{"id":808,"date":"2016-05-23T10:34:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T08:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/en\/?page_id=808"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:52:10","slug":"company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/en\/company\/","title":{"rendered":"Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-808\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-808-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"ik pageSection panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-808-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-808-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-808-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_qzr-maincontent panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-808-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-qzr-maincontent so-widget-qzr-maincontent-base\"><div id=\"qzr-maincontent-container\" class=\"qzr-maincontent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"color:#7b898e\">Mission<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\" style=\"background-color: #7b898e\"><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"maincontent-subtitle\" style=\"color:\">OVER 150 YEARS DEDICATED TO INNOVATION<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns-10 center dontShowOnMobile colPadding maincontent-text\" style=\"color:\"><p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Right from the start, the Margaritelli brand was synonymous with timber and railways, helping to rebuild the country after the second world war, opening up new transportation routes. Railways have always been a symbol of progress and civilization, the safest and most sustainable form of transport. Motivated by our deep commitment to technology and product quality, we strive to make our contribution to the development of railway transportation in Italy and the rest of the world. Margaritelli Ferroviaria is reactive, dynamic and has streamlined production processes which allow us to stay abreast of technological innovation and develop new solutions to meet the needs of the sector.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns-10 center showOnMobile colPadding maincontent-text\" style=\"color:\"><p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Right from the start, the Margaritelli brand was synonymous with timber and railways, helping to rebuild the country after the second world war, opening up new transportation routes. Railways have always been a symbol of progress and civilization, the safest and most sustainable form of transport. Motivated by our deep commitment to technology and product quality, we strive to make our contribution to the development of railway transportation in Italy and the rest of the world. Margaritelli Ferroviaria is reactive, dynamic and has streamlined production processes which allow us to stay abreast of technological innovation and develop new solutions to meet the needs of the sector.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"columns-10 center colPadding maincontent-profiles\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-808-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"ik pageSection fullscreen panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-808-1\" id=\"margaritelli_group\" ><div id=\"pgc-808-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-808-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_qzr-timeline panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"so-widget-qzr-timeline so-widget-qzr-timeline-base\"><div id=\"qzr-timeline-container\" class=\"qzr-timeline\">\n\t<ul class=\"timeline-bkg-holder\">\n\t<li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_margaritelli_1870_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_margaritelli_1904_1920x1080-1.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_margaritelli_1949_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_margaritelli_1962_1920x1080-1.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_margaritelli_1984_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_margaritelli_1995_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_2012_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_margaritelli_2007_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"columns-10 center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-arrow-left\"><span class=\"icon-arrow-left\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-arrow-right\"><span class=\"icon-arrow-right\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 style=\"color:\">Margaritelli Group<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"timeline-texts-holder columns-8 center colPadding oneColSpacer \">\n\t<li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1870<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">OUR ROOTS<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Eugenio Margaritelli specialises in mechanical tools for agriculture and forestry.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1904<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">WOOD: A RAW MATERIAL<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Fernando Margaritelli moves the company into forestry and timber processing.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1949<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">REBUILDING<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Margaritelli begins producing wooden railway sleepers on an industrial scale, becoming the main supplier for Italian State Railways.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1962<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">Fontaines<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">The Fontaines sawmill is set up in France, an advanced production facility for forestry management and primary timber processing.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1984<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">THE LISTONE GIORDANO PATENT<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Listone Giordano is patented, thus creating an innovative product which quickly becomes a world leader in the high quality wooden flooring market.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1995<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">THE LISTONE GIORDANO NETWORK<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Listone Giordano develops its sales channels, introducing revolutionary change in terms of the distribution network in the wooden flooring market.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">2001<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">HIGH SPEED TECHNOLOGY<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">After acquiring Inprevib in the railways sector, Margaritelli begins producing reinforced concrete railway sleepers approved for high speed lines.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">2008<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">Natural Genius<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">With the creation of Listone Giordano Natural Genius, parquet meets distinctive design, the first experimental project challenging architects and designers to rethink wooden flooring for contemporary living.