Denver produces machines for stone, marble, ceramic and glass processing. Established in 1984 in the Republic of San Marino, today Denver offers the largest range of stone and glass processing machines, including: bridge-saws with 3 / 4 and 5axes, CNC router machines with 3, 4 and 5 interpolated axis, 5 Axes CNC working centers, universal vertical CNC machines and Automatic polishing slab machine.
Easy Engineering: What are the main areas of activity of the company?
DENVER: Our core business are the bridge saw, monobloc and on wall, with 3 , 4 and 5 interpolated axis.
Created in 1996, the first monobloc bridge saw bears the name of Denver Skema, the last one is an universal working center with 5 axes interpolated named Denver Unika 5 Fab Center.
Being on the market from 1984, Denver is nowadays a reliable, professional, partner who pays great attention in developing new and effective solutions both for workshops and for industrial production.
E.E: What’s the news about new products?
DENVER: Our Solutions Center is always working on new projects, the last in order is called D-Shaping and is a device that allows you to work shaped glass on vertical CNC machines.
DENVER’s R&D is constantly aiming at new and ambitious challenges. Saving on material scraps, labor costs, working time and gathering minimum batch size with machine’s quality and efficiency are the guidelines inspiring each solution proposed by DENVER.
E.E: What are the ranges of products?
DENVER: DENVER’s stone machine range is today composed by: bridge saws, universal working center, horizontal CNCs and polishing machines fitted with advanced software which are able to meet different customer needs.
DENVER’s glass machines range is composed by: horizontal CNC’s, universal vertical CNC and a special Vertical for drilling and milling flat glass.
E.E: At what stage is the market where you are currently active?
DENVER: The stone working machinery market is rapidly adopting 5 axes CNC machines benefiting of the impressive scope of applications offered by advanced software and hi-tech electronics. Versatility, ease of use and quality control are the guidelines. Customers’ expectations are growing and manufacturers are challenged to deliver excellent pre and post sales customer service.
The glass market heads towards a concentration trend due to the capital intensive nature of the business. Superior dimensional and finish quality, seamless repeatability, process integration are the drivers and glass working companies are investing heavily to keep their edge in a competitive global market.
Safety standards and growing end user expectations call for an ever increasing content of technology. Machines manufacturers striving for excellence invest huge capital in innovation.
E.E: What can you tell us about market trends?
DENVER: On the supply side both markets are in a consolidated concentration trend where companies strive to offer a comprehensive range of products and services to their end users. The demand side undergoes a technological evolution on a widespread basis in the stone domain whilst the glass processing market experiences a shrinking number of companies yet growing in size terms.
E.E: What are the most innovative products marketed?
DENVER: DENVER’s R&D worked hard to develop innovative projects able to offer effective solutions and in the 2018 we give a new vertical CNC machine for modern glass workers named Advance.
Advance is the most performing vertical CNC work center of the moment for the glass processing, available in 4 sizes, it could be equipped with D-Shaping and becomes fit to process shaped glass sheets coming directly from the cutting table making it possible to combine the benefits of the vertical CNC center with the ease of use of horizontal machines.
E.E: What estimations do you have for 2023?
DENVER: We still see a fairly growing global trend in the demand for 2023, with a possible seesaw profile due to unstable general conditions and higher prices