CARLO SALVI was established in 1939 by Mr. CARLO SALVI.His father was Italian, but he was born in New York in 1907 and returned to Italy with his family when he was 8 years old. His father served in the Italian Army during World War 1.He started his own Company in 1939 with the purpose of building mechanical descalers to process hot rolled rod. A few thousands of these machines have been sold all over the world.Although these machines were successful, Carlo Salvi's aim was to manufacture new and more complex machines. His new adventure began in the late 40's with the design and production of a flat die thread roller. Very soon this was followed by a family of head slotters and finally, in 1952, he built his first single die two blow toggle header.The success was immediate. The machine was reliable, low-priced and high speed. It performed particularly well for the production of recessed-head screws (Phillips and similar) and a complete range of these machines was produced within a few years.