What is behind Listone Giordano?
A family passion,
a long history of business acumen.
The roots of the Listone Giordano brand reach deeply into tradition. A long history of business acumen behind them, the Margaritelli family has, over three centuries and four generations, been intimately involved with an extraordinary material: wood. But the family also looks to the future with an innate spirit of innovation and an authentic passion for research and discovering new roads.
1870
The origins
of a passion
familiar.
Margaritelli Group
- 1870The origins
Eugenio Margaritelli specializes in the production of mechanical tools for agriculture and forestry.
- 1904Wood: raw material
Fernando Margaritelli directs the activity to the sector of forestry processing and wood processing.
- 1949Reconstruction
Margaritelli starts the production on an industrial scale of wooden railway sleepers, of which it becomes the main supplier of the Italian Railways.
- 1962Fontaines
Establishment of the Fontaines plant located in France, an advanced production center specialized in forest management and in the first wood processing.
- 1984The Listone Giordano patent
It is the year of the Listone Giordano patent, with which an innovative product is established that establishes itself as a world leader in the market of high-end wooden floors.
- 1995The Listone Giordano network
The Listone Giordano retail chain develops, introducing a revolution in the distribution field in the wood flooring market.
- 2001High speed technology
Following the acquisition of the Imprevib railway sector, Margaritelli began the production of railway concrete sleepers certified for high-speed system.
- 2008Natural Genius
The parquet meets the hallmark of design, creating Listone Giordano Natural Genius, the first experimental project that challenges architects and designers to rethink wood floors in a contemporary key.
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- 1904
- 1949
- 1962
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- 2001
- 2008