<\/p><\/div><\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t<ul class=\"timeline-years-holder columns-10 center colPadding\">\n\t<li class=\"timeline-year\">1870<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1904<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1949<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1962<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1984<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1995<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">2001<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">2008<\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t<br><br>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-808-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"ik pageSection panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-808-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-808-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-808-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_qzr-maincontent panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"so-widget-qzr-maincontent so-widget-qzr-maincontent-base\"><div id=\"qzr-maincontent-container\" class=\"qzr-maincontent\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"color:#7b898e\">Management<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\" style=\"background-color: #7b898e\"><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns-10 center dontShowOnMobile colPadding maincontent-text\" style=\"color:\"><p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The Margaritelli team has a great synergy, team spirit and a shared passion for innovation. From diverse professional backgrounds, the team covers the fields of mechanical and civil engineering, concrete technologies and timber technologies as well as logistics and transportation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns-10 center showOnMobile colPadding maincontent-text\" style=\"color:\"><p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The Margaritelli team has a great synergy, team spirit and a shared passion for innovation. From diverse professional backgrounds, the team covers the fields of mechanical and civil engineering, concrete technologies and timber technologies as well as logistics and transportation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"columns-10 center colPadding maincontent-profiles\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-5 left colPadding maincontent-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"maincontent-profile-image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/dario_margaritelli_margaritelli_ferroviaria.jpg')\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Dario<br>Margaritelli<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>( President )<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"simplebutton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a title=\"View profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"view-profile-btn\">View profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">A qualified mechanical engineer who has been working for the family company since 1984, dealing with Technical Services right from the beginning of his career. Dario is now the chairman of the company board at Margaritelli Ferroviaria, where he continues to personally oversee the departments of engineering and new investments amongst other things.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:dario@margaritelli.com\" target=\"_blank\">dario@margaritelli.com<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-5 left colPadding maincontent-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"maincontent-profile-image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/stefano_lucarini_margaritelli_ferroviaria.jpg')\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Stefano<br>Lucarini<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>( Chief Executive Officer )<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"simplebutton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a title=\"View profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"view-profile-btn\">View profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">With a degree in Agricultural Sciences, Stefano began working for the Margaritelli group in 1992 dealing with the \u201coutdoor timber products\u201d division. Today he is in charge of all the business areas grouped under Margaritelli Ferroviaria. Amongst his responsibilities as CEO he personally deals with trade relations, defines new product development strategies and is the overall head of production.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:stefano.lucarini@margaritelli.com\" target=\"_blank\">stefano.lucarini@margaritelli.com<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-5 left colPadding maincontent-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"maincontent-profile-image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fernando_margaritelli_margaritelli_ferroviaria.jpg')\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Fernando<br>Margaritelli<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>( Head of Company Development )<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"simplebutton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a title=\"View profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"view-profile-btn\">View profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">A qualified mechanical engineer who has extensive experience in various fields within the Margaritelli group, today Fernando deals with new project development and is the driving force behind the continuous improvement of every aspect of the railway sector, from implementing new management models to exploring new markets.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:fernando@margaritelli.com\" target=\"_blank\">fernando@margaritelli.com<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-5 left colPadding maincontent-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"maincontent-profile-image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/elena_margaritelli_margaritelli_ferroviaria.jpg')\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Elena<br>Margaritelli<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>( Head of Administration )<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"simplebutton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a title=\"View profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"view-profile-btn\">View profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Elena holds a degree in law and has been running the administrative and legal departments of the family company since 1997.