Maccaferri (nonfiction)

Officine Maccaferri SpA (Maccaferri) is an Italian, family-owned multinational company. The company is specialised in products and solutions for the construction industry. It is 100% owned by the Maccaferri family and has headquarters in Zola Predosa, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy. Maccaferri's solutions are used for: retaining structures, soil reinforcement, embankment stabilisation, river and canal hydraulic works, coastal protection, erosion control, rockfall mitigation, debris flows and avalanche protection. The company provides technical support to designers, contractors and end-users.

Maccaferri is a global company with 70 subsidiaries, 30 production facilities, and 3,300 employees.

History

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 time, the Bologna Senate granted a dispensation and approved his membership on 28 June 1550.

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