Our experience in the world of mechanics and gears dates back to 1944, when Mr Felice D’Arco (in the picture the first on the right), a veteran of World War II, undertook his working life in a company situated in Salerno. Among the countless machineries, Mr Felice D’Arco also found some hobbing machines which had remained unused till that moment because nobody had been able to make them work. The commitment to make them work, as well as the accomplishment of the first pieces, sparked a great passion for gears which still lasts unaltered today.

After having worked for 30 years in different engineering companies, in 1974 Mr Felice D’Arco managed to set up his first business called “Meccanica Metelliana” in Cava de’ Tirreni. He took over the small machine shop owned at that time by Basilio Lazzarini. This business also marked the beginning of a great esteem and friendship which would last in time.

In very few years “Meccanica Metelliana” became an important reference point for gears users throughout the region and in 1982 this company turned into D’ARCO Ltd. moving into larger premises and widening its range of products. Its most important feature was the introduction of the manufacturing process of Spiral Bevel Gears “Gleason” system which had been realized custom-made for the first time in the south of Italy.