame Spray Hungary is NADCAP certified
Flame Spray Hungary obtains the NADCAP certification for coating application on aerospace components.
Establishment of Flame Spray Croatia
Flame Spray Croatia starts its activities in Trnovec Bartolovecki, near Varazdin.
Establishment of Flame Spray North America
Flame Spray Croatia starts its activities in Trnovec Bartolovecki, near Varazdin.
Flame Spray Croatia: new production center
Flame Spray CROATIA moves to a new 3000 sqm production center in Jalzabet.
Flame Spray SpA is NADCAP certified
Flame Spray Roncello receives NADCAP certification for the application of coatings on aerospace components.
Flame Spray Morra De Sanctis receives NADCAP certification for the application of coatings on aerospace components.
Flame Spray North America Inc. receives NADCAP certification for the application of coatings on aerospace components.
HIP installation
Flame Spray installs in Morra de Sanctis (AV-Italy) a Hot Isostatic Pressing furnace, completing its portfolio of post-casting services.
Establishment of Flame Spray Saudi Arabia
Flame Spray Saudi Arabia starts its activities in Al-Khobar, Dhahran, near the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world.
Establishment of Alatau Flame Spray
Alatau Flame Spray is a Joint venture Company established in 2022 in Kazakhstan with the local Company Alatau Construction Holding LLP (ACH). Alatau Flame Spray mission consists into providing on site corrosion coating service to energy and oil and gas industry.
Introduction of the Hole drilling, Laser Welding and Stripping technologies in Flame Spray North America.
The introduction of these technologies completes the offer of Flame Spray North America making it the perfect choice as “one-stop-shop” for Gas Turbine components.
The Flame Spray Group today
The Group Flame Spray is a global leader and benchmark in the market for coating technologies although there are still many challenges ahead.
Bring us your problems, our experience will provide the answers
We support and advise you in selecting the most suitable technology and materials to meet your specific needs.
Contact us now to have an engineer at your disposal, and together, we’ll find the solution to your biggest problems. We understand urgent, an engineer can be immediately available, call us, email us, and if necessary, you’ll have a proposal within 24 hours.