Origins
The extraordinary history of Valditerra Spa began in 1936, when Angelo Valditerra first recognized the great potential of a strongly expanding railway construction sector. Italy needed to be unified and a dense railway network appeared the pulsating heart of this new nation, with constantly expanding transit of both goods and commuters. At the start Valditerra consisted solely in Angelo and two workers. Thanks to ongoing skill and commitment the foundations were laid for the company’s ongoing expansion, which has earned it high acclaim on markets the world over.


The turning point
The turning point occurred in the 70’s. Thanks to Angelo’s son, Sergio, who inherited all the passion and commitment of his father and actually grew up on the tracks amongst the toil of the workers, thereby getting an insight into the true complexity and work that went into the construction of maintenance of track and the rail road bed; and as the result of this he had a brilliant idea. After years of research and tests, he succeeded in creating a machine which was to revolutionize the rail track operations. In the rail world it was subsequently known as the “Valditerra system track renewal train”.
A train which in its standard version, or with subsequent adaptations has the capacity to either newly lay or restore a railway line in a single operation; giving excellent results in terms of quality, performance, safety and function; results of such quality as never before experienced in the railway construction sector.
Another advantage is that risky human intervention is thereby limited to a maximum.
The first version of the machine was called the Matisa P 811, after the standards of the construction company which has also been responsible for developing its patents and marketing.
The P811 has been further improved and perfected through time.
However innovative research does not stop here and is ongoing.