Platek . Company Profile
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COMPANY PROFILE

Light is a daily presence in human history: it is space, life and emotion. Platek investigates the relationship between man and the environment to improve quality of life through efficient and sustainable lighting. Platek's mission is to bring the right quantity of light where needed in order to explore new ways of reviving residential spaces, to enhance the architecture, the historical and the cultural heritage of the area, and to create luminous landscapes in green areas.

HERITAGE A path that unfolds across more than fifty years of the Donati Group doing business, with a vision always oriented towards continuous innovation to generate growth and value in the area. THINK LIGHT VISION Platek is bom of an ambitious vision: to design and make lamps starting from the effect of luminescence, thus managing to build an object around the light that is capable of seduction when turned on and surprise when off. 26-27 DESIGN CULTURE CULTURE For Platek, the design of light is a stylistic minimalism, balance of form, and conceptual synthesis. Aesthetic research leads to...

LONG LASTING LIGHT EXPERTISE Control of light and its effects are at the centre of the design of each Platek product, whether it is an architectural lighting system or a decorative lamp. 68-69 ETERNITY Platek products are designed to endure over time. From the earliest stage of design, product longevity is one of the main objectives of the product developers. 78-79 PROJECT PARTNER SYNERGY Platek develops lighting products and systems starting with a continuous dialogue with lighting designers, architects and landscapers, supporting them with advice on lighting techniques in order to realize...

The Platek history is intimately linked to the Donati family history and to an area that expresses one of distinctions of Italian industry. A journey winding over more than fifty years of doing business with a vision handed down from generation to generation, always oriented towards development, innovation and enhancement of human capital. The Donati group is a model of virtuous enterprise, generating responsible growth and value in the field through innovation, internationalization and environmental sustainability. Donati is a large multi-business group that is active in different...

The Donati Group has always been, in my vision, a big family sharing a certain mindset, of value but above all where we support each other. Similarly, the Donati Group, which has specialized in aluminium die-casting chain for 50 years, is today a family comprising three components: the first, also due to seniority, is Metalpres spa, followed by Donati spa and Platek srl.

Luigi Donati, President Emeritus Donati Holding Platek, 30 years after its foundation, is an important brand in architectural and decorative outdoor lighting. It achieved this, on one hand, thanks to a young, competent and determined team, while on the other hand due to the financial and productive solidity of the group it belongs to: its family

The business of the Donati Group began at the end of the sixties. Luigi Donati gathered together the experience gained in the metallurgical and engineering sector by founding Metalpres, a company specialized in aluminium die-casting. The approach is strongly oriented towards research and innovation, supported by far-sighted intuition in the evolution from a mass industry to excellent production, allowing Metalpres to carve out a leading role in the market and take a position in other product sectors in addition to aluminium die-casting. This diversification has been the essential strategic...

ft In the early eighties, the Group was expanded with the founding of Donati spa, a company specialized in the production of components for office chairs, such as aluminium bases and frames. Donati gradually developed an integrated process for research, engineering and the production of increasingly advanced movement mechanisms. The company immediately introduced the customized production of frames, levers and components made of plastic polymers for the most important office furniture brands on an international scale. Platek is the latest creation thanks to the diversification strategy of...

In order to operate in an increasingly globalized and competitive market, Donati Group has carried out a production internationalization strategy over the years. The three Italian factories are joined by two foreign plants, one in the U.S.A. and one in China, entirely managed by highly qualified Italian personnel.

O ITALY DONATI SPA RODENGO SAIANO (BRESCIA) Headquarters, Donati worldwide R&D centre, test area and assembly line for mechanisms and components for office chairs. METALPRES DONATI SPA RODENGO SAIANO (BRESCIA) Design and production of aluminium die-casting components for the automotive sector and the entire Donati Group. PLATEK SRL RODENGO SAIANO (BRESCIA) Design, engineering, test area, assembly and storage of lighting fixtures for outdoor and indoor use. DONATI SPA (LOGISTICA) PASSIRANO (BRESCIA) Advanced mechanical processing centre and logistics hub of Donati spa and Metalpres. DONATI...

Animate living spaces, work environments and public areas with light. In 1988 the Donati family diversified the production of die-cast aluminium components by entering the residential lighting market with a range of switch covers, exploiting industrial synergies with Metalpres, the parent company. Architects and designers working on custom projects in close contact with Platek sense the company's great competence in shaping their ideas and increasingly rely on them for the manufacture of customized outdoor light fixtures. The quality of the material, the sturdiness, the solidity and the...

From the first experiences alongside the designers, Platek draws inspiration and know-how for specialization well beyond the first product category. In the first catalogues, where we find outdoor decorative lamps, complete ranges of integrated architectural lighting systems were introduced, consisting of floor recessed concealed lighting, appliques, suspensions, projectors and posts. Range of products necessary to satisfy the contemporary needs of architectural and environmental design. In the late nineties and early 2000s, the development of LED technology opened up new frontiers in the...