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 WWII, 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), especially in the production of cranes and trolleys for lifting a container. 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.

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.8000

Locomotives

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