The origin of the company - General Dies

In the beginning, General Dies has started working in the animal feed industry. Although founded for the production of spare parts for pellet mills in 1960, some years later we began designing and producing pellet mills and complete plants.

In the following decades the industries of application have been amplified in various directions: sugar plants; compost; straw; hay; alfalfa; wood and biomass; plastic etc.

1959

artisan production of the first die

1960

Eng. Ettore Meneghello founds General Dies, of which the first seat is in San Martino Buon Albergo (Verona)

1966

Current legal representative of General Dies with the pellet mill ‘BABY’ (now called IOTA25)

1971

shipment to USSR of 10 pelleting lines

1973

relocation to the current production factory in Colognola ai Colli (Verona)

1975

quality price Italy

1975

complete feed mill

1977

quality price “targa d’oro” (every ten-year) Italy

1980

production of this pellet mill to a feed mill: the pellet mill still functions perfectly

1980

first company in Italy to have a vacuum oven for thermic treatment of the dies in chrome steel