Palbit, S.A.

1916 PALBIT (Initially Minas e Metalurgia) begins operations to grant the exploitation of the Mines of lead sulfide of Palhal (Portugal) and for the production and trade of metals and derivatives. 1941 Acquired by the Group SAPEC, expands to mining of other group mines, is created the Rock Tools Division, for production of drilling tools. The expertise, allows us to expand to other activities, such as Metal cutting and non- metallic products (Cutting Tools Division) and the production of wear parts (Industrial Tools Division). 1954 The cycle of hard metal is completed with the installation, of the production lines of Dust and mixtures of tungsten from tungsten carbide. 2003 We supply several industries such as, automobile industries, Moulds &dies, Aerospace, general metallurgy. We aim for the excellence on our product, with strict control of the production process, as is attested by the standard ISO9001: 2000. We are presently selling worldwide through a network of distributors, agents and representation offices, with a team of highly qualified technicians. The use of high technology, allows us to respond to the highest level of client’s requirements. We are today a complete supplier of solutions in hard metal, with the highest levels of response and quality.