Lucchini RS

Lucchini RS S.p.A. (formerly Lucchini Sidermeccanica S.p.A. and where the acronym "RS" stands for "rolling stock") is an Italian Company, fully owned by the Lucchini Family through a financial holding called Sinpar S.p.A. and divided from Gruppo Lucchini, which was under Russian control of Mr Mordashov and Severstal from 2005 till 2007. In 2008 the Lucchini's family took back the control of the company.

Lucchini RS
TypeSocietà per Azioni (Limited by Shares)
IndustryRailway rolling stock, steel, forging, foundry
Founded1856
FounderGregorini
HeadquartersVia Oberdan 6/A, Brescia, Italy
Key people
  • Luigi Lucchini (Lucchini Group founder)
  • Giuseppe Lucchini (Chairman)
  • Augusto Mensi (CEO)
ProductsRailways products (wheels, axles, wheelsets), steel casting, forgings, tool steels, forge ingots
Revenue €411.6 million (2017)
€29 million (2017)
Number of employees
2,100 (2017)
Websitewww.LucchiniRS.com

Lucchini RS is specialized on steel products such as railways products, steel casting, forgings, tool steels and forge ingots.

The company headquarters is in Brescia, but the main plant is located in Lovere (Bergamo) on the west shore of the Iseo Lake: the plant covers an area of 237,000 sqm including 147,000 sqm of factory buildings. Typical of this company is its ability to house on site all phases of production from the initial design to the finished products.

The Lucchini RS Group is made of:

  • Lucchini RS
  • Lucchini Industries
  • Lucchini Mamé Forge
  • Lucchini Tool Steel
  • LUR (formerly known as Lucchini UK and JV between Lucchini RS and Unipart Rail)
  • Lucchini Sweden
  • Lucchini Poland
  • Zhibo Lucchini
  • Lucchini CE (Austria)
  • LBX (Belgium)
  • Lucchini India
  • Lucchini CN (Beijing, China)
  • Lucchini South Africa
  • Lucchini North America

In October 2007 Lucchini RS established a joint venture in China, Zhibo Lucchini Railway Equipment Ltd. This company is the Chinese market leader in the manufacturing of high speed railway wheels, axles and wheelsets.

In 2010 the investment for a new railway rolling mill in Italy was completed and put into service.

On 27 June 2014, Lucchini RS acquired from the Tribunal of Liege a new company to manufacture railway products. The name of the new company is LBX SA.[1]

On 3 September 2014 Lucchini RS announced that it signed a preliminary agreement to acquire, by the end of 2014, 49% shareholding of Mamé Group, an important manufacturer of forged steel components based in Cividate Camuno (Brescia). Mamé Group was eventually completely acquired by Lucchini RS and renamed "Lucchini Mamé Forge".

On 2 February 2015 Lucchini RS and Unipart Rail created a new joint venture called LUR (Lucchini Unipart Rail Ltd). The new business has an annual turnover of around £60m (about €75m) and employs over 300 people on two production sites (Manchester and Doncaster). Lucchini RS holds 60% of LUR.[2][3]

See also
  • List of Italian companies

References
  1. "Ne dites plus Valdunes (Seraing), mais Lucchini". 6com.be. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. "LUR". Lucchini RS.
  3. Lucchini RS (25 November 2014). "Unipart e Lucchini RS aprono una nuova via nel mercato ferroviario britannico" (Press release) (in Italian).
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