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The company name can be traced back to the 16th century (the name
Maccaferri is a literal translation of ‘he who strikes iron’), when Giovanni (Johannes) "Maccaferri" was registered with the blacksmiths guild. However, to join the guild a person had to be 20 years old. As Johannes was only 14 at the
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As a blacksmith, the company of
Raffaele Maccaferri manufactured items such as gates, fences, columns, staircases and railings used in the churches, houses and businesses in the Bologna area. Of the two sons of Raffaele, the eldest, Angelo, guided the commercial growth of the business, whilst Luigi
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In 1944, during the Second World War the factory in Zola
Predosa was destroyed by aerial bombardment. The company was restarted in 1946 under the guidance of Gaetano and Guglielmo Maccaferri, sharing the company leadership. In 1951, Maccaferri opened another factory in Bellizzi (Salerno), building
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At the turn of the century, Maccaferri obtained exclusive rights to the patent for a new, box shaped gabion, designed by the
Cremona engineer, Edigio Palvis. Due to its regular shape and dimensions, the box gabion proved more successful than sack gabions as used at the closure of the breach at
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At the end of 2020, the shares representing the entire share capital of
Officine Maccaferri S.p.A., following the competitive auction launched by the Court of Bologna pursuant to ex art. 163bis of the Italian Bankruptcy Law, were awarded to Stellex Capital Holdings Luxembourg S.a r.l.
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technology was useful when the Reno
Mattress was invented soon afterwards; a larger flatter gabion with a smaller mesh size, used for river erosion protection works. Maccaferri's products were used to reconstruct roads and river banks following the devastating
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General Manager, Alessandro Maccaferri recognised the need to reconfigure and expand the company further, with increasing ventures overseas. In 1926, Maccaferri's gabions were used for
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In the early 1900s, Maccaferri began industrialising the technology, and the first branch factories were built in
Grenoble and Naples. Key structures built at this time included protection to the River
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Since the 2000s, the company has grown through acquisition and geographical expansion. Growth also included diversification and addition of products to the
Maccaferri portfolio, including construction
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The company's first major project was in 1893 when
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was the industrial specialist. He expanded the capacity and introduced technology for wire-drawing into the factory. Soon afterwards the "
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