Modern chest of drawers with shelf and designer wall mural - Maronese Acf

Stylish design combined with a fascinating history gives the Maronese brand its signature.

Brothers Giovanni, born in 1941, and Iginio, born in 1942, were still boys when in 1966 they decided to establish, along with two other partners, Angelo and Bruno, the Maronese furniture factory on via Taglio in Maron di Brugnera. It was a Monday, October 3rd, the day when the four young men, with a capital of 2,000,000 lire, began their journey. These were years of great change, now remembered as the "good years," a time when the founders had big dreams and at the same time high hopes for their realization. A close connection to the territory is the starting point for the history of Maronese. In the 1960s, the Livenza region around Brugnera was rapidly changing, opening up to a new industrial structure. But the values remain the same as always, passed down from fathers to their children from generation to generation: an incredibly strong dedication to work, an innate sense of duty, and a deeply rooted desire for growth.

In this context, the initiative of the Polesello brothers and partners Copat and Billot found fertile ground, transforming their entrepreneurship into an internationally renowned brand. They were not involved in trade but in transportation, which is how they began to understand the furniture industry and get to know their clients. They traveled all over Italy, from Sicily to Aprica, northward towards Sondrio, and one day they asked themselves: why can't we make furniture ourselves?
Giovanni Polesello, Iginio Polesello, Bruno Billot, Angelo Copat

In an old building belonging to one of the partners, the first furniture prototypes were created. There was enough time to finish the shed, and the company moved to a larger location suitable for installing machinery to meet the growing demand for production. Wives helped out, some workers were hired, and “la Maronese” began to gain fame. In 1967, the first showroom models were presented at the Salone del Mobile Italiano in Milan. This was just the beginning of a long success story that continues to this day.

Business does not start immediately; you need to make yourself known and showcase your product. Furniture manufacturers from Pesaro and Brianza were already established in large markets, while in the Pordenone area, furniture companies were just starting out: to challenge the competition, production had to be perfect. Customers scrutinized every detail, first removing drawers to see if they were made flawlessly or rather “on swallowtail joints.” The furniture passed quality tests, was displayed in shop windows across Italy, and sold quickly.

Work grew, and so did Maronese.

New expansions in the mid and late 1980s were a visible and tangible result of a company that continually invested in technology, people, and quality—never losing the courage that has always distinguished it from the very beginning. Who knows how to change something through the style of its collection. 1986 was a year of economic revival for the entire furniture sector, both in Italy and abroad, and Maronese increased exports. Germany became a reference foreign market for years: ad hoc models were created to meet the functional and aesthetic requirements of demanding clients. During the busiest periods, especially during the boom of 1995, over 38 trucks left Maronese warehouses every week. The experience, techniques, and knowledge gained over the years allowed Maronese to openly face the world and prepare to handle the complexities of the 1990s.

The mid-1990s proved to be an ideal time for “showing off,” communicating externally a consolidated company image that, along with other Group companies, now felt the need to share space inside a concept of a complete home, always aligned with the spirit of the times. In Brugnera, a large space of 7,000 square meters was built, later expanded to 11,000 square meters, encompassing the entire production of the ATMA Group: the Poma showroom. A constantly updated scenographic pathway that captures the state of furniture, trends, and lifestyles through proposals from individual brands. A place for networking with other companies in the group, but also with retailers, where events and meetings can be organized, and relationships nurtured.

The arrival of the new millennium brings great changes and innovations; the world is becoming increasingly interconnected, and language is global: in the furniture industry, living areas are becoming areas of life, lifestyle is evolving into a way of living, and trends are setting new styles. Maronese introduces contemporary production with ACF: something still missing that allows Maronese to take another leap forward in quality.
Night and day. From its production center in 2008, ACF became a brand: a reference point for the development of a new concept of night and day design, which immediately stood out with an innovative approach to the product and a continuous search for new shapes and original finishes.

Minimal aesthetics and compositional simplicity are perfectly integrated with the need for functionality and versatility, making interior solutions very current. In 2014, the classic-modern Maronese joined the contemporary ACF: Maronese ACF was born, the unique and great reality that breathes life into the new “Maronese house” project. A comparison of two generations, but above all, two generations that now walk the same path toward the future together.
Maronese, the parent company of the ATMA group, currently covers an area of 48,000 square meters. Continuous investments in structural expansion, technological innovations, and increasingly specialized human resources have allowed us over the years to build a solid yet dynamic identity. The connection to the territory and the people, but above all the strong bond of the Polesello family, is the main theme of this long story, which has been successfully ongoing since 1966.