The history.
From local tradition to industrial giant.

Conceria Lorenzo Chiorino was founded in Biella in 1906.
Thanks to the entrepreneurial skills and deep understanding of the art of tanning of its founder, the small company soon began industrial production of technical
products and transmission belts to meet the needs primarily of the Biella textile industries.
At the start of the 20th century, factories used leather belts to transmit power to drive their machinery. Thanks to the industrial boom underway in those years, Conceria Lorenzo Chiorino experienced a rapid growth and
development that led to the expansion of the sale of its products in Italy and made also the initial approach to foreign markets.
Chiorino’s efforts in studying new leather processing led to
the development of products for use in sectors other than textiles, such as the mechanical engineering industry, saddlery, and agriculture. In the years following World War II, leather still represented almost totally all the material being processed, but, as synthetic materials began to
gain a foothold, the company made radical changes in its
products, its processing and its clientele.

After the end of the fifties, Chiorino was compelled to make major changes due to developments being made within the chemical industry and the breakthrough in petroleum derivative products. The exceptional physical and mechanical performance of plastic materials and synthetic rubber gradually began to replace leather and, over the next thirty years, would replace it almost entirely.
Using these new materials, the company initiated the production of synthetic conveyor and transmission belts, which required significant investment in plant, buildings and an extensive development of its scientific, technical application knowledge and its understanding of the
market.

Since the sixties, Chiorino conveyor and transmission belts have been essential components for the handling of products in nearly every industrial sector and have earned a reputation throughout the world for top quality and reliability.

Since the nineties, Chiorino has expanded and grown into a multinational group. The year 2001 marked further expansion of the company with the opening of the new larger factory in Biella Sud (photo on the left).