President of Riva Forni Elettrici since 2014, Claudio Riva is an Italian manager with extensive experience and various responsibilities within the Riva Group, which he led as CEO until 2005. He is particularly known for his contribution to the steel industry, which includes participation in the privatization of the German steel industry post-reunification in the early '90s. Thanks to his management, the Riva Group is publicly recognized for over-performing the commitments made regarding employment and investments agreed upon with its counterparts. In the early 2000s, he marked a historic moment with the 2005 Program Agreement for the Cornigliano plant in Genoa - signed together with the Government, local authorities, and social partners, promoting the decarbonization of the Italian steel industry while ensuring the safeguarding of employment levels and investments. An agreement that represented the transformation of a private company, the Riva Group, into a reality closely connected to environmental rehabilitation objectives. After concluding his experience at the helm of the Group, Claudio Riva dedicated himself to the naval sector, with the Navali Unite Genova Company (Snug). In June 2014, after the sale of Snug to a prestigious German shipping company, he returned to the top of the Riva Group as President.
Riva Group is the largest steel operator in Italy and one of the main players in the sector in Europe. It was founded in 1954 by Emilio Riva, a pioneering figure in European steelmaking in the post-World War II era. Since then, the Group has specialized in the production of "long" products through the use of electric arc furnaces. Since June 2014, the presidency has been entrusted to Claudio Riva.
In over 70 years of history, Riva Group has consolidated its leadership position at the international level, expanding its activities in the most important European markets thanks to excellent production standards combined with a strategy focused on research, development, and constant investments. It currently holds a significant share of the "long" products market, further confirming its leadership role in the segment.
With entirely private capital, Riva Group employs over 5,300 collaborators, including a growing number of graduates and young professionals, and operates production facilities in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, and Canada.
There is a strong focus on annual investments aimed at continuously improving the quality of products and production processes, as well as maintaining the highest safety standards and ensuring environmental sustainability.
Mechanics, automotive, and earthmoving are some of the industrial sectors in which the Group is active, sectors that require particularly stringent technical specifications in terms of quality standards. The product range includes drawn, peeled, and ground products, obtained from further cold processing of rolled products.
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