Company history
With the largest global coverage of 75 countries, and the biggest amount of machines placed all over the world (more than 10.000 units), Mario Crosta is the oldest and biggest producer of textile face finishing company in the world.
1925
Founded in 1925, thanks to the creativity and foresight of founder Mario Crosta, the company from Busto Arsizio immediately became a worldwide example in the development
and construction of machines and equipment for textile finishing.
1930
After only a few years of activity, Mario Crosta is facing one of the world's most difficult
periods, with the onset of the Great Depression and the approach of winds of war
from Nazi Germany.
1941
Despite the period, the company is able to evolve and grow continuously due to the persistence of the founder, and soon becomes the leader of Italian finishing machines.
During WWII, founder Mario Crosta has never yielded to the pressing demands to convert his factory into a producer of weapons and instruments of mass destruction.
1954
After the postwar period, with a staff of 150 employees, Mario Crosta is able to meet all the production requirements of its customers.
Mr. Mario, far back as the 50s, feels the need to capture new markets, making its creations worldwide known.
These new experiences lead him to live situations considered particularly daring and audacious.
1960
Mario's son, Emanuele, succeeded to the father, keeps the Company on top of worldwide production, thanks to his managerial skills. As situations on the market developed, thanks to his determination, the Company constantly evolved to attain increasingly higher targets with state-of-the-art technologies. Competent person, endowed with a strong character and personality.
1977
The advent of electronics, precision mechanics and the increased reliability of materials, namely the technological revolution, brought about a change in the Company workforce, reducing manual work and increasing the research and development department to remain pioneers in the development of its machinery.
1981
In these years, Mario Crosta begins to create a network of agents worldwide. The large number of machines sold, and the need to provide its customers with a capable and fast after-sales service, pushes Mario Crosta to create the first-ever Customer Service structure in Turkey. The introduction of Inverters in the textile machinery's life happened in these recent years. Mario Crosta, in 1981, is the first to use it, and mounts them on all its creations, guaranteeing a huge competitive advantage.
1991
In the late 1991, Mario Crosta founded CEAM, an association of 20 highly qualified non-competitor textile machine producers located in North Italy.
The real technological breakthrough comes in the mid-90s, when the production of machines using advanced PLC and operator panels starts. It is the year 1993, a milestone is thrown when Malden Mills decides, after years of research, to rely on Mario Crosta to launch on the world market the "Polar fleece", revolutionary invention which will mark the times for the past 30 years and probably for the next 30.
2004
Years of great changes for Mario Crosta. The most traumatic event is the passing away of its leader Emanuele, in 2004, which leaves in the hands of his three sons, Laura, Massimo and Marco, the task of bringing the business to the new millennium.
Marco took the legacy of the company's management, engaging in first person in traveling the world to match the achievements of his predecessors.
The foundation of the Service Network grows, adding India, Bangladesh, Central America,
and Brazil to the after-sale centers.
2007-2015
In 2007, Mario Crosta acquires the first world inventor of brushing machines, LISA. In the late 2008, acquires MP Engineering, leader in bonding and laminating machines. In 2012, Mario Crosta International of China is founded, in order to be up-to-date on the Chinese market.
Mario Crosta in 2015 celebrates 90 years of creativity, innovation and dedication, continuing to set the standard in its field of expertise, derived from a deep understanding and vision of the fabrics history.
2015-2024
In this decade the Company stabilizes and lays the foundations to face the ever-changing market.
Alongside the usual prolific markets, it expands into new territories, such as Uzbekistan, Russia, Korea, Vietnam, Iran, Egypt, where it stabilizes with agencies and dedicated assistance centers.
These are the years of the beginning of the global attention to sustainability, interconnectivity and green.
Mario Crosta focuses on these aspects and develops technologies with a reduced environmental impact, which guarantee incomparable energy savings.
2025 is the Centenary of the Company, and Mario Crosta is preparing to celebrate in the best possible way this milestone, unattainable for many competitors.