The company
In 1925, Timoteo Martini, the father of the company's current president, founded “Lampadari Martini,� a small artisan company specialised in the production of lighting fixtures, in Milan. In over eighty years of activity, the company has turned into one of the most important industrial groups of its sector, namely the Martini Illuminazione Group. The latter comprises Martini S.p.A (founded in 1971 at Concordia sulla Secchia in the province of Modena), Sames S.p.A. (acquired in 1995 and transferred from Moncalieri to the current production plants) and, since 2006, Sothis (a company specialised in the production of decorative STRASSŽ chandeliers). The Martini group conducts high level research in terms of product design, construction-related aspects and monitoring of fixture lighting performance. This activity allows for implementing a vast array of products in a variety of applications, from indoor lighting in offices and workplaces, commercial environments, hospitality structures, places of worship and museums, to outdoor applications such as urban and street lighting. The Martini Illuminazione Group production plants cover a total area of 21,500 square metres and house some 170 employees. Thanks to the extensive experience of a large team of architects and lighting designers, for several years Martini has been offering assistance in the design and development of lighting schemes, from the preliminary research phase up to the
selection of single products and lighting engineering calculations. The requirements of each project are always carefully assessed, so as to verify the actual impact of light on a given environment and ensure compliance with the standards governing every installation, whether indoor or outdoor. Martini Group designers implement specific software programmes for lighting engineering calculations, in order to offer solutions that assess the various types of products and light sources for improved performance control, comfort and energy saving (as in the case of LED products for exteriors) resulting from each architectural light scene. Recently, the company strengthened its lighting engineering design centre in Milan, while showrooms opened in Rome, Moscow and St. Petersburg as part of a constantly evolving project. All the fixtures are designed to be used in conjunction with the most advanced light sources, such as halogen, fluorescent, metal halide and sodium vapour lamps, with particular emphasis on LED technology; moreover, the fixtures are subjected to an ISO 9001 certified quality control process, which includes tests and checks in the company's in-house laboratory. Special attention is also devoted to ensuring compliance with the regulations in force in all relevant countries, and in assessing and certifying the technical and lighting features of the products.
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