The Beginning

The story of Magaldi Group has ancient roots and arise from the ideas and visions of a family with a passion for creativity and inventiveness.

We have in fact historical information starting from 1596, but is in '800 that Magaldi family has started to develop industrial inventions: at the end of this century a Magaldi workshop, owned by Eduardo, was producing gasogene acetylene for lighting and then spraying pumps for agricultural use. In 1901, Emilio designed and patented an outstanding power transmission belt, the "Supercinghia", made of buffalo leather strips, extremely dependable and virtually unbreakable.

With this product the industrial activity of the group started. In France and Spain, Emilio assigned the patent rights to local companies, such as Getting and Jonas sur Seine Saint Denis and Industria de Cuero Armado in Barcelona. Paolo, his nephew, in 1929 decided to start a direct production of the "Supercinghia" in a dedicated workshop, dedicating his entrepreneur energies to the production and marketing of this outstanding product.