BATTAZZA S.P.A.

Terzo Battazza, born in 1912, a farmer from Marche, region of central Italy, moved to Lecco with his wife Angela and six children, Piero, Tino, Angelo, Vittorio, Fernando and Elide, to try to build a better future for himself and his family. He started working with a company that collected solid urban waste, the Bracchi & Alessandri. When the company lost a big contract, he lost his job and decided to enter the world of transport.

The first transport vehicle bought by Terzo Battazza was a motor-truck, then, with the help of a business partner, he bought the first truck, served by a large number of bills to be disposed of at 50,000 ITL each. The trucking business began in service to the metalworking district of Lecco, in which Battazza began to make himself known, making his way in the industry with the help of his sons, a lot of work, tenacity, wisdom and a bit of luck.

The real change for Battazza came in 1963, when Terzo liquidated the other partners and chose to continue the business with the sole resources of his family. On 21 October 1968, Autotrasporti Battazza di Battazza F. & C. SNC was established, with headquarters in Lecco. The company grew steadily, establishing itself as a reliable partner for the local industry and the large companies of those years.

The 70s, the years of oil shocks and strong economic and political tensions, were difficult for the Company, which nevertheless managed to resist the crisis, continuing to invest and expanding the range of services offered to the lifting sector. In these years Battazza moved its headquarters to Olginate, in the Capiate hamlet, in what is now the legal and operational headquarters of its activities.

Transformed into a joint stock company in 1981, for Battazza the 80s and 90s were decades of affirmation and real growth. The third generation entered, the company developed its activities throughout the national territory and specialized in exceptional and out-of-gauge transport. In 1991, Carlo Brambilla, historic concessionaire of the Lecco Maggianico railway yard, was acquired and Brambilla Scalo srl was established.

In the early years of the new millennium, Battazza firmly embraced the challenge of rail-road intermodality and logistics activities were developed, while the company consistently exceeded 10 million euros in turnover and completed its fleet with special equipment, becoming a transport operator capable of offering its customers increasingly targeted services, even in the context of large construction site movements.

Terzo Battazza, the founder, passed away in 2010 at the age of 97, leaving the task of carrying on his work to his children and grandchildren. Strong of over 60 years of experience, the Battazza group, now in its fourth generation, supported by expert and qualified women and men, is now on the market as an integrated and intermodal logistics operator, and continues to advance towards the future day after day with unchanged passion.