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Anni '60
THE FIRST QUARRIES
The Veronese entrepreneur Virginio Tacchella, active in the marble and granite processing sector, opens his first granite quarries in Sardinia. From here the story begins.
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1991
THE BIRTH
Virginio Srl was officially born, baptized with the name of its founder, as a subsidiary of Marmi Montegrappa, at the time one of the major realities in the Italian stone industry and beyond. Countless projects will be made in the coming years with Virginio granites, including some of the most important buildings in the world.
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2001
NEW MANAGEMENT
The Virginio is sold by the Veronese owners and purchased, in 2001, by the brothers Antonio and Stefano Luciano, established Sardinian entrepreneurs already active in the extraction sector with the Granite Candle. The acquisition, in fact, constitutes the birth of one of the main mining groups in Sardinia and Italy, with seven active quarries and a production that exceeds 40,000 cubic meters per year of blocks extracted. The Headquarters is moved to Olbia, Sardinia, where the company is still based today.
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2012
EXPANSION AND NEW INVESTMENTS
The younger of the two brothers, Antonio Luciano, immediately takes the reins of the two companies, which, in the next ten years, exponentially increase their turnover and their customer base under his direction, reaching even the markets Foreigners from Eastern Europe and the Near Middle East. The activity in the quarry is more and more mechanized, with the purchase of new and more innovative and performing machines that allow to optimize the production process by reducing waste and improving workers' working conditions.
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2002
THE BRAND IS BORN: VIR | VOLCANIC ROCKS
With the aim of increasingly projecting into foreign markets with different varieties of products and services, an internationalization project is carried out that leads to the creation of the VIR brand | VOLCANIC ROCKS.
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2013
INCORPORATION OF CANDLE GRANITES
With a view to rationalizing and simplifying bureaucratic and administrative requirements, management decides to merge the two companies: Virginio then incorporates Candela Graniti, thus creating a single company that will retain the name of Virginio.
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2015
NEW LOCATION
To meet the growing needs of space, Virginio purchases an industrial complex adjacent to the industrial port of Olbia: 8,000 square meters. of warehouses and over 40,000 square meters. of outdoor spaces, to accommodate blocks, slabs and finished products.