Our history

Over 70 years of experience
Our activity in the railway construction sector began in Italy in 1949 and has always been characterized by an organizational model focussed on innovation and highly specialized production processes.
Over the decades, we have acquired a series of companies already operating in the railway equipment sector, widening our range of action and creating a structure that can handle increasingly complex projects.
Since the 1990s, we have developed an international focus that led us to expand first into the European market, then into Africa, the Middle East and finally North America, becoming a company that is known and respected both in Italy and abroad.
Our current corporate structure was adopted in 2014 to meet the challenges of the global market and to offer a vast range of integrated solutions. Our Group’s strengths continue to be its specialized working methods, dynamic industrial vision and focus on technological investment and international development, making us one of the leading players in the railway industry.
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Foundation of the first company, originally named Cosfer, active in Italy in the railway construction sector.
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The Salciccia family acquires the business and launches an important development plan.
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Acquisition of the first renewal train and exponential increase in productivity.
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Acquisition of Edile Ferroviaria, an Italian company already operating in the same sector, mainly in Southern Italy.
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Acquisition of Pasolini VCB, an Italian company already active in the same sector, mainly in Northern Italy.
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Start of projects for the construction of the Italian high-speed rail network.
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Establishment of the Romanian Branch and start of a contract for renewal works on the Bucharest-Constanța railway line.
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Establishment of the Croatian Branch and start of a contract for renewal works on the Vinkovci-Tovarnik railway line.
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Establishment of the Polish Branch and beginning of the renewal works on several railway lines of the Polish national rail network.
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Acquisition of Spie Rail Italia, originally named Osvaldo Cariboni, operating in the field of railway electrification, substations and technological systems.
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Opening of the Railway Electrification & Signalling Division
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Establishment of a new factory for the construction and maintenance of rolling stock, named ORS – Officine Riparazioni Speciali in Fano (Italy).
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Production of the MCB-01 Track Laying Train (patented by Salcef/Sorema), thanks to which Salcef is able to lay up to 2,000 m of track per day.
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Establishment of the Egyptian Salcef-Siegwart company and construction in Helwan (Cairo) of a plant for the production of reinforced concrete sleepers.
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Establishment of the Egyptian Branch and start of a contract for track renewal of 300 km of the Egyptian national rail network (Cairo-Aswan railway line).
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Establishment of the Abu Dhabi Branch and start of construction of the first railway line in the UAE, the Shah–Abshan–Ruwais railway line.
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Preliminary project of a new intermodal public transport system for Maputo and Matola (Mozambique).
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Acquisition of the contract for the Riyadh Metro Line 3 Project and establishment of the Salcef S.p.A. Saudi Arabia Branch.
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Acquisition of the I.R. design company, already active in railway and infrastructure design.
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Establishment of the SRT – Salcef Railway Technology company and the RECO – Railway Engineering Company.
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Acquisition of Tuzi Costruzioni, operating in the fields of track maintenance and railway electrification.
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Development of new innovative solutions: production of the first multipurpose SRT wagon.
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Acquisition of the Bucharest Metro Line M5 contract.
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Acquisition of the Vianini Industria company and launch of a redevelopment and upgrading plan for the Aprilia industrial site.
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Acquisition of the contract for the renewal of two historic Norwegian lines.
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Acquisition of the H & M Bau company, active in Germany in the railway construction field and historic supplier of Deutsche Bahn AG.
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Opening of branches in Norway and Switzerland.
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Listing of Salcef Group S.p.A. on AIM Italia (Alternative Investment Market) of the Italian Stock Exchange.
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Birth of Overail (formerly Vianini Industria), a company producing railway sleepers and other precast concrete systems.
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Acquisition of Coget Impianti S.p.A., specialized in electric power transmission and distribution systems.
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Establishment of the Salcef Bau GmbH companies and further strengthening of presence on the central and northern European market.
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Opening of Salcef USA Inc., a new Salcef Group company that will operate on the US market.
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Acquisition of Delta Railroad Construction Inc., active in the construction and railway maintenance sector in America and Canada.
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Salcef Group S.p.A. debut on the Euronext Milan market.
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Acquisition of the german group Bahnbau Nord and strengthening of the presence in Germany.
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Salcef Group shares admitted to the STAR segment of the Euronext Milan market
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Acquisition of the railway business unit of PSC Group
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Acquisition of Francesco Ventura Costruzioni Ferroviarie
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Acquisition of Colmar Technik active in the railway machines business