Berti A&P
Increasingly extreme processing of semi-precious stones
ABOUT
Berti A&P is an artisan company that has specialised in working semi-precious stones for the decoration of fashion leather goods and footwear for generations.
The company offers a catalogue of more than seventy workable precious stones such as lapis lazuli and malachite to which other materials such as natural woods are added. The Berti A&P company can also make a finished accessory from the client’s design thanks to a dedicated in-house modelling department. Artisanship and innovation where creativity becomes art for Made in Italy.
FOCUS
Among the many technologies available to the Berti A&P company’s staff is a water-jet cutting machine, customised to perform special processes on all types of stone by exploiting water pressure combined with a natural abrasive (Australian desert sand).
The machine, which is small in size, can modulate the power of the microscopic water jet consistent with the physical characteristics of the stone to be cut. This allows very special and extremely precise cuts to be executed, which would be impossible to achieve manually. Unlike laser cutting, water-jet cutting does not stress the stone, and is ideal for fashion accessory decoration (bags, shoes, belts).