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Dealing personally with all administrative and legal aspects of sales, managing all the steps involved in business deals from bidding to contracts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:elena@margaritelli.com\" target=\"_blank\">elena@margaritelli.com<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-5 left colPadding maincontent-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"maincontent-profile-image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/maria_rita_franchi_margaritelli_ferroviaria.jpg')\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Maria Rita<br>Franchi<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>( Design and Quality Control )<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"simplebutton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a title=\"View profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"view-profile-btn\">View profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">A qualified mechanical engineer who began working in the railways sector of Margaritelli in 1998. As well as providing technical support for production and dealing with product quality assurance, Maria Rita deals with design and guaranteeing that new products comply with certification standards.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:mariarita.franchi@margaritelli.com\" target=\"_blank\">mariarita.franchi@margaritelli.com<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-5 left colPadding maincontent-profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"maincontent-profile-image\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/francesco_margaritelli_ferroviaria.jpg')\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Francesco<br>Margaritelli<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>(R&amp;D Manager)<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"simplebutton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a title=\"View profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"view-profile-btn\">View profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Graduated in Mechanical Engineering, Francesco is the first member of the last family generation that joins the company, bringing together with himself new energies and academic knowledge in the research and development of new solutions for the railway track, as well as in the management and accreditation of the new testing facility based in Rodallo (TO)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-808-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"ik pageSection fullscreen panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-808-3\" id=\"milestone\" ><div id=\"pgc-808-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-808-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_qzr-timeline panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"so-widget-qzr-timeline so-widget-qzr-timeline-base\"><div id=\"qzr-timeline-container\" class=\"qzr-timeline\">\n\t<ul class=\"timeline-bkg-holder\">\n\t<li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_1949_1920x1080-1.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_1952_1920x1080-1.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_1962_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_1970_1920x1080-1.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_1994_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_1998_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_1999_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_2001_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_2006_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_2007_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_2012_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_2014_1920x1080.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_2015_1920x1080-1.jpg')\"><\/li><li style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_milestone_ferroviaria_2016_1920x1080-1.jpg')\"><\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"columns-10 center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-arrow-left\"><span class=\"icon-arrow-left\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-arrow-right\"><span class=\"icon-arrow-right\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 style=\"color:\">Our History<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"timeline-texts-holder columns-8 center colPadding oneColSpacer \">\n\t<li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1949<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">REBUILDING<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">After inheriting the forestry business from their father Fernando, brothers Francesco, Giovanni and Giuseppe establish Margaritelli Ferroviaria, expanding the company on an industrial scale. Specialising in wooden sleepers for the railway construction industry, the company becomes one of the main suppliers for Italian State Railways just as post-war reconstruction work is getting underway.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1952<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">Ponte San Giovanni<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">The first large scale sawmill and the first impregnation treatment plant are set up in Ponte San Giovanni, where company headquarters are still located today.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1962<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">Fontaines<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">In order to guarantee an adequate supply of raw materials for production requirements a sawmill for hardwoods is opened in France. Today this is among the most technologically advanced plants in Europe for processing hardwood timber. To optimise the logistics of bringing timber in from France an impregnation treatment works is opened in Val di Susa and an international haulage company controlled directly by Margaritelli is set up.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1970<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">THE NEW RODALLO PLANT<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Works move from the Alpine valleys to the Canavese region, near Rodallo, where a creosote wood treatment plant is set up and a large scale autoclave (32 metres long with a diameter of 2.7 metres) used for the first time, with a treatment capacity of 80 cubic metres of timber per impregnation cycle.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1994<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">Esterni Eterni<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">A range of timber products for outdoor applications is developed, the most successful of these being road safety barriers.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1998<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">ROAD SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">In response to new European legislation for road safety regulations the company starts working with Professor Giavotto to develop barriers that comply with standard crash test specifications. This partnership includes the development of seven different types of wooden and steel barriers.