IMR was founded in 1959, driven by the post-war reconstruction phase and by new concepts of modern housing. The company immediately foresaw the evolution of the private bathroom as a central element of the home and the inevitable industrial spread of sanitary fittings. From this pioneering vision, IMR’s technological proposal took shape: manual shell mould casting, which soon began to consolidate in the market.

The rapid growth of the sector confirmed this intuition: increasing demand required ever more efficient, reliable, and productive solutions. In 1980, IMR designed the first low-pressure die casting system for brass, a revolutionary technology at the time that marked the beginning of a new production era, of which IMR is proudly a pioneer.

In the meantime, the company grows, innovates, enters new markets and renews its processes and technologies. With the gradual increase in international demand, the need arose for a facility in a strategic area for global logistics. In 1992, IMR chose Friuli Venezia Giulia and the port of Trieste as its operational base: a choice that still proves to be successful today.

From that point on, IMR established itself worldwide as an authentic expression of industrial Made in Italy, with over 600 customers around the world and more than 2,000 machines installed. IMR technologies, constantly evolving and replaced by increasingly advanced versions, now focus on automation, production and energy efficiency, adapting to a wide range of industrial applications while ensuring the superior quality of products made through casting.

It is no coincidence that IMR is today recognized as a global leader in the production of machinery for sanitary fittings. With the numbers to back it up, we can say that almost everyone has at home or in the office a tap produced with an IMR machine.