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Where do wooden handles end up?

Where do wooden handles end up?

Wooden handles are the protagonists of the circular economy, from processing waste to creative recovery at the end of life for the product. Find out why.

ESG: a new certification for Foppoli Bramin

ESG: a new certification for Foppoli Bramin

ESG - Environmental Social Governance guarantees the protection of workers and communities We have always stated that working with a noble and precious raw material such as wood is a great honour for our company, but also a great responsibility. As a result, when we...

Sustainable Wooden Handles, Here’s How

Sustainable Wooden Handles, Here’s How

Wooden handles and environmental sustainability: we can do it! Environmental sustainability is an increasingly important issue in every industry, and the cutting of forests to obtain the raw materials for the production of wooden handles is no exception. Although wood...

Wooden or plastic handles? Pros and cons

Wooden or plastic handles? Pros and cons

Advantages of wooden or fiberglass handles: Wooden handles for tools are undoubtedly fundamental for craftsmen and hobbyists, but also for farmers, builders and people who take care of wooded areas. And yet, did you know that wooden handles are not the only...

History of wooden handles

History of wooden handles

A timeless product: the true story of wooden handles Seldom do we think about how useful wooden tool handles have been for human evolution, and yet we should! Just think of the first civilisations, the first walls, the first towns and the first fields cultivated...

How to care for wooden handles

How to care for wooden handles

The care and maintenance of wooden handles for tools, especially those attached to tools for gardening and construction-site work, can sometimes be at the bottom of the agenda. As a matter of fact, many buyers seem to be wondering: “who has time to waste in the care...

How does a wooden handle come to be?

How does a wooden handle come to be?

Have you ever wondered how a wooden handle is made? If you are intrigued by the steps of production of this traditional and ancient tool as part of mankind itself, you are on the right track. Although wooden handles are apparently simple to produce, they have to go...

Production 4.0

Production 4.0

Innovation and technology together for the evolution of a bygone profession There are few ancient and traditional trades such as the production of wooden handles for tools. As a matter of fact, in our industry, it is difficult to make innovations in the true sense,...

Africa and the Middle East – the market for wooden handles

Africa and the Middle East – the market for wooden handles

Young population, high levels of city planning and agricultural productivity: the emerging markets of the Southeast People often ask us what is the furthest point in the world we reach with the sale of our Foppoli Bramin wooden handles. The answer is not so obvious....

Deforestation.  Who is to blame?

Deforestation. Who is to blame?

The main cause of deforestation is our behaviour, not wood products: let's see why… Deforestation is a global phenomenon that is difficult to ignore. According to an FAO report, 420 million hectares of forest have been lost in the last 30 years. Although the rate of...

Focus on wood: raw materials for our handles

Focus on wood: raw materials for our handles

Foppoli Bramin selects only the finest quality certified woods types. Read the article and find out how we do this. Is the wood for our handles all the same? Perhaps, this may be true for the inexperienced eye. But for those who use tools with wooden handles every day...

Less paint means greater sustainability

Less paint means greater sustainability

Foppoli Bramin protects the environment by eliminating some types of paints from the production of wooden handles Responsibility towards the environment is a fundamental point for many companies today: our planet requires increasingly drastic measures in order to...

Certifications – all the news

Certifications – all the news

Even more guarantees of sustainability and quality for our production of wooden handles We have already had the opportunity to talk about certifications regarding our wooden handles for tools: we wrote an article dedicated to FSC® certification in particular, as well...

Wooden handles – an international market

Wooden handles – an international market

Here is where the clients and customers for which we work are located, and why they choose Foppoli Bramin Do you know our story? It all started with a wooden handle, or rather, with a rake. Starting with the production of rakes for agriculture first, and then wooden...

The importance of certifications

The importance of certifications

Our wooden handles are certified from both a quality and environmental point of view The word “quality” has become commonplace in all production industries, and the world of wooden handles is certainly no exception in this sense. The word “quality”, however, has one...

Wooden handles for all uses

Wooden handles for all uses

The various uses of our high-quality products The world of wooden handles is much more varied than we usually think. Each handle is different – in order to choose the most suitable handle for the manufacturing of tools of all kinds, at least three aspects must be...