Gnutti Sebastiano & Figli was founded in 1906, the year in which its founder started a small artisan production of shovels, picks and agricultural tools in lumezzane. Production continued throughout the years leading up to the second world war, when the company was compelled to convert its production to making detonating fuses and items for war weapons, and a new plant was built in 1942 (the present legal head office) employing about 300 workers.
At the end of world war II, the company once more had to face the difficult process of reconverting and around 1946 the production of valves and gate valves for regulating the flow of liquids was started.
Towards the end of the forties, GS extended its range of products to include taps and fittings becoming in this way unique among the over 400 companies in this sector in italy.
GS is, in fact, even today the only company capable of producing at the same time a vast range of taps and fittings and valves.
In 1970 GS became a joint stock company and this period saw the start and rapid growth of exports to various european countries, to the united states and the middle east.
In 1975, in order to increase production capacity and to improve logistics a new plant was opened about 10 km from Lumezzane which houses the main production processes.
Manufacturing from two plants and having a total covered area of 20,000 sq.m. Gnutti Sebastiano & figli is, at present, the italian company with the widest range of taps and valves for water, gas and steam purposes.
By studying and designing its products in its modernly equipped laboratory, the company creates and experiments new solutions in compliance with the most important european standards.
With an eye to continiual expansion, the company exports at present more than 60% of its production.