Interview with Mr. Lapo Vivarelli Colonna

The Bologna edition of La Repubblica, one of the main Italian newspapers, dedicated an exclusive interview with the CEO of Officine Maccaferri Lapo Vivarelli Colonna: an important opportunity to share the strong growth and continuous investments in innovation, always looking at sustainability.

In this interview, Mr. Vivarelli Colonna shares the path taken by the company through a restructuring process started in 2019 that led to a tornover of Eur 640 million in 2022,  the best result in the 144-years-long history of the company, also in terms of profitability.

In these difficult years, in which the pandemic was also happening, the company has started streamlining and development processes based on a very clear and defined industrial plan, with the full commitment from the management, the view of the Chairman Sergio Iasi and the support of the new shareholder.

Building on Maccaferri’s very strong strategic fundamentals and a widespread presence, the shareholder has shown faith in the project and has supported its growth, allowing the company to strengthen its leadership on the market while also leveraging the crisis to streamline the processes.

As the composition agreement was approved and debts are settled, Mr. Vivarelli Colonna looks to the future with confidence: in the growth plan, revenues are set to exceed Eur 1 billion between 2025 and 2027 with a well-positioned company to grow faster than the market and become an aggregator. The most ambitious objectives are to strengthen the position in Europe, to grow in Asia and Oceania and to better enter the North American market, while focusing on products in which the company is already a world leader, such as gabions, geosynthetics and rockfall barriers, and on strategic sectors such as tunnelling and aquaculture.

All of this is possible by continuing to invest in innovation, with a keen eye on sustainability.