The Company was founded in Turin by the year 1929 under the name of P.L.I.M. (Products for the Mechanical Industry). The founder was Michele Gallo, grandfather of the current managing director of Siapi. The activity was to sell auxiliary products in Italy for mechanical processing. In particular: - Cutting oils of French recipe. - Diamond tools to dress abrasive wheels (producer: KOEBEL DIAMOND TOOLS in Detroit-Michigan-U.S.A.). - Rubber and cork bonded abrasive wheels, produced by RAYBESTOS MANHATTAN RUBBER Co. – Piassalc N.J. U.S.A. - Abrasive wheels with Bakelite binder, producer JOWITT&SONS – Sheffield U.K. - Abrasive wheels with vitrified binder, producer: NORSKE Co. – Norvegia. Of all the above mentioned manufacturers, P.L.I.M. was exclusive agent for Italy, and, from the beginning, it had a flattering selling success on the home market, counting among its Customers the most important mechanical industries of that time.