Company Profile
Leading players in change
Founded in Bologna in 1940, Pietro Fiorentini is a leading industrial company in North-East Italy and is recognised as a Historic Brand of National Interest. With more than 80 years of experience across the entire natural gas supply chain, today the Group has expanded its horizons towards the development of technologies and solutions for a sustainable, digital world, with a particular focus on renewable energy projects. The goal is to be a leading player in the changes that will distinguish the playing field that our company inhabits and operates within in the coming years, such as digitalisation, the transition towards cleaner energy sources and greater responsibility regarding economic, social and environmental sustainability.
In the last decade, the Company has made significant investments in R&D, M&A, its factories and production systems, thanks to which it now holds a leadership position in smart metering today, as well as in smart grids more generally. More recently, In the context of the energy transition process, the Group has ehnanced its efforts to seize the new opportunities related to green energy sources, such as biomethane, hydrogen and Power-to-gas. More recently, the Group is expanding its horizons towards water metering, water cycle digitalization and in the environmental sector.
Our clients are the foundation of all our day-to-day work, as part of a customer centricity rational that does not end with a mere focus on product quality or process optimisation, but is also inextricably linked to all the other elements (technical support, maintenance services, logistics, information and communication) that distinguish our relationship. Our goal is always the same: to place our clients and their needs front and centre within an operational model that is able to use streams and resources optimally to quickly, coherently and tangibly meet their requirements, thereby reducing costs and waste to increase perceived value.
We work by integrating Lean Management principles, which has earned us the nickname of the Toyota of Italy over the course of more than 20 years of rigorous application through our Agile Team network. These principles are dedicated to developing versatile projects of the utmost importance, with a rapid and flexible rational, built on the model of modern start-ups.
Our long-time strategy is focused on sustainability, not only of our business but also of the environmental system and society in which we live. Protecting the world that we will leave to the future generations is everyone’s responsibility and, as a company, we will do our part to prevent possible negative external effects related to our business and our industry.
This goal can only be achieved through continuous investment in training and individual empowerment, by focusing on the distributed intelligence of people and giving them the autonomy they need to develop their skills, passions and motivation to the fullest. Because people are our real strength, and it is only through the cooperation of all our employees that we will be able to overcome the challenges of the future.
An award-winning Company
2025 Deloitte Best Managed Company
Since 2021 we have been among the Best Managed Companies awarded annually by Deloitte Private with ELITE-Gruppo Euronext and Confindustria Piccola Industria, with the methodological and strategic support of ALTIS Graduate School of Sustainable Management at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
It is awarded to Italian companies assessed as excellent on the basis of seven success factors: strategy, skills and innovation, commitment and corporate culture, governance and performance measurement, corporate social responsibility, internationalisation and supply chain, and cyber security.
2025 Sustainability Award
Promoted in collaboration by Kon Group and ELITE, the Sustainability Award is a recognition reserved for Italian companies that have distinguished themselves in initiating and implementing sustainable development paths.
Pietro Fiorentini has been recognized among the 75 leading Italian companies in two prestigious rankings: Integrated Finance, for its ability to integrate sustainability with economic and financial indicators, and ESG Innovation for Sustainability, for the impact of its innovations on the sustainability of economic and social development.
Impresa Champion by ItalyPost
In 2026, Pietro Fiorentini was once again included among the list of the Italian top companies selected by the ItalyPost Research Center in collaboration with L’Economia of Corriere della Sera.
This recognition has placed us among the 1,000 Champions since 2019, marking our eighth consecutive year. These are companies with revenues between 30 and 500 million euros that have consistently combined growth, profitability, and financial discipline in recent years.
Historical Trademark of National Interest
The Italian Ministry of Economic Development has created a Special Register of Historical Trademarks of National Interest in order to protect and enhance the value of historically significant enterprises in the territory. Listed in this register are brands with a history of at least 50 years.
On the 11th of February 2022, Pietro Fiorentini was listed in the Special Register of Historical Trademarks of National Interest under registration number 369, further confirming the prominent role that the Company has played in the national landscape for over eight decades.
2021 Frost & Sullivan Global Company of the Year for Smart Gas Metering
In February 2021, Pietro Fiorentini was named Global Company of the Year for Smart Gas Metering by Frost & Sullivan, one of the world’s leading international management consulting companies.
Every year, Frost & Sullivan presents the “Company of the Year” awards to organisations that demonstrate elite status in their respective sectors for having produced results in areas such as leadership, market penetration, technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development. The analysts compare industry participants and measure their performance through interviews, market research and analysis.
Thanks to smart gas metering solutions of recognised global value, Frost & Sullivan acknowledged that Pietro Fiorentini emerges as a leading supplier in the utilities sector, with state-of-the-art solutions that guarantee elevated efficiency, increase safety, minimise costs and advance the digitalisation process of networks.
ELITE Company for the London Stock Exchange Group
In November 2019, Pietro Fiorentini officially joined ELITE, the London Stock Exchange Group’s program dedicated to promoting the organisational and managerial training and development of corporate excellence.
In order to be admitted to the ELITE program, a company must meet several requirements, both from an economic (revenues, operating result and profits above a certain minimum threshold) and quality point of view (solid competitive positioning, convincing growth plan, historical growth and future potential, and motivation to face cultural changes). This is a meticulous and exclusive selection that we are proud to be part of.
