CEDASPE – Bushings and accessories for distribution and power transformers

Founded in 1967, CEDASPE celebrates its 50th company anniversary this year. Based in Italy, CEDASPE has grown from a small workshop with three employees and...

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Founded in 1967, CEDASPE celebrates its 50th company anniversary this year. Based in Italy, CEDASPE has grown from a small workshop with three employees and one product line into an international company with three plants in Italy and an expansive product range. Today, CEDASPE is part of the REINHAUSEN Group, working closely with other members of the group and sharing expertise and experience to improve customer services.

The History of CEDASPE

In 1967, Giorgio Giorgi founded CED Elettromeccanica S.r.I. in Milan, renaming it to CEDASPE in 1994 after acquiring ASPE.

The company started growing in 1976 when Gian Franco Giorgi, the current managing director, joined the company. He immediately spearheaded the development of new products for transformers, such as butterfly valves and bushings in a voltage range up to 52 kV. Export business picked up speed and new customers continued to flock to them from all over Europe and around the world.

In 1986, Andrea Giorgi joined the company as a plant manager and established new production lines, including modern CNC machining centers and turning machines. There were bigger changes in the 1990s: European Trafo Products (ETP) was founded with a local partner in Singapore in 1997 in order to serve the Southeast Asian market better. After taking over the companies ASPE (1994) and Fornasari (1998), CEDASPE moved to its current headquarters in San Giliano Milanese, Italy. The product offerings were also updated, beginning with low-voltage bushings for distribution transformers. CEDASPE was the first company to develop a new design in accordance with EN 50386. The ED bushing series was a revolution on the market, forcing the competition to keep pace. The innovations continued over the years with a new Buchholz relay, a new design for the oil level indicator (including an electronic version with value transmission), new butterfly valves (zero leakage), new dehydrating breathers and new terminal boxes.

Internationalization continued: In 2007, CEDASPE concluded a joint venture with Sukrut Electric Company Private Limited for the Indian market. In 2009, British Transformer Components Ltd. (BTRAC) was founded. Today, BTRAC is also a member of the REINHAUSEN Group. ETP also began producing bushings for distribution transformers as well as assembling bushings for power transformers in Singapore, supervised by CEDASPE.

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