Company
About Us
BDF Digital is a 100% Italian company, with an ancient heart and rich in tradition.
Over 50 years of innovation and research in the world of industrial automation with brands recognised all over the world: TDE Macno and ECS. Today, thanks to the merger of the two historical Italian companies, TDE Macno, based in Vicenza, and ECS, based in Florence and Milan, BDF Digital is a point of reference on the market for the world of industrial automation and renewable energy.
Thanks to the company’s different but complementary divisions, we design, develop, manufacture and market servo drives, numerical controls (CNCs) and complete systems capable of meeting the customer’s specific needs in the field of industrial automation and renewable energy, while focusing on the simplification of processes and sustainability.
We make our know-how available to create quality and long-lasting partnerships. We support the customer from the pre-sales phase and, on request, we implement highly customised solutions designed according to the customer’s actual and specific needs.
With our products and solutions, we constantly seek maximum energy efficiency in industrial plants and in renewable energy in order to meet the challenges of the future, which will be increasingly digital, green and sustainable, and we want to offer high technology to those who want to build industrial innovation and value.
CNC installed
Drives from 2017 to today
Active customers in automation and CNC
Mission
The heart of automation beats in us: power electronics, automation systems & industrial manufacturing technologies, numerical controls (CNCs), energy conversion and storage… are our passion!
We are a Technology Partner with a strong aptitude for Research and Development.
We manufacture Servo Drives, Numerical Controls (CNCs) and complete Systems capable of meeting the Customer’s specific needs in the field of industrial automation and renewable energy, while focusing on the simplification of processes and Sustainability.
VISION
The search for maximum energy efficiency in industrial plants and machinery and in renewable energy is the key to meeting the challenges of the future, which will be increasingly digital, green and sustainable.
We want to offer high technology to those who want to build industrial innovation and value. We do this with state-of-the-art products and solutions to make production processes more sustainable, as we are fully aware of our ethical responsibility.
VALUES
It is because of our Values, which are integrated at all levels, that we are able to pursue our objectives and continuously strive to improve:
- Freedom to express and suggest our own ideas and to take on new challenges is our strength.
- Courage to take risks, Curiosity to discover new thing.
- Passion for our work must be part of our everyday life.
- Collaboration is an integral part of the company’s growth project; being a team and supporting one another.
- Respect for the organisation and the environment, Loyalty between Collaborators, Customers and Suppliers are the basis of our relationships.
- Quality in what we do and how we do it, questioning it continuously to strive for excellence.
These Values accompany us every day and respect our way of being and how we behave within and outside the company. They reflect our needs and aspirations and are the basis for corporate welfare, social sustainability and respect for the environment.
50 years of technological excellence in industrial automation and numerical control
ECS
1970
ECS (Electronic Control System) was founded,
one of the first Italian manufacturers of numerical controls (CNC) for machine tools.
1971
Model 2001 (milling)
1976/7
Models 2001-02 (turning)
1992
Models 2401-2402
2001
Series 800 (1801, 1802, 4801, 4802);
First Plasma cutting Model 1805
2008
Series 901-902
2013
First bending machine Model 904 (sheet metal bending)
2015
First laser cutting machine Model 915
2016
TDE MACNO acquired ECS
TDE
1976
TDE Automazione was born
1986
The BDF group Boscato & Dalla Fontana SpA founded in 1906, joined the team corporate
1987
First control panel for glass machines
1991
First inverter with analogue control
1992
MACNO was born, specialized in the automation of manufacturing processes of stabilizers for plastic
1995
First regenerative converter for energy recovery (AFE, FFE), First ISO 9002 certification
1997
TDE incorporates MACNO and TDE MACNO was born
2000
Design of Tokamak accelerator inspection system (commissioned by ENEA)
2002
MISE (Ministry of Economic Development) authorised registration in the Register of Research Laboratories
Control system for injection moulding machines (PLC) VX 5000
2004
Digital inverter OPD (first generation)
2008
Digital inverter OPD (second generation)
2011
Photovoltaic sector inverter certification IEC 016 / IEC 021
BDF DIGITAL S.P.A.
2017
From the merger of ECS and TDE MACNO came BDF Digital S.p.A., active in the three divisions of Automation, Systems and Numerical Control.
2020
Digital inverter OPDEplus (third generation)
UL and cUL certification (USA and Canada)
UL panel certification
2021
With the synergy of the two divisions ECS and TDE Macno, BDF Digital was ready to launch new solutions for industrial automation and the CNC world on the market
2022
BDF Digital doubles the working surface, renovating the offices and production environments.
2023
The Energy division of BDF Digital designs and manufactures the first ESS – Energy Storage System: battery energy storage system capable of supplying 1MW – 2MWh.
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