Società Costruzioni Industriali Milano, better known as Socimi, was an Italian manufacturing company based in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
. It was a manufacturer of
tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
s,
metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
trains;
traction motor
A traction motor is an electric motor used for propulsion of a vehicle, such as locomotives, electric vehicle, electric or hydrogen vehicles, elevators or electric multiple unit.
Traction motors are used in electrically powered rail vehicles (ele ...
s for these and for
trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
es; and bodies for
motorbus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...
es and trolleybuses.
[Bushell, Chris (ed.) (1989). ''Jane's Urban Transport Systems 1989'', pp. 399, 408, 545 and 560. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK): Jane's Information Group. .] It also manufactured
weapon
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s, such as
rifle
A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with ...
s. The company was founded by Alessandro Marzocco in 1969 and declared bankruptcy in 1994 due to its involvement in the ''
Mani pulite
''Mani pulite'' (; Italian for "clean hands") was a nationwide judicial investigation into political corruption in Italy held in the early 1990s, resulting in the demise of the so-called " First Republic" and the disappearance of many Italian ...
'' scandal in 1992.
Trolleybus systems, which purchased Socimi trolleybuses, included the systems of
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
,
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
,
Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
and
Salerno
Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...
.
[Murray, Alan (2000). ''World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia'', p. 108–109. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. .] The company supplied trams only to
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, but collaborated with
Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier Transportation was a Canadian-German rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer, headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
It was one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry ...
in the development of the
Eurotram
The Socimi Eurotram (later sold as the Bombardier Flexity Outlook (E)) was an electric tramcar designed for the tram system of Compagnie de Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS). Initially produced by Socimi, after the company became bankrupt Eurotrams ...
for the
Strasbourg tramway in France.
Heavy rail
Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas:
Rapid transit
A rapid transit system is an electric railway characterized by high speed (~) and rapid accelerati ...
trains produced by Socimi included the
FNM Socimi coaches
The Socimi coaches of the Ferrovie Nord Milano, also known as ''type hinterland'', are a class of railway coaches for commuter trains, built in the 1980s by Socimi.
The coaches have been used together with E.620 locomotives or E.750 railcars. A ...
for
Ferrovie Nord Milano as well as
EMU300
The Tze-Chiang Express, also spelled "Tzu-chiang" or "Ziqiang" () is a type of express train service operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) in Taiwan. Of the five service classes operated by the TRA, the Tze-Chiang trains is the faste ...
trains for
Taiwan Railway Administration.
Firearms
![SOCIMI Type 821-SMG 9x19mm - 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/SOCIMI_Type_821-SMG_9x19mm_-_1.JPG)
SOCIMI produced the
Socimi Type 821
The Socimi Type 821-SMG was a submachine gun manufactured in the 1980s by the firm of SOCIMI, ''Società Costruzioni Industriali Milano, SpA'' located in Milan, Italy.
Development
At a first glance the Socimi Type 821-SMG appears to be an outri ...
submachine gun
A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to describe its design concept as an autom ...
in the 1980s.
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Defunct manufacturing companies of Italy
Defunct firearms manufacturers
Firearm manufacturers of Italy
Defunct rolling stock manufacturers of Italy
Bus manufacturers of Italy
Electric vehicle manufacturers of Italy
Trolleybus manufacturers
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