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Maschio is an Italian producer of tillage machinery founded in 1964. The company is based near Padova in Italy.


Company history[]

Two Italian brothers 'Egidio and Giorgio Maschio' started the production of rotary tillers in the barn of their house in 1964, the so-called 'small shop of rotary tillers'.

That barn, used as a mechanical workshop, has today become a major industrial Group,which is still controlled by the Maschio family.

Maschio rotavator -IMG 6393

A compact Maschio rotavator

Timeline[]

  • 1964 - The Maschio brothers founded their business in the 'small shop of rotary tillers'. After a few years, production shifted to a major industrial production site from the small-scale set-up in their barn.
  • 1975 - Exporting of Maschio products starts.
  • 1979 - Sales growth leads to the acquisition of the Terranova production plant in Cadoneghe (Padova), Italy. A strategic site for mechanical engineering.
  • 1994 - Acquisition of Gaspardo Seminatrici, located in Morsano al Tagliamento (Pordenone) and renowned for its precision seed-drills. The Gaspardo factory had been producing machines for the delicate activity of sowing since 1834 as it still does today.
  • Company name changed to Maschio Gaspardo in 1994.

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