COVID-19 impact: Spanish Aluminium die-casting company RUFFINI S.A. resumes for production

RUFFINI S.A. resumes switching on the melting tower to re-start its production of casted components, after 30 days of shut-down due to COVID-19 epidemic.

The customary die-casting firm based in Barcelona works aligned with the major customers located in Germany, so the supply to Europe has started again.

As per a company representative: “The safety of the employees is the most important thing but also we have to keep in mind that we need to open again the industry as soon as possible.”

The company have implemented a lot of measures in the plant to ensure there is a minimum risk of possible infection and employees are really happy to work again. Ruffini hopes to also help suppliers to open their factories and start changing the economic situation with the butterfly effect. Ruffini, with 150 employees, is a smaller company hoping to receive the same governmental support as the larger companies to stop this unreal situation.

RUFFINI, S.A. was founded in 1964 to meet the growing market need in high-pressure die-castings of aluminium.

It is an independent aluminium foundry which focuses on development, production and sale of high-quality cast metal parts, mainly to the automotive sector. It ensures customers the best technical and productive capacity as well as professional staff in all processes. The entire plant is committed to the standards required in the market. The company’s total production capacity is about 10,000 tonnes per year.