HISTORY
Dr. Mario P. Grosso founded Ceast S.p.A. in 1953. Today, the company remains wholly owned by the Grosso family.
Initially, CEAST was involved with the refurbishment of technical instruments
supplied to Italy by the USA under the Marshall Plan following World War
II. These instruments were key in restarting the Italian Petrochemical Industry
that had been destroyed by the war. The companies that CEAST began working
with (and with whom today continue to work in their current corporate developments)
include Montecatini, Edison, Snia-BPD, Rumianca, and Rhodiatoce, just to
name a few. This close contact with his customers permitted Dr. Grosso to
appreciate the need for his instruments to meet the performance and function
of his customers’ needs. Based on this experience, Dr. Grosso started
the development of a new generation of instruments for polymer characterization,
research and quality control. For example, Dr. Grosso worked closely with
the group of the Nobel-Prize winner, Dr. Natta, at the Politecnico Milano,
developing and supplying instruments that were used for the world-rocking
first synthesis of polypropylene.
As our presence world-wide continued to grow, it became evident that a physical presence was needed in order to service our customers in North America. Thus, in 1988, CEAST opened CEAST USA Inc, a sales-service-calibration center in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1994, CEAST moved to a new industrial park just outside the city limits of Turin in order to expand operations to meet customer demand and facilitate access to the company. The current production and offices occupy 4000 sqm.
CEAST continues to grow and expand in order to better serve our customers. Our most recent activities include the move of our US branch to new premises in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2002, and opening of operative branches in Germany, and China. The CEAST name has become recognized and prestigious all over the world in the field of laboratory instruments during the last 50 years.