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Vassalli Fabril S.A. is an Argentina-based company that produces
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, including the brands ''Vassalli'' and ''Don Roque''. It has three manufacturing plants located in
Firmat Firmat is a city located in the south of Santa Fe Province of Argentina in the Departamento General López. The main economic activities are agro-industry and agriculture. The city covers an area of about . The population of Firmat was 19,757 at ...
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Santa Fe Province The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco Province, Chaco (divided by the 28th ...
, occupying a total area of 99000 m² with a production capacity of 600 units a year. At the regional level, Vassalli Fabril competes with international producers based in
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History

In
1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...
, Roque Vassalli established Vassalli Fabril S.A., originally called Vassalli Roque S.A., in
Firmat Firmat is a city located in the south of Santa Fe Province of Argentina in the Departamento General López. The main economic activities are agro-industry and agriculture. The city covers an area of about . The population of Firmat was 19,757 at ...
, Santa Fe Province. Within a few years, the Firmat plant produced its first model of a combine harvester, the ''Super Vassalli''. The company eventually launched more than 20 different models. In the economic uncertainty of 1987, Vassalli sold Vassalli Roque S.A. and kept Vassalli Fabril S.A. Within the next few years, the company began to re-fabricate collectors and produce a combine harvester called ''Don Roque''. The company also expanded its product line to include a light truck with a cargo payload of 4.5 tons, a minibus for 18 passengers and a utility vehicle type jeep for civil and military use. In 1988, the factory was bought by Grupo Koner Salgado, in association with Zanello. The company split in two as Roque Vassalli S.A., in the hands of Salgado, took the old plant, and Vassalli Fabril S.A. took "Don Roque". In 2003, the Vassalli family recovered the combine harvester factory after paying 6 million pesos as part of a judicial bidding. Don Roque Vassalli's nephews announced that the production of combine harvesters would restart with over two hundred workers employed at the time of bankruptcy. By 2016, the Vassalli family sold Vasalli Fabril S.E. to a dealer network. On January 1, 2018, Vassalli Fabril announced the dismissal of 52 workers for "lack and reduction of work". The owner, Néstor Girolami, said that the Firmat plant would diversify with the production of mowers and self-unloading machines to improve revenues.


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Vassalli in Maquinac

Vassalli website

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Manufacturing companies established in 1949 Argentine brands Argentine companies established in 1949