the history of the company giuseppe desirò

The origins of Giuseppe Desirò date back to as far as 1860, with the production of tramway carriages. At the end of the century, the company shifted to manufacturing presses for straw and felt hats, and in the 1950s it was converted once again to the production of machines for manufacturing crown caps and aluminum capsules.

Desirò is a family-run company that has reached its fifth generation and has been operating steadily in the packaging sector, particularly in the construction of automatic assembly machines, since the 1970s.

In 2024, the company became part of the Omnia Technologies Group, changing its name to Omnia Life Sciences while retaining its original brand.

The company is located in Florence, Tuscany, a city famous for its art and artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and for its deeply rooted craft traditions.

The Tuscan region has been characterized mainly by small enterprises, where mechanical activities have always played an important role, and Desirò fit perfectly into this environment.

From this artisanal tradition come the culture and passion for building automatic assembly machines. In every project, great attention and care are devoted to defining the machine, as well as flexibility in its realization, adapting the design to specific requirements and detailed technical specifications.

The advent of plastic materials and the resulting revolution in the packaging sector led Desirò to simultaneously embark on a new, modern, and diverse design and production of machinery for assembling plastic products intended for the food, cosmetics, chemical, pharmaceutical, and household goods sectors.

Historical photograph of the Giuseppe Desirò SRL management team, taken during one of the first editions of the International Fair in Milan. From the left: Eraldo Desirò, Giovanni Desirò, Giuseppe Desirò.

Desirò has been operating in the assembly machines sector since the 1950s, starting from machines for the production of crown caps and Pilfer-Proof aluminum capsules, up to concentrating its activity of the last decades in the production of assembly machines.

Since the '50s, Desirò has consistently gained experience in metal working for the creation of crown caps and PP aluminum caps. The first sealing disk inserting assembly machines began to be realized to complete the existing lines; hence the creation of the first cork disk inserting machines, with the application of a cold-glued PE spot for crown caps or PE disks for PP capsules.

The increased use of plastic has lead GD to increasingly concentrate on the construction of assembly machines, consequently reducing lines dedicated to the sheet plate transformation and drawing process required to create capsules.