A Brief Overview

Did you know that the concept of ropeways dates back to the 17th century when they were used to transport heavy loads across steep terrain?
Since then, ropeways have evolved from simple systems used in mountainous regions for transportation of goods and people to advanced aerial ropeways systems used in urban transportation, amusement parks, and tourism.

Graffer Today

Mission & Values

GRAFFER s.r.l is a leading Italian company with over 85 years of experience in designing and manufacturing cable transport systems for mountain resorts, amusement parks, and urban areas.
The company is committed to sustainable development and uses the latest technologies to minimize energy consumption and reduce environmental impact.
Offering technical assistance, maintenance, and repair services to ensure their customers’ systems are always operating at peak performance;
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Check out more about our History

1935

Tobbogan Run

The first tobbogan run was organized on Monte Bondone

1938

First Ski Lift

The first ski-lift was built in Madonna di Campiglio

1945

Skilift with a seat!

The first ski lift with a seat was installed on the Marmolada Glacier

1947

Exhibition in Trento

Installed a chairlift for an exhibition in Trento

1950

Alps Development

Many single seater chairlifts were realized throughout the Alps

1956

Winter Olympics

Designed, manufactured and installed all lifts for the Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics

1960s-70s

EU Expension

Exported over 150 systems to Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia

1968-69

First Prototype

The first “a va e vieni” prototype at Gardolo : engine winch motor and hydraulic pump, hydraulic piston counterweight

1970

UNIOR Cooperation

Technical cooperation with UNIOR Greece and production cooperation with Yugoslavia

1980

120 Systems

Exported over 120 systems to Sweden and Finland; in cooperation with Vintertec Service Helsinki

1986

Air Walks!

Developed “air-walks” for amusement parks and parallel markets; Gardaland, Athens, Tashkent, Jeddah, Catania, Lisbon

1980

AGUDIO Collaboration

Collaboration with AGUDIO for construction of Automatic Chairlifts

1989

Automatic Systems

Designed and realised Folgarida, Marilleva, Pinzolo, Abetone and Valle d’Aosta; automatic systems

1991-1999

International Events

Realised instalments for international events; Nordic Skiing WC, Folgarida Snowboard WC

2014

Achievement!

Graffer had realised more than 2000 ropeway systems

2014

Graffer Seggiovie

Graffer s.r.l buys the rights to GRAFFER SEGGIOVIE and revives the company

2018

Fixed Grip

Focus only on fixed-grip solutions in order to scale up

2016

Moving on

Graffer shift the comapny focus to commerce of Second Hand Ropeways

Quality Over Quantity

Products & Services

1

Ski Lift

new / revision / second hand‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
fixed grip - platters or t-bars suspended from a cable that
transport skiers up a ski slope
2

Chairlift

new / revision / second hand‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
fixed grip - open-air chairs suspended from a cable that can
carry up to 6 passengers
3

Cable Car

second hand / revision‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
detachable grip - fully enclosed cabins that can carry up to 10
passengers
4

Gondolas

revision / second hand‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
detachable grip - fully enclosed cabins that can carry up to 20
passengers
5

Funicular

revision‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
bi-directional cars that are connected by a cable

GRAFFER MARKET POSITIONING

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SECOND HAND

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Ropeways Manufacturing
Industry

Others (Graffer)

0-10%

Leitner

40%

Doppelmayr

50%

Market Evaluation

4B

2014

6.2B

Today

10B

2028

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Lonato del Garda

25017 Brescia Via Tellaroli 5/N

 

info@graffer.it

+39 030 910 3427

www.graffer.it