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TRANSPORTATION
Over half a century, a small shipping agency has become one of the leading logistics companies for the distribution of industrial goods throughout Europe: Daniele Garavaglia reports on the growth and success of the Nizzi Group.
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e have been working for the manufacturing industry, especially the steelwork sector, for 50 years, and Europe is where our daily bread comes from. We render the flow of industrial goods between European companies more efficient, fast and secure, contributing to the overall quality of the logistics through the best transport solutions,” begins Filippo Arcidiacono, the president of the board of directors of Nizzi Group. Founded in Terni in 1964 by Pier Luigi Nizzi, today the group, with its three companies Nizzi, Nitras and Sicet, has a turnover of €24 million and about 70 employees. Every year Nizzi branded vehicles cover five million kilometres, carrying a million tonnes of goods, often through an intermodal system which integrates road transport with rail and ship, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 30 per cent. The variety of vehicles and specialised drivers allows Nizzi to meet different customer needs, providing a complete and flexible service which can adapt to different rhythms and production cycles and can integrate with the varied logistics systems. “What we offer to our clients, which include major companies such as AST, ThyssenKrupp, Arcelor Mittal, Arvedi and Marcegaglia, is a complex organisational service that goes far beyond truck transportation,” emphasises Arcidiacono.
Road transport Nizzi Group’s success is in part down to the attention it pays to customers and a 360° ‘market orientation’: “We have a fleet of about 50 vehicles – tarpaulin covered trucks, tipper trucks, tank trucks, 188 Industry Europe
special vehicle units for intermodal transport – each with a ‘track and trace’ connection and satellite location system.” Regarding road transport, the competitive and flexible ‘full load’ service meets all possible requirements related to volume, frequency and the complexity of the delivery, even with ‘just-in-time’ options and ‘urgent transit time’. The group’s specific services include the transport of waste (alongside registration with the national environmental managers), of dangerous goods (with ADR license), and of bulk products (mainly ferroalloys, building products and aggregates). Nizzi also operates in the ‘exceptional’ transport sector in terms of