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">1999<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">HIGH SPEED RAILWAY TECHNOLOGIES<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Company know-how\u00a0in the railway construction sector evolves, moving into the field of prestressed reinforced concrete sleepers. After acquiring the railways area of Inprevib and building new plant in Rodallo\u00a0di Caluso (Torino), Margaritelli becomes one of the leading Italian producers of concrete sleepers. Central to this development is the introduction of a technologically advanced production system for post-tensioning using sheathed tendons to produce sleepers and cross-pieces for railway switches.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">2001<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Based on international research conducted in conjunction with university research bodies, a new innovative model of mono-block sleeper is designed using pre-stressed reinforced concrete (PRC), the first of its kind to be used in constructing high speed railway lines in Italy.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">2006<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY IMPREGNATION TREATMENT<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Margaritelli comes up with cutting edge technology developing an environmentally friendly impregnation treatment, which uses an eco-friendly solution as a preserving agent in combination with a paraffin based surface treatment to stop cracking and splitting. The Margaritelli group acquires Italsleepers, a Catania based company specialising in producing PRC sleepers for the railway construction industry.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">2007<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">AMBRONAY - FRENCH LOGISTICS PLATFORM<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">After the deregulation of the railways industry Margaritelli begins expanding into foreign markets, winning a contract to supply the French SNCF with PRC sleepers to be used in upgrading the railway network crossing the Alps.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In 2009, in order to improve service levels for its French clients, Margaritelli opens a logistics platform in Ambronay, where PRC sleepers arriving by rail from Italy are reloaded in consignments for delivery to their final destinations.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">2012<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">Tours-Bordeaux<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Margaritelli begins supplying PRC sleepers for the high speed Tours-Bordeaux line, completed in 2015 with a total of 315,000 sleepers delivered.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">2014<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">MARGARITELLI FERROVIARIA S.P.A. IS ESTABLISHED<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">The entire railways business area is brought under the control of a single company: Margaritelli Ferroviaria S.p.A.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">2015<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">Nimes-Montpellier<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Margaritelli Ferroviaria begins delivering PRC sleepers for another high speed rail link in France, the Nimes-Montpellier line. When completed, more than 250,000 sleepers will have been produced for this project. The same year, Margaritelli grants a user license for its patented post-tensioning technology to Rocla Ties Inc, the largest US producer of railway sleepers, for their new facility in Florida.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li class=\"timeline-text\"><div class=\"timeline-text-year showOnMobile showOnIPadPortrait\">2016<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-title\">COOPSETTE ACQUISITION<\/div><div class=\"timeline-text-content\"><p class=\"p1\">Consolidating its domestic market position, Margaritelli Ferroviaria takes over the prefabrication branch of Coopsette adding a new production plant to its portfolio.<\/p><\/div><\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t<ul class=\"timeline-years-holder columns-10 center colPadding\">\n\t<li class=\"timeline-year\">1949<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1952<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1962<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1970<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1994<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1998<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">1999<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">2001<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">2006<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">2007<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">2012<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">2014<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">2015<\/li><li class=\"timeline-year\">2016<\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t<br><br>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-808-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"ik pageSection panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-808-4\" ><div id=\"pgc-808-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-808-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_qzr-accordion panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"so-widget-qzr-accordion so-widget-qzr-accordion-base\"><div id=\"qzr-accordion-container\" class=\"qzr-accordion\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"columns-10 center\"><div class=\"column-of-2 colPadding right\"><h2 style=\"color:#646f76\">Facilities<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"columns-10 center colPadding accordion-sections\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-2 colPadding right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRodallo di Caluso (TO) - Italy\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"accordion-section-toggle icon-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_stab_rodallo_475x550.jpg\" alt=\"Rodallo di Caluso (TO) - Italy\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">This plant has automated systems and sophisticated monitoring and control procedures for manufacturing PRC products using Margaritelli\u2019s technology for \u201cpost-tensioning with sheathed tendons\u201d. Production range includes PRC sleepers for conventional and high speed lines, PRC cross-pieces and customised sleepers for a range of track applications. Railway timber production is also located here, using a new environmentally friendly impregnation treatment method. The plant uses an autoclave which is 32 metres long with a diameter of 2.7 metres and a capacity of 60 cubic metres of timber per impregnation treatment cycle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plant manager<\/strong>:<br \/>\nMassimo Levi _ <a href=\"mailto:massimo.levi@margaritelli.com\">massimo.levi@margaritelli.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.it\/maps\/place\/Margaritelli+Ferroviaria+S.p.a.