In 2012, Rulmeca, a leading manufacturer of rollers for belt conveyors, is celebrating 50 years of activity. Since if was founded in 1962 in Alme, Bergamo the company has been adapting and evolving in tune with the market and its products offering. There are now 22 Rulmeca companies globally, specialising in the production and sales of rollers, motorised pulleys and components for belt conveyors in bulk handling applications such as mining.

The company states: “Behind the high quality of Rulmeca products there is a brand full of history, innovation, international evolution and research. During the first years of activity the company production was focused on the development and manufacture of rollers for medium and heavy duty belt conveyors for quarries and mining applications.” The experience and know-how acquired in many years allowed the Company to grow constantly and to widen the product range. At the beginning of the 1970s, Rulmeca added to its original production range all the components for the conveyor industry, including assembly lines and unit handling, thanks to cooperation with Interroll. Later came integration of motorised pulleys and equipment for flow storage. In the 1980s Rulmeca started to explore the international market with the first acquisitions of foreign companies. Today the Rulmeca Group is composed of 22 manufacturing and/or sales companies with 1,100 employees and a turnover of €150 million. The growth has also been conducted with sensitivity for the environment, with the development of new environment-friendly products such as the eco-friendly thermoplastic roller TOP and the new Interroll energy saving EC310 RollerDrives.