History
History since 1954
The founder of the company, Bruno Altin, arrived in Australia from Maser, Province of Treviso, Italy, in 1951, and by 1953 had settled to work in Griffith as a mechanic. Being impressed by the potential for the region to provide work, he called for this wife Adelia and two sons from Italy. Bruno and Adelia worked long hours to repay the debt incurred by the family’s trip to Australia, and save for their dream of building their own home. To realise this dream, Bruno and Adelia bought a simple manually operated machine for making concrete bricks. They both worked hard at making bricks, Adelia during the day, and Bruno after work and on weekend. Bricks were in demand in the Griffith area, local builders soon became interested in buying the bricks intended for Adelia’s own home. This led Bruno, Adelia and their children to work harder and longer hours to meet the demands for more and more bricks.
Griffith and the MIA were developing rapidly at this time and there was a growing demand for concrete products for housing, irrigation and road building. Bruno used his resourcefulness and experience in farming, welding and metalwork to build a concrete mixing machine and formwork to increase production of concrete bricks, and also to begin manufacturing other concrete products like tile drainage rings, pipes and water stops. While Bruno Altin & Co officially opened for business in 1954, Bruno himself did not work fulltime in the business until 1957, but only worked in his spare time after work, leaving Adelia to attend to the production and administration of the business on a day to day basis.
Over the years the company continued to expand its range of products and to increase it’s output. In 1963 Bruno registered his first two patents for the “T” and “L” shaped water stops, and won first prize at a display for design in irrigation at the Griffith Waterwheel Festival. The company now holds six registered patents and makes over 400 different precast products. Many of these products comply with Australia Standards and RTA specifications.
Its customers include farmers, Rail and Mining Corporations, State and Interstate Governments as well as general production contractors.
Today, production is fully mechanised ensuring the manufacture of high quality and economically viable products to meet customer demands. Gino is dedicated to improving both the design of the products, and the manufacturing process itself, to ensure upmost customer satisfaction. During the last ten years production from the factory has increased six fold and continues to expand. Ongoing innovation, design and a desire to please the individual needs of its customers has been the key to the birth of this precast concrete industry and a successful business in the Griffith area.
We proudly offer a delivery service to all clients. Our fully equipped trucks allow for quick and efficient delivery. Pickup is also available.
Our products are Australian Standards certified and have passed many independent rigorous tests and are frequently audited.
Bruno Altin & Co Pty Ltd are the only Precast Concrete manufacturer with product certification AS/NZS 4058: 2007 in Australia.
Bruno Altin and Company offer various specials throughout the year to assist our customers as a way of giving back to them.