\/@45.2732922,7.8756255,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47887ee7e41018db:0x1496dd5c89d25678!8m2!3d45.2732922!4d7.8778142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nGOOGLE MAP<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-2 colPadding right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCatania (CT) - Italy\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"accordion-section-toggle icon-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_stab_catania_475x550.jpg\" alt=\"Catania (CT) - Italy\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Established by Italsleepers, this plant has been a Margaritelli facility since 2006, specialising in manufacturing PRC sleepers using Margaritelli\u2019s technology for \u201cpost-tensioning with sheathed tendons\u201d as well as PRC and RC slabs for ballastless track.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plant manager<\/strong><br \/>\nGianmarco Sciuto _ <a href=\"mailto:gianmarco.sciuto@margaritelli.com\">gianmarco.sciuto@margaritelli.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.it\/maps\/place\/Margaritelli+Ferroviaria+S.p.a.\/@45.2732922,7.8756255,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47887ee7e41018db:0x1496dd5c89d25678!8m2!3d45.2732922!4d7.8778142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Margaritelli+Ferroviaria+S.p.a.\/@37.431193,15.051494,15z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x274aef09e5ffc451!8m2!3d37.431193!4d15.051494?hl=it\">GOOGLE MAP<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-2 colPadding right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCadelbosco di Sopra (RE) - Italy\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"accordion-section-toggle icon-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_stab_reggio_475x550.jpg\" alt=\"Cadelbosco di Sopra (RE) - Italy\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Established by Coopsette, now a Margaritelli Ferroviaria plant, specialising in Thosti system pre-tensioning to produce PRC sleepers for conventional and high speed lines, PRC cross-pieces and customised sleepers for a range of track applications. RC components for ballastless track are also produced here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plant manager<\/strong>:<br \/>\nAndrea Barbarossa\u00a0_ <a href=\"mailto:andrea.barbarossa@margaritelli.com\">andrea.barbarossa@margaritelli.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.it\/maps\/place\/Margaritelli+Ferroviaria+S.p.a.\/@45.2732922,7.8756255,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47887ee7e41018db:0x1496dd5c89d25678!8m2!3d45.2732922!4d7.8778142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Margaritelli+Ferroviaria+S.p.a.\/@44.777811,10.606876,15z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x62910634873f0fe4!8m2!3d44.777811!4d10.606876?hl=it\">GOOGLE MAP<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-2 colPadding right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBettona (PG) - Italy\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"accordion-section-toggle icon-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_stab_bettona_475x550.jpg\" alt=\"Bettona (PG) - Italy\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The Umbrian plant produces road safety barriers for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esternieterni.com\">Esterni Eterni division<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plant manager:<\/strong><br \/>\nLuca Corsaretti\u00a0_ luca.corsaretti@margaritelli.com<\/p>\n<p>_<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.it\/maps\/place\/Margaritelli+Ferroviaria+S.p.a.\/@45.2732922,7.8756255,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47887ee7e41018db:0x1496dd5c89d25678!8m2!3d45.2732922!4d7.8778142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Margaritelli+Ferroviaria+S.p.a.\/@43.039525,12.473647,15z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x3c5cf2ae97deca96!8m2!3d43.039525!4d12.473647?hl=it\">GOOGLE MAP<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-2 colPadding right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPonte San Giovanni (PG) - Italy\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"accordion-section-toggle icon-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_stab_p_s_giovanni_475x550.jpg\" alt=\"Ponte San Giovanni (PG) - Italy\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Home to Margaritelli Ferroviaria since 1952 when the company\u2019s first sawmill and the first impregnation treatment plant were set up. Today the company headquarters are located here.<\/p>\n<p>_<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.it\/maps\/place\/Margaritelli+Ferroviaria+S.p.a.\/@45.2732922,7.8756255,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x47887ee7e41018db:0x1496dd5c89d25678!8m2!3d45.2732922!4d7.8778142\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Margaritelli+Ferroviaria+S.p.a.\/@43.0870973,12.4305601,15z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x9fd3413cd3cd41ca!8m2!3d43.0870973!4d12.4305601?hl=it\">GOOGLE MAP<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-section\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-of-2 colPadding right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmbronay - France\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"accordion-section-toggle icon-plus\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t \t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.margaritelliferroviaria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/margaritelli_ferroviaria_stab_ambronay_475x550.jpg\" alt=\"Ambronay - France\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"right column-of-2 colPadding accordion-section-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Storage facility for sleepers supplied to French construction sites. A fully operative production plant will also be located here from 2017. This was originally intended as a temporary site to better serve the local needs of SNCF, it has quickly become the company\u2019s main site location for the French market. Annually, 250,000 PRC sleepers currently pass through Ambronay, from 2017 a percentage of these will be produced in situ. The site location boasts excellent rail links making it possible to transport sleepers sustainably by rail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plant manager<\/strong>:<br \/>\nJulien Comuzzi\u00a0_ <a href=\"mailto:julien.comuzzi@margaritelli.com\">julien.comuzzi@margaritelli.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_<\/p>\n<p>GOOGLE MAP<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission OVER 150 YEARS DEDICATED TO INNOVATION Right from the start, the Margaritelli brand was synonymous with timber and railways, helping to rebuild the country after the second world war, opening up new transportation routes. Railways have always been a symbol of progress and civilization, the safest and most sustainable form of transport. 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