About us

The plant

The plant in Serravalle Scrivia (Alessandria) is one of the most important and advanced at European level in the production of copper tubes for plumbing and industrial use, boasting an integral production cycle that includes the insulation sheaths for tube coverings.

The production complex, inaugurated in 1964, has its roots in the historical SMI Group, Italian Metallurgy Company, founded in 1886 and which is the origin of the brand name SMISOL®, well known in the plant engineering sector. Over the years the Group has undergone a number of organisational and company changes at international level, taking on the names firstly of Europa Metalli and subsequently of KME.

Serravalle Copper Tubes

Serravalle Copper Tubes is part of the KME Group, the world leader in the production of semi-finished copper tubes and its alloys. It shares KME‘s objectives, synergies and know-how, as well as the customer orientation and attention to the market.
The Group employs about 4,000 workers and develops a total sales volume of 385,573 tons. SCTubes can rely on its dedicated foundry and benefits from the synergies, specializations and skills of the various production units.

The centrality of the Italian plant is, therefore, reiterated on the domestic and export market of bare and covered copper, strong in the know-how and level of quality and reliability acquired over the years and of which its staff and customers are custodians.

We are aware of the fact that we have an advanced production process and certified quality standards and that we can count on a long tradition as well as on a proven technological knowledge associated with a strong orientation towards the market aimed at satisfying the needs of our customers for quality and service.

The important know how acquired during a long time in the field, is the result not only of our centuries-long history in the sector, but also of the internal benchmarking: KME Group provides the exchange, within its own organisation, of excellent skills that were to be found in the various companies and that have, today, become a common benchmark. Furthermore, working for extremely demanding high-tech divisions from a quality point of view, Serravalle Copper Tubes has the highest level of quality management, with undoubted positive repercussions for more “standard” products such as copper tubes for plumbing use.