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SOL Group

Italian group operating in technical and medical gases, homecare, biotechnologies and renewable energy production.

Last updated September 11, 2026

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Overview

SOL was formed in 1927 by Giovanni Annoni and Aldo Fumagalli from Monza, who started up two factories to produce oxygen and acetylene, one in Leghorn and the other in Ancona. Today it is a company quoted on the Milan stock exchange. SOL Spa is the Italian leader in the production and marketing of technical, industrial, pure, special and medicinal gases, and is part of the SOL Group, which operates in the fields of Technical and medical gases, Homecare, Biotechnologies and the Production of energy from renewable sources.

History

SOL was formed in 1927 by Giovanni Annoni and Aldo Fumagalli from Monza, who started up two factories to produce oxygen and acetylene, one in Leghorn and the other in Ancona. Today it is a company quoted on the Milan stock exchange. SOL Spa is the Italian leader in the production and marketing of technical, industrial, pure, special and medicinal gases. SOL Spa is part of the SOL Group, which operates in the fields of Technical and medical gases, Homecare, Biotechnologies and the Production of energy from renewable sources.

Products and positioning

Italian leader in the production and marketing of technical, industrial, pure, special and medicinal gases.

  • Technical gases

    Include oxygen, nitrogen, argon, acetylene, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium and their mixtures, used in most industrial sectors, in scientific research and in medicine.

  • Medical gases

    Services centred on medical gases, developed for their production on-site, quality control up to the time of use.

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