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.
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.
Products[]
- Hay making equipment
- Ploughs
- Rotary tillers
- Seed drills
- Sprayers
- Tillage trains
- Vineyard machinery