Our history
A 40 year long story
Luciano Consonni founded the company in 1984 and called it LAUMAS, combining the names of his children, Laura and Massimo, who currently lead the company together with their father.
With experience as a design engineer in plant automation at the Montedison group, Luciano later worked as an agent in the industrial weighing sector, starting to market the first load cells. He subsequently moved from Milan to Parma and chose to start his business in Emilia Romagna, a strongly industrialized area committed to technological innovation.
In years in which the weighing market is mainly dominated by mechanical scales, the first challenges of the newly formed LAUMAS are to spread electronic weighing systems in the industry and compete with the brands already established in the sector by leveraging their particular strengths: fast delivery and great value for money.
Innovation in weighing: the stages
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1984
The beginnings
Luciano Consonni starts the business in a small laboratory in Strada Naviglia in Parma; he hires his first employees and opens a sales office in Lombardy, in Monza. The headquarters will change several times over the years, given the need to increase space to expand the warehouse and accommodate a continuously growing workforce.
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1992
Laura joins the company
Laura Consonni joins LAUMAS and begins to deal with the computer network, documentation and manuals. The first mail order catalog is published to promote industrial weighing systems consisting of load cells, weight indicators and transmitters. Laura is currently managing partner, director of human resources and oversees the IT infrastructure.
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1997
Massimo joins LAUMAS
Massimo Consonni also joins the company, currently managing partner and legal representative of LAUMAS, involved in the development of the commercial and marketing side of the business. After further changes of headquarters, the company returns to Strada Naviglia in Parma, in a much larger and more organized structure than the small laboratory from which it started.
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2002
The company continues to grow
The company moved to its current headquarters in Via I Maggio in Montechiarugolo (Parma), which initially covered an area of approximately 2000 m2 with an additional external warehouse of 1000 m2.
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2007
The new Research and Development department
LAUMAS launches the new Research and Development department, equipped with cutting-edge equipment to carry out all types of control tests on the various electronic and mechanical components of the new products, designed and developed by the department with a view to constant technological innovation.
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2012
The new product lines
The benefits of the investments made in previous years in the field of research arrive: LAUMAS completely renewed its range of products, putting on the market new lines of very innovative and completely “MADE IN ITALY” weighing indicators and transmitters.
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2018
Spring: A strategic partnership
LAUMAS starts a partnership with the company MICRO ASSEMBLAGGI, leader in the production of electronic boards with SMT and THT technology. The agreement allows it to control the entire production chain of its weight transmitters and indicators, guaranteeing the 100% Made in Italy quality of its electronic weighing instrumentation.
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2018
Autumn: A new era
The important expansion works at the LAUMAS company headquarters are completed, leading to the doubling of its surface area, for a total of 4000 m2.Specifically, a new 1000 m2 warehouse, conference rooms, webinar room, metrological laboratory and new relaxation spaces have been built. The completion of the work was celebrated with a major two-day event, which involved employees, customers, suppliers, sports partners and the many friends who in different ways are part of the company and have seen it become great.
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2019
The first international training event in the new headquarters
Australia, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Japan, Greece, India, Israel, Malaysia, Norway, Holland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and Zambia: these are the countries of origin of the 30 dealers hosted by LAUMAS for the first international technical training event to be held at the company’s new headquarters. Continuous training and attention to human relations are confirmed as leading factors for LAUMAS in the planning, design and implementation of its activities.
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2020 - 2023
World sales network
The LAUMAS network of dealers, distributors and authorized service centers continues to grow all over the world. In recent years the company has consolidated its presence also in the United States, China, Germany and Brazil, with ready-to-deliver products and on-site before- and after-sales technical support. Explore the LAUMAS sales network
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2024
Accredited calibration laboratory
LAUMAS has inaugurated the LAT no.325 calibration laboratory, accredited by Accredia, which offers the service of calibration of load cells, also connected to a weight transmitter or indicator, by issuing the related calibration certificates valid worldwide (in accordance with the ISO 376 and ASTM E74 standards). Discover LAUMAS laboratory services
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Today
Today LAUMAS is a solid, dynamic and international reality. The strength of the values that have always guided it, careful investment planning and constant attention to research and technological innovation support the company in its path of continuous growth, which aims to consolidate its presence on foreign markets.