Company History

Terex Italia Srl, born as Bendini, is a leading Company in the design, manufacturing and distribution of rough terrain cranes, and in the distribution in Italy of all terrain and lattice crawler cranes, being part of the Terex Cranes group of Terex Corporation.

Bendini SpA was born in 1968 in Crespellano, near Bologna, founded by Mr Elio Bendini, who grew the Company along the years making the Bendini brand an important name in the sector of mobile cranes, particularly in Italy, as a reference point for the rough terrain cranes.

The second basic step, in the continuous growth of the Company, was the signature of the contract that, in 1989, brought Bendini to become part of the PPM Group, a leading French manufacturer of all terrain cranes.

Another important step in our Company's history took place in 1995, when PPM became part of Terex. In November 1999 the Company, whose name in the meantime was changed into PPM SpA, became Terex Italia Srl.

Following the acquisition of Demag Mobile Cranes by Terex in 2002, that brought the famous Company based in Zweibrucken, with its important know-how and its wide product range, to become part of the Terex Cranes Group; Terex Italia acquired in October 2002 the Italian division of Demag Mobile Cranes and transferred the operations (sales and after sales service) in its headquarters in Crespellano.