Matchmaking

Company description:
Founded in 1999, Alibaba.com is the first business unit of the Alibaba Group. It was established with the aim of providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) around the world with a one-stop solution for buying and selling abroad.

Alibaba.com is now the leading international B2B e-commerce platform, active in over 200 countries and regions, with more than 40 million buyers globally and an average of 300,000 transactions per day.

Through our marketplace, we offer companies around the world the opportunity to expand foreign trade and digitise.

Group member of:
Alibaba Group

Distributed products: 
40 product categories on Alibaba.com

Distribution channels of interest:
Multiple

Distribution areas:
Over 200 countries and regions

Company description:
Hardware and gardening distribution consortium

Group member of:
IVM srl, Ferramenta Salvatore srl, F.lli Zangrillo srl, Cascino Angelo & C. snc

Distributed products: 
Hardware and garden 

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, agricultural

Distribution areas:
Italy

Company description:
Brico io SpA, founded in 1986 by private entrepreneurs, opened its first shop in 1988. Since 1995 it has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of CoopLombardia. Brico io, a leading Italian chain of DIY shops for those who love home and garden. The sign identifies over 100 directly operated and franchised shops throughout Italy. Brico io, a chain of shops specialising in the retail sale of DIY products, the shops offer an assortment of over 30,000 products covering all segments of classic DIY, small building, home and garden maintenance and decoration.

Distribuited products:
Hardware, Electrical and manual tools, Decoration, Electricity, Lighting, Home arrangement, Shelving, Car and bicycle accessories, Gardening, Wood, Furnishing accessories, Paints, Glues, Bathroom fittings, Plumbing, Animal housing.

Company description:
BricoBravo is Italy's first Home & Garden marketplace. BricoBravo has the ambition to be the benchmark for DIY, building a simple and reliable experience for both customer and retailer ensuring that both get the best from the platforms

Distribution channels of interest:
Online

Company description:
Company specialising in wholesale distribution of hardware, security and related products. Dynamic and constantly evolving, aimed at the Italian resale market.
It is based in Liguria, accessible by physical and digital channels.
Has a network of agents, b2b catalogue, website, social channels (Fb, Linkedin, Ig)

Distribuited products:
Security, hardware, small parts, fastening systems, hand and electric tools, radio controls, etc.

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, building, agricultural, industrial and marine supplies, locksmith.

Distribution area:
Italy

Company description:
Wholesale distributor of hardware, DIY, housewares and garden and industrial supplies.

Group member of:
Ferritalia

Distributed products: 
Hardware, Tools, Safety and workwear, Construction, Gardening and farming, Electrical equipment, Garden furniture, Housewares

Distribution channels of interest:
hardware, construction, garden centres, paint shops, workshops, industry

Distribution areas:
Marche, Umbria, Abruzzo, Tuscany (Arezzo, Firenze, Prato and Siena)

Company description:
Company operating in Sardinia with 11 stores

Group member of:
BRICOLIFE - SYSTEM

Distribuited products:
Gardening, Wood, Paint, Furniture, DIY, Automotive, Electrical produtcs, Plumbing

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, building, large-scale distribution, garden centres, Bricolage

Distribution areas:
Physical stores: Sardinia

E-commerce: Italy

Company description:
Hardware distribution

Associated with the group:
AXEL GROUP

Merchandise distributed:
Hardware, tools, gardening, building, paint, plumbing

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, building, garden centres, paint shops

Distribution areas:
Lazio, Campania, Molise, Puglia

Company description:
Ferca is an organised buying group for hardware stores founded in Padua in 1973.

Today, more than 70 shops throughout Italy have chosen to be part of Ferca, a reality born from the intuition of far-sighted entrepreneurs who have found a way to hold their ground against the competition and, above all, differentiate themselves from the large-scale retail trade.

Distributed products:
Power tools, protective equipment, hand tools, hardware, screws and bolts, DIY - Brico, plumbing, swimming pools, car accessories, gardening, electrical material, heating, cooling, household goods.

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware

Company description:
Online Tools

Distributed products:
Tooling, accident prevention

Distribution areas:
Italy

Company description:
Ferramenta Schiavon Paride is a specialised retailer whose goal is to help the customer create, build, innovate through service for the professional.

How? With 3 pillars: technical background, transparency towards the customer, continuous improvement.

A team composed of employees with decades of experience and young people with a desire to grow, follows the customer from the first request, both online and offline, up to the purchase and after-sales service.

Distribuited products:
High-end tools and equipment, accessories and hardware for furniture, articles for metal carpentry and ironwork, articles for wood and pvc joinery and security.

