Designer opening wardrobe made of ash - Maronese Acf

 Prestigious design combined with an incredible history is synonymous with the Maronese company.

The brothers Giovanni, born in 1941, and Iginio, born in 1942, were still boys when in 1966 they decided to establish, along with two other partners, Angelo and Bruno, the Maronese furniture factory on via Taglio in Maron di Brugnera.

It was Monday, 3rd October, the day when the four young men, with a capital of 2,000,000 lira, began their adventure. These were years of great transformation, remembered today as the "good years", when the founders had big dreams and simultaneously great hopes for their realisation. A very close connection with the territory is the starting point for the Maronese story. In the 1960s, the Livenza region around Brugnera was rapidly changing, opening up to a new industrial structure. But the values remain the same as always, passed down from fathers to their children from generation to generation: an incredibly strong dedication to work, an innate sense of duty, and a deeply rooted desire for growth.

In this context, the initiative of the Polesello brothers and partners Copat and Billot found fertile ground, which would transform their entrepreneurship into a company of international renown. They were not involved in trade but in transport, and thus began to understand the furniture industry and get to know customers. They toured all of Italy, from Sicily to Aprica, upwards towards Sondrio, and one day they said to themselves: why can't we make furniture ourselves?

Giovanni Polesello, Iginio Polesello, Bruno Billot, Angelo Copat

The first furniture prototypes were created in an old building belonging to one of the partners. There was enough time to complete the shed, and the company moved to a larger location, suitable for introducing machinery to meet the growing demand for production. Wives helped, some employees were hired, and "la Maronese" began to gain fame. In 1967, the first living room models were presented at the Salone del Mobile Italiano in Milan. This was just the beginning of a long success story that continues to this day.

The business doesn't start immediately; you have to make yourself known and showcase the product. Furniture manufacturers from Pesaro and Brianza were already established in large realities, while in the Pordenone area, furniture companies were just beginning: to challenge the competition, production must be excellent. Customers consider every detail and first pull out the drawers to see if they are made to perfection, or rather "dovetail". The furniture passes the quality test, is displayed in shop windows across Italy, and sells quickly.

The work grows, and with it, Maronese.

New expansions in the mid and late 80s are the visible and tangible effect of a company that continuously invests in technology, people, and quality, never losing the courage that has always distinguished it from the very beginning. Those who know how to change something with the style of its collections. 1986 was a year of economic revival for the entire furniture sector, in Italy and abroad, and Maronese increased its exports. Germany became a reference foreign market for years: ad hoc models were created to meet the functional and aesthetic requirements of a demanding clientele. In the busiest periods, especially during the 1995 boom, over 38 trucks left the Maron warehouses every week. The experience, techniques, and knowledge acquired over the years allow Maronese to openly face the world and prepare to deal with the complexities of the 1990s.

The mid-1990s proved to be the perfect period to "show off", to communicate externally the image of a consolidated company, which along with the other companies in the Group now feels the need to share space within to express the concept of a complete home, always in tune with the spirit of the times. In Brugnera, a large room of 7,000 square metres was created, later expanded to 11,000 square metres, encompassing the entire production of the ATMA Group: the Poma showroom. A constantly updated scenic path that captures the state of furniture, trends, and lifestyles through the proposals of individual brands. A place to connect with other companies in the group, but also with retailers, where events and meetings can be organised, where relationships can be nurtured.

The dawn of the new millennium brings with it great changes and innovations, the world is increasingly interconnected, and language is global: in the furniture industry, living areas are becoming living spaces, lifestyle is evolving into a way of life, and trends dictate new trends. Maronese introduces the production of modernity with ACF: what is still missing and what allows Maronese to make another qualitative leap. Night and day. From a production centre in 2008, ACF became a brand: a reference reality for the development of a new idea of night and day design, which immediately stood out for its innovative approach to the product and the continuous search for new shapes and original finishes. Minimal aesthetics and compositional simplicity are perfectly integrated with the need for functionality and versatility, making interior furnishing solutions very current. In 2014, the classic-modern Maronese joins the contemporary ACF: Maronese ACF is born, a unique and great reality that breathes life into the new "Maronese house" project. A comparison of two generations, but above all, two generations that today jointly follow the same path towards the future. Maronese, the parent company of the ATMA group, currently occupies an area of 48,000 square metres. Continuous investments in structural expansion, technological innovations, and increasingly specialised human resources have allowed us over the years to build a solid yet dynamic identity. The bond with the territory and the people, but above all the strong bond of the Polesello family, is the leitmotif of this long history, which has been successfully continuing since 1966.