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A little background to Silvelox
Silvelox doors are created in Castelnuovo, in the beautiful Trentino region of Northern Italy, an area noted for its timber. With an abundance of high quality raw materials on its doorstep, Silvelox started out in business over one hundred years ago creating fine furniture.
A love of wood, and innovative new ways of using it, remained at the heart of the business as it grew over the ensuing decades. In the 1960’s the company identified a new business opportunity; to create high-quality, craftsmen-made garage doors (with an innovative patented self-lifting system) that are hand-finished using time honoured, traditional methods.
In the early days, most of our production went to the fine houses of Trento, but soon word spread and today Silvelox products will be found in prestigious properties all over Europe, and indeed throughout the world. Whether in traditional or contemporary styles, the Italian design influence is apparent, as is the beauty of the wood and the ease with which the doors operate.
Silvelox has since widened its product range to include entrance and internal doors and have acquired two companies located in Northern Italy.
Today we employ over 130 people at our Castelnuovo workshops and, so that we can oversee the quality at each stage of production, nearly everything is produced here: from sawing and treating the wood, to installing the mechanical and electrical elements.
Silvelox doors are created in Castelnuovo, in the beautiful Trentino region of Northern Italy, an area noted for its timber. With an abundance of high quality raw materials on its doorstep, Silvelox started out in business over one hundred years ago creating fine furniture.
A love of wood, and innovative new ways of using it, remained at the heart of the business as it grew over the ensuing decades. In the 1960’s the company identified a new business opportunity; to create high-quality, craftsmen-made garage doors (with an innovative patented self-lifting system) that are hand-finished using time honoured, traditional methods.
In the early days, most of our production went to the fine houses of Trento, but soon word spread and today Silvelox products will be found in prestigious properties all over Europe, and indeed throughout the world. Whether in traditional or contemporary styles, the Italian design influence is apparent, as is the beauty of the wood and the ease with which the doors operate.
Silvelox has since widened its product range to include entrance and internal doors and have acquired two companies located in Northern Italy.
Today we employ over 130 people at our Castelnuovo workshops and, so that we can oversee the quality at each stage of production, nearly everything is produced here: from sawing and treating the wood, to installing the mechanical and electrical elements.