Varese, January 27, 1947 Sandro Mentasti founds Sandro Mentasti Industria Gomma. The company begins to produce rubber spare parts and accessories for motorcycles and scooters that are marketed under the Ariete brand. Customers include the most prestigious names in the Italian Motorcycle Industry who appreciate the seriousness, punctuality in deliveries, the high quality and technically advanced content of the product that express the company philosophy. In addition to the initial rubber molding activity, the processing of plastic materials was also added with an extension to reinforced technopolymers and carbon-based components necessary to meet the modern needs of the industrial market. vatn IT 00123540122