With its three divisions – Sampierana undercarriages, Eurocomach and U/C Spare Parts – the Sampierana Group is a top ranking manufacturer of undercarriages, spare parts and machinery for the construction and earth moving sectors. Mr Mosconi, sales director, explained to Barbara Rossi how his company is particularly able to listen to its customers and respond to their needs.
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he roots of Sampierana SpA go back to 1950, when Aleardo Para set up the company as an agricultural and earth moving machines repair workshop. In 1974 his two sons, Moreno and Cesare, joined the company, in which they are still involved today; two years later, Sampierana became an authorised Berco undercarriage components dealer. A further development came in 1984, when it started manufacturing ‘Sampierana’-branded crawler undercarriages, an activity which is still one of its core businesses. Further milestones were reached in 1993 when Eurocomach (which Sampierana had acquired the previous year) started designing and manufacturing 102 Industry IndustryEurope Europe
articulated wheeled loaders, mini-excavators and skid-loaders with increasing success, and in 1998, when the group achieved the ISO 9001 certification for all of its divisions. Since the turn of the millennium Sampierana has been broadening the boundaries of its work, continuously developing new products and widening its distribution network, whilst at the same time keeping its strong link with the area in which it is based and the earth moving sector. Sampierana SpA is located in San Piero a Bagno, in the Forlì-Cesena area of north-eastern Italy, where it occupies a 90,000m2 area (12,000 of which are covered) employing 160 people (15 of whom are dedicated
