FROM SHAPE TO SOLUTION The Italian Calvi Group is a leader in the metallurgical and mechanical sectors. At this year’s Hannover Messe show it will be presenting some of its innovative processes for the manufacturing of customised steel profiles. Daniele Garavaglia reports.
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he Calvi Holding is a group formed by 10 Italian and foreign companies, accounting for a total of 765 years of experience in the metallurgical and mechanical fields, with an aggregated turnover of €313 million (+8 per cent over last year), an estimated a gross operating margin of €27.2 million (€18.7 million in 2013) and 1400 employees. It was established in 2004 “to create value based on a network model, which develops synergies to provide its clients with products and solutions 252 Industry Europe
that are increasingly innovative and competitive,” explains Mr Riccardo Chini, president of this ‘pocket-sized multinational’ supplier. From its headquarters in Agrate, near Milan, Calvi Holding leads two different networks: Calvi Network Special Steel Profiles (including Calvi, Falci, Fiav, Siderval, Sipa, Cefival, Hoesch Schwerter Profile, and Rathbone Precision Metals), and undisputed global leader in the design and manufacture of special steel profiles based on customer
specifications; and Calvi Network for Material Handling (Lift-Tek Elecar and Lift Technologies), for the design, engineering and manufacturing of lifting units for forklifts.
The networking model wins again “Our subsidiaries located in Italy and abroad are the key to our entrepreneurial networkingbased model. This strategy enables each company to work independently but values their action and service, and allows for the sharing
