Rolfo
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Company type | Joint-stock company, subsidiary |
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Industry | Trailers |
Founded | 1885 |
Founder | Giorgio Rolfo |
Headquarters | Bra (Northern Italy) , |
Area served | Europe, China |
Rolfo S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of truck superstructures. The company is a leader in Europe. The company is specialized for truck trailers Products are used by truck manufacturers such as Iveco, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Scania. As of 2012 the company was led by the fourth generation of Rolfo's family.
Today the Italian company has a museum recapitulating its 120 years of existence.
History[edit]
The company was created in 1885 by Italian Giorgo Rolfo in the north part of Italy. It started in a medium-sized[vague] workshop. Later the company start to build wagons and carriages. In the 1950s Rolfo made wagons for special vehicles. Special wagons were constructed for Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Lancia trucks.
Museum[edit]
The museum displays early machines and carriages built by the family, including a flanging machine, drills, a farm cart and more special vehicles.
Products[edit]
Truck carriers[edit]
- Gemini
- Centaurus
- Hercules
Short long[edit]
- Dynamic
- Ego
- Active
- Free
- U.K.
- Pegasus H
- Pegasus L
- Sirio L
- Sirio H
References[edit]
- Gamba, Danilo (2002). "Rolfo. On the roads of the world for more than one century", L'Artistica Savigliano S.r.l., 50-55(89)