The Story of the Battistolli Group

In the mid 1950s, Silvio Battistolli was Italy’s first courier of valuables. He collected and delivered for goldsmiths and jewellers in the Vicenza area along the Vicenza-Milan route. Much appreciated for his great reliability by an ever-widening customer base, in 1959, Silvio decided to leave the company he worked for and start a business of his own, assisted first by his wife and later by his sons.

By the 1970s Battistolli was a household name for the transport of valuables among the jewellery craftsmen of Vicenza. In 1974, Silvio’s son, Luigi, took up his father’s heritage and established the first one-man business in the sector. Luigi led the company through a phase of strategic development. Today he is President of the Group.

In 1984, with the creation of Rangers srl, the Group began a new phase of development, adding private security guard and patrol services. In 1986, Battistolli set up Pro.Sy.T to develop in-house the technological systems required to support its service offering. In 1999, the in-house IT development division was completed with the creation of Satelicom, a company specialising in the development and management of a Europe-wide satellite tracking system.

In 2001, Italy’s Central Bank, Banca d’Italia, chose the Battistolli Group as its changeover partner, entrusting the company with 30% of its cash-in-transit requirements throughout Italy. This was the start of a new market opening for the company: the banking and retail chain sectors.

B.T.V. SpA, a company belonging to the Battistolli Group, has been market leader in the transport of valuables since 2008. It has also grown its security-related services for private, industrial and commercial customers. Today, the core business of Battistolli, which became a Group in 2010, is the transport of valuables, cash management and security guard services.

Battistolli has never lost touch with its roots and is committed to playing a role in its community of origin, supporting numerous local sporting activities, including the Rangers Rugby Club of Vicenza in northeast Italy. Aware of its more general environment responsibilities, the Company is also at the cutting edge in its use of renewable energies, investing considerably in appropriate technology. In 2009, Battistolli celebrated 50 years of continuous operations.