Founded in 1920, Rivoira was one of the first companies in Italy to operate in the industrial gases sector. Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, today Rivoira is part of the multinational group Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation. Over the course of a century, the company has been present through the Second World War, post-war reconstruction, the economic boom, the turbulent 1970s and the challenges of the new millennium.
Originally a family-owned company, Rivoira’s story starts at the beginning of the last century in Italy’s Piedmont region. Guglielmo Rivoira moved with his family to Turin where after the First World War he decided to start his own business. On 1st July 1920 G.Rivoira – Compressed Gases – Steel Cylinders – Chemical Products was born.
Producing initially carbon dioxide, oxygen was added in 1923 and in the second half of the 1930s, hydrogen, acetylene, methyl choride and nitrous oxide. Unfortunately for Rivoira, the outbreak of the Second World War turned its plans upside forcing the company to start again. Rivoira had to severely downsize its business and its facilities suffered extensive damage. Starting again from LPG, Rivoira soon found new applications in the industrial sector. Through various companies, Rivoira passed from the initial distribution in Piedmont to a national network and then expanded to Ecuador.
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