Elegant billiard table for luxurious interiors – MBM Billiardi

Bold designer projects combined with extraordinary craftsmanship give us an insight into the MBM Billiardi brand. It is a true testament to a modern approach to manufacturing beautiful billiard tables, based on expert knowledge and an innovative machinery park.

 The history of MBM Biliardi begins in 1969, when the owner of the holding, Cav. Mariano Maggio, was only 23 years old. After about two years of experience in the billiard industry as a salesperson in the Lazio region for the company “Mari biliardi” based in Siena, he decided to start his own billiard business and opened his first small workshop, which was intended to become the largest billiard factory in Italy. “The first workshop was terrible...” recalls the owner. It was only four square meters, and the only equipment was a Black & Decker tool and a table made from wood waste from packaging, while the workforce consisted only of a wood finisher... who was often absent.

From this small entity, a few years later, he opened a larger space of 150 sqm. Here, the first machines were used, and the focus was on improving the already completed billiard table’s quality. Soon after, the factory was moved to the Mandrione area in Rome, on a 400-square-meter site, where production of new stylish billiard tables began. Now, Cav. Maggio, together with a Milanese graphic studio and a group of lawyers and architects, developed the factory’s prestigious brand: MBM Biliardi (Mariano Maggio Biliardi).

The entire MBM Billiardi factory project is located in a special area near Rome, close to the “Autostrada del Sole” motorway, between the Anagni and Colleferro exits. It is the result of comprehensive research into selecting the most efficient machines, many of which were designed and developed independently by MBM Biliardi. Only numerically controlled machines, capable of assembly and ensuring high-quality components, guarantee the success of this exceptional product worthy of MBM Biliardi. The factory was inaugurated in 1995, coinciding with the start of the World Billiards Championships in Italy, in Fiuggi, marking the beginning of a tradition of extensive experience for MBM. That is why only this approach to manufacturing tables yields the best results in terms of extraordinary precision. And as we know, this is crucial in this game, because any distortions are undesirable, especially on the playing surface.

Today, the factory remains the most popular company in the hi-tech industry, equipped with precise CNC machines, which, combined with careful raw material selection and meticulous product testing, ensure the highest quality and reliability of exclusive billiard tables. World-renowned billiard champions have visited the MBM factory and appreciated the values and quality guaranteed by the brand. That’s why MBM’s slogan is: “A billiard table cannot be bought randomly! Only MBM Billiardi guarantees craftsmanship and technology.” Naturally, made in Italy.

What is MBM Billiardi’s advantage?

Their machine – the only one in the world – can produce an perfectly rectangular billiard table. Thanks to electronic systems, it can achieve an ideal playing surface. Designed by MBM Billiardi engineers, the only company capable of such work, this machine combines the core of the billiard table, the slate, and the frame, performing two fundamental operations, transforming a simple wooden board into a highly precise billiard table. The first operation is reconditioning and refining the slate to prevent ball friction. The second is leveling the billiard table to a square, achieved with a diamond tip that rotates around its perimeter, simultaneously milling the slate and the frame to perfection.

This machine sequentially checks all elements of the billiard table and rejects those that are not up to standard. This system guarantees a complex mechanism of suction and seals, which only allows good components according to the standard process and rejects unsuitable ones. The machine can accurately inspect elements over three meters long. This is the essence of holistic precision, providing the advantage of an perfectly flat surface.