Cometto

A bit of history

The origins of Industrie Cometto S.p.A. date back to 1954, when the first workshop for the production of vehicles, bridge-cranes and installations opened in Cuneo with the name of Officine Cometto, and was transformed in 1970 into Cometto S.p.A.
In 1962 the plant moved to its present location due to the growth in the trailer sector.
The production facilities were greatly expanded to meet increased demand over the years.
The production has diversified into various types of vehicles, ranging from road transport to abnormal transport to special transport.

Among the great achievements of Industrie Cometto S.p.A. worth a special mention the "Orbiter Transporter" built for NASA in 1983, and the first and the biggest self-propelled modular system ever built (3.000 t.) manufactured for Nippon Express in 1981.
In 1987 Industrie Cometto joined the Gruppo Bottero S.p.A..
With such a background Industrie Cometto S.p.A. could expect only success: for instance the entire European space project "Ariane 5" of 1990 was moved by Cometto vehicles. In addition to this important achievement (logical consequence of the previous N.A.S.A. and LOCKEED contracts) many other significant results in different industrial fields have followed.
In the field of shipyards the biggest self-propelled vehicle ever built (for the transport of fabrications up to 1.000 t.) was designed by Industrie Cometto S.p.A. for Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korea.

In the field of heavy loads displacement Industrie Cometto S.p.A. has designed systems of modular vehicles for indivisible elements.
The present trend, especially in the petrochemical and shipyard sectors, is to produce heavier and heavier complete components to be transported almost finished into the final assembly site.
In the field of steelwork industrie Cometto S.p.A. has designed self propelled vehicles for the transport of iron metallurgy products (hot lingots, coils, mouled metal elc).
The main features of this series is the high reliability for continuous work even in case of extreme environmental conditions.
In the field of glass plant Industrie Cometto S.p.A. has designed self-propelled vehicles called "Glass Transporter", for the displacement of jumbo sheets from 6 to 32 Tons.
In 1992 Industrie Cometto S.p.A. participated in the constitution of CARICO S.p.A., manufacturer of heavy fabrications.
This Company supplies chassis to Industrie Cometto S.p.A., leaving Cometto to focus on the more specialised processes of assembly, finishing and testing.
Today Industrie Cometto S.p.A. is a leading company specialising in the study, design, production and sales of trailers and semitrailers for heavy transport.