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, tools, security locks

Distribution areas:
Italy

Company description:
Distributor company in the canary island. Import of products and sell in the whole archipielago.

Distributed products:
Faren chemical industries, novasol spray paint, ciret, pincusa, cañizos faura, global paint

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, building, garden centres, colour shops, painting shops, construction

Company description:
Franzini Annibale Spa, a historic company founded in 1873 and leader in the hardware wholesale channel and in the professional and industrial distribution channel.

Group member of:
Ferritalia and Sidercenter

Distribuited products:
Hand and electrical tools, PPE, ironmongery, civil and industrial plumbing, gardening, fixings, nets and fencing, fumistery, building products, steel products

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware

Distribution areas:
Emilia Romagna and part of Liguria, Tuscany, Piedmont and Lombardy

Company description:
We are a leading distributor of hardware, gardening, DIY. We offer 15 thousand meticulously researched articles in Italy and abroad. We move over 7000 parcels every day and deliver throughout Italy within 24-48 hours.

Group member of:
TERNA

Distribuited products:
Garden, hardware, plumbing, protective equipment, building

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, construction, GDS, garden centres, paint shops

Distribution areas:
Central South

Distributed products:
Building, agriculture, garden, tools, housewares, plumbing, protective equipment, hardware, heating

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, building, garden centre

Distribution areas:
All Italy

Company description:
DIY megastores in 9 European countries and online shops focused on retail with DIY, garden and home improvement products for private and professional clients.

Group member of:
HORNBACH Holding. 

Distributed products:
DIY-Products.

Distribution channels of interest:
HARDWARE; PLASTIC BOXES; LADDERS; HAND TOOLS; POWER TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES

Distribution areas:
EUROPE

Company description:
Automotive components production

InterCar today ranks among the world's most important players in the production of brake discs for passenger cars, both for OE and After Market, offering a complete service from Design Engineering to product marking and packaging customisation.

Group member of:
OMR group

Distributed products: 
Automotive components

Distribution channels of interest:
Car manufacturers - parts distributors

Distribution areas:
Worlwide

Company description:
Hardware tools seller

Distributed products: 
Bosch, Bahco, Izeltas (Turkish hand toolsmanufacturer), Ceta (Turkish hand toolsmanufacturer), MTE ( Turkish cutting tools manufacturer)

Distribution channels of interest:
Hand tools, electrical hand tools, pnuematic tools, health safety equipments, packing tools and consumable products.
Mostly industrial distrubution.

Company description:
Wholesaler

Group member of:
CDF

Distribuited products:
Hardware, housewares, safeguarding systems

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, GDS

Distribution areas:
Northern Italy

Company description:
Wholesalers of hardware and security material

Group member of:
GIEFFE

Distribuited products:
Locks, cylinder keys, safes, radiocommands, accessories for gates and doors and windows, tools, safety equipment, electrical and chemical material.

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, building, large-scale distribution, workshops, industrial distribution

Distribution areas:
All Italy except: Basilicata, Campania and Puglia

Company Description:
Wholesale distributor in Apulia for more than 50 years.

Distributed products:
Hardware, tools, electric compressors, technical items, colours, industrial furniture, thermo-hydraulic, tool machines, shelves

Distribution areas:
Apulia

Company description:
Wholesale distributor since 1934

Distributed products:
Locks, security, hardware, tools, electrical equipment, plumbing, steel products, construction, agriculture, gardening and household equipment

Distribution areas:
Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d'Aosta

Company description:
Import and distribution of professional tools and equipment

Group member of:
O5

Distribution products:
Hand tools, portable power tools, garage equipment, building supplies

Distribution channels of interest:
Hand tools, portable power tools, garage equipment, building supplies

Distribution areas:
Algiers, Algeria

Company description:
Aggregation of industrial retailers in the hardware/tooling/etc. Holding of the Ttake private label.

Group member of:
TECHNO TRADE GROUP

Distributed products:
Chip removal tools, abrasives, industrial chemicals, hand tools, lifting equipment, industrial absorbents, workshop equipment, machine tool equipment, measuring tools, pneumatic tools, adhesive tapes, protective equipment (footwear, eyewear, clothing)

Distribution channels of interest:
Hardware, industrial distribution, mechanical workshops

Distribution areas:
Italy

Group member of:
Garden Team

Distributed products:
Gardening products, plants, pet food and accessories, BBQs, outdoor furniture, swimming pools, household products, Christmas decorations

Distribution channels of interest:
Garden centres