Our History

San.Co Soluzioni Tagliafuoco has safety as a philosophy: San.Co is firmly conscious that all of its solutions are made to protect people. San.Co celebrates an important milestone in 2014: the 25th anniversary of the start of a success enterprise. Back in 1989, the company first began to make a name for itself on the market by making safety its philosophy, and ever since then its strong spirit of innovation has allowed San.Co to create products for the construction industry to safeguard human wellbeing.

  • 1985 OUR FIRST FIRE RATED DOOR

    That year we tested our first fire rated wooden glazed doors: a good idea with great results. The inner value added of esthetics and functionality of fire rated wooden doors is recognized by the marke.

  • 1989 SAN.CO COSTRUZIONI TECNOLOGICHE SPA

    That year we changed our name. A strong, growing, group with an idea of business. The company grows and gets the leadership in the fire rated wooden glazed solutions market.

  • 1990 FIRST TEST ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD UNI 9723

    San.co Costruzioni Tecnologiche spa passes, first in Italy, the test perfomed according to the new standard UNI 9723:1990. This standard is still valid in Italy until the CE marking will be applicable. This test is only the first of a long series: today we have many certificates (“omologazioni”) released by the Italian Ministry of Interior Affairs.

  • 2003 CERTIFICATION EN ISO 9001:2000

    That year our company decides to get certified according to EN ISO 9001:2000. The notified body DNV declares that our staff works perfectly according to our procedures. Thanks to all our people and their enthusiasm.

  • 2006 ATTESTATION SOA

    That year San.Co gets the SOA Attestation, an Italian-only attestation necessary to work in public projects.

  • 2006 FIRST CERTIFICATE ACCORDING TO EN 1634-1, THE FIRST TSS DOOR

    That year San.Co passes, first in Italy, the test of a fire rated wooden door with TSS finishing. The door is rated EI 30’ according to EN 1634-1 and classified according to 13501-1

  • 2009 ISOFIRE RM HAS COME

    That year we tested, first in the world, a fire rated door totally wall-flush by the pushing side. Isofire RM is classified EI30’ according to EN 1634-1. An architectural idea, a fire resistant door.

  • 2011 THE HIGHEST SOUND PROOFING RATE

    For the first time San.Co is over the limit of 50dB. The test is performed according to the ISO standard but also according to the US standard ASTM to get the STC classification

  • 2012 OUR FIRE RESISTANCE CERTIFICATES ARE VALIDATED ALSO IN FRANCE AND IN SWITZERLAND

    Since 2012 our fire resistance certificates are validated in France by Efectis and in Switzerland by VKF.

  • 2013 THE FIRST FIRE RATED DOOR WITHOUT LOCKS

    Isofire LZ60 V&V is revolutionary: a fire rated wooden door, double leaf with glazings and double action without locks, tested EI60.

  • 2014 FSC CERTIFICATION

    FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) is an international non governative organization promoting worldwide a forestry management system that respects the environment, is socially useful and economincally sustainable. With its FSC certification, SanCo declares its environment sensibility and can now satisfy the most attentive architectural issues on Green building. SanCo has now a wide range of FSC solutions that perfectly fit with the LEED protocol credits.

  • 2014 25° ANNIVERSARY

    San.Co celebrated an important milestone in 2014: the 25th year of a highly successful entrepreneurial adventure.

  • 201901.08.2019

    San.Co Fire and wood solutions in wood and glass becomes a brand of Zanini Porte S.p.A. through a merger by incorporation process

  • TODAY SAFETY, IN FACTS.

    Every day, with passion and dedication, we seek new solutions to guarantee safety and satisfy the most interesting architectural developments.