Reggiane

Officine Meccaniche Reggiane SpA was an Italian aircraft manufacturer, owned by Caproni (Count Giovanni Battista Caproni) and situated in Reggio Emilia, a city of what today is the Emilia-Romagna region.   The first aircraft produced was the medium bomber Piaggio P.32bis, which had been developed from the Caproni Ca.405C Procellaria. 

Reggiane would eventually become famous for its agile single-seat fighter aircraft.   When World War II erupted, Reggiane's fighters were taken over by the Regia Aeronautica (the Italian Air Force).   Other fighters found their way to the German Luftwaffe and to the Hungarian and Swedish Air Forces. 

After the end of World War II, the Officine Reggiane was occupied by workers who begun a conversion of the production geared towards the civilian market, in a pattern similar to the nationwide wave of factory occupations of the years 1920-1921. 

The present
The company, which is currently still active (though with a name and a location different from the original, due to the changes of ownership and name), specializes in the production of cranes and trolleys for lifting containers.  The company was taken over first by the group Fantuzzi (Fantuzzi Reggiane) and then recently acquired by American company Terex Corporation.  The current name is: Reggiane Cranes and Plants S.p. A.

Products

Aircraft production
Reggiane Re.2000 Falco
Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II
Reggiane Re.2002 Ariete
Reggiane Re.2003
Reggiane Re.2004
Reggiane Re.2005 Bifusoliera
Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario
Reggiane Re.2006
Reggiane Re.2007
Reggiane Re.2008
Caproni-Reggiane Ca.400
Caproni-Reggiane Ca.8000

Locomotives
FS Class D.341
FS Class E.428
FS Class E.636
FS Class E.656
FS Class E.424

See also

Caproni
Compagnia Nazionale Aeronautica
Isotta Fraschini

External links

 Reggiane Cranes and Plants S.p. A. Official website

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Category:Forklift truck manufacturers
Category:Firearm manufacturers of Italy
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Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1901
Category:1901 establishments in Italy
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Category:Companies based in Reggio Emilia
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