Danieli’s origins date to 1914 when two brothers Mario and Timo Danieli acquired the Angelini Steelworks in Brescia, Italy, one of the first companies to use the electric arc furnace for steel making. Specialized in the production of mini-mills according to the needs of final consumers, in 1983 its production reached one million tons per year. In the same period, it won contracts in the USSR and North Africa. In 1984, the company was listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 1985 Danieli completed the first direct rolling plant for quality steel in the USA. Gianpietro Benedetti was appointed President and CEO of the company. At the end of the 1990s the internationalization process was completed: in addition to that of Buttrio, Danieli opened production plants in Pittsburgh, Paris, Sweden and Germany, two offices in China (Beijing and Shanghai), other production plants in Thailand (Danieli Far East) and Russia (Danieli Volga), as well as service centers in Austria and Brazil. This also led to an expansion of the company’s product range. In 2009, ten years after the death of Cecilia Danieli, the 29-year-old Giacomo Mareschi Danieli joined the company’s Board of Directors. Graduated in Electronic Engineering from the
Polytechnic University of Milan, since 2006 he has been working in the Danieli Group. Anna, who is Giacomo’s twin and a graduate in Economics and Business from Bocconi University, also joined the company, as well as Camilla Benedetti, a graduate in Economics and Business from Catholic University of Milan and with previous professional experience at Ernst & Young. In 2009, the turnover reached 3.2 billion euros and the profit was 135 million euros, with approximately 9,400 people employed. In 2018 the company founded the Danieli Academy, with the aim of managing the skills development of human resources through partnerships with hundreds of universities around the world. == Companies of the Danieli Group ==