MGS MILANO

There's a small town called Gravellona Toce on the Italian side of the Alps, an hour from Milan, and just over the mountains from Lugano, Switzerland. It's a corner of Italy known for one thing: stainless steel. And in 1997, a small family-run company called MGS started making something there that almost no one else was making - luxury kitchen and bath taps forged entirely from solid stainless steel.

Not chrome-plated brass. Not stainless veneer over a softer core. Solid stainless, all the way through.

It's a distinction most homeowners have never thought about, and once it's pointed out, they can't un-see it. Pick up a Chrome faucet from the average showroom and what you're really holding is brass with a thin layer of chrome electroplated on top. Over years of cleaning, water exposure, and ordinary wear, that plating dulls, pits, and eventually flakes. An MGS tap can't do that - because there's nothing to wear away. Polished stainless? It's polished stainless steel. Brushed? Brushed stainless. The finish is the material.

The Perfect Blend of Italian Design and Swiss Engineering

MGS sits inside COPAMA SA, a Swiss firm founded in Lugano in 1978 - which is why the engineering on these taps reads the way Swiss things tend to read: precise, quiet, mechanically immaculate. The tolerances are so tight that on many MGS pieces you cannot see the seams where components meet. Cartridges operate without the slightest vibration. Lever handles fall into place with a definite, satisfying click. These are taps built the way Swiss watches are built - and finished the way Italian design houses finish things.

Every MGS faucet is hand-polished by specialized artisans in the Gravellona Toce factory before it leaves the building. There is no robotic final pass. A human being inspects every piece.

Marine-Grade 316 Stainless Steel

The material itself deserves a paragraph. MGS uses 316-grade stainless steel - the same alloy specified for marine fittings, surgical instruments, and pharmaceutical equipment. It is dramatically more resistant to corrosion, chlorides, and chemical exposure than the 304 stainless used in most consumer products, which means an MGS tap is just as appropriate for an outdoor kitchen, a pool house, or a coastal home as it is for the primary suite. It will not rust. It will not pit. It will not stain.

For Atlanta's growing market of outdoor kitchens and entertainment spaces - especially the lakeside homes north of the city - there is genuinely no better faucet specification on the market.

Health, Safety, and the Quiet Argument for Stainless Steel

MGS was the first European company certified to NSF61 Annex G, the standard underlying the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act. Stainless steel is completely lead-free. The wetted path inside an MGS tap doesn't leach metals into your drinking water the way some traditional brass castings can.

It's also one of the most genuinely sustainable materials in the plumbing industry: fully recyclable at end of life, with roughly 60% recycled content in the steel itself. For homeowners who care about the wellness of what comes out of the tap as much as what the tap looks like, MGS quietly clears bars most luxury brands don't even acknowledge.

Finishes That Actually Last

MGS finishes are not coatings sitting on top of a different metal. PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) finishes are bonded to the underlying steel at the molecular level. They will not fade, scratch off, or discolor under normal use. They are mechanical or PVD treatments applied directly to solid stainless steel:

• Polished Stainless - a high-shine, mirror-like finish often mistaken for chrome at first glance
• Satin Stainless (Brushed) - the most popular finish, soft and forgiving of fingerprints
• Black Steel (PVD) - a deep, fingerprint-resistant matte black
• Titanium (PVD) - a warm gunmetal grey
• Satin Bronze (PVD) - newly released, traditional warmth without the maintenance of unsealed bronze
• Satin Light Gold (PVD) - also new, for the soft gold direction many of today's kitchens are heading

For the Atlanta Homeowner

If you are renovating a kitchen or bath and you've already spent time looking at faucets, you've felt the difference between something that's been engineered and something that's been merely manufactured. MGS belongs in the first category — and it shows the moment you turn the handle. These are pieces you will install once, and then forget about, in the best possible sense, for the rest of the time you live in the home.

For the Designer or Architect

MGS specifies cleanly across every kitchen and bath application: deck-mount, wall-mount (the recently redesigned MB278N has been a particular favorite of our designers), bar/prep, pot fillers, freestanding tub fillers, shower systems, and full bath suites. The full PVD finish range allows MGS to coordinate with virtually any cabinetry, hardware, or appliance package — including the soft golds and matte blacks dominating 2026 kitchen specifications.

For project work where longevity matters — coastal homes, outdoor kitchens, hospitality, or any specification you don't want to revisit in five years — MGS is among the very few brands that hold up in writing as well as they hold up in the showroom.

See Them in Person

The difference between an MGS tap and the one that looks just like it on someone else's website is something you can feel in your hand within ten seconds. The weight is right. The handle is quiet. The geometry is exact. The full collection — kitchen, bath, and outdoor — is on display in our Roswell showroom, where you're welcome to turn the valves, examine the finishes under real light, and let one of our designers walk you through the right specification for your project.