Breton S.p.A. is an Italian, privately held company established in 1963[1] that produces machines and plants for engineered stone[2] and metalworking.
Machines and plants by Breton can be used in diverse sectors such as die-making, aerospace, automotive, racing cars, energy, gears, general mechanics, stone processing and kitchen top manufacturing.
[3] Breton was established in 1963 in Castello di Godego, Italy, by Marcello Toncelli,[4] who started developing new technologies and manufacturing industrial plants for producing engineered stone.
In 2003, Marcello Toncelli died, and the control of the company passed to his sons Luca and Dario Toncelli, who have been running the company since together with Roberto Chiavacci, Vice President of the board of directors.
Breton manufactures machines and technology for following fields: Breton's solution to connect through the cloud to manage tele-service for 4,000 machines for hundreds of customers worldwide was awarded by Microsoft in 2012 with the Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Award for manufacturing.