The Company began its life in 1920, when the founder, Umberto Piacenza, using his "thousand lire" special army discharge reward, opened a "workshop" in Cremona for the vulcanisation of wheels.

The manufacture of agricultural wagons with rubberised wheels was soon added to the above line of business. Right from the beginning, the company was keen to export sending its products to the Italian territories of the time in Africa.

At the end of the 2nd world war, the very first road trailer was manufactured and the present branch in Via Milano (CREMONA) was built. Thanks to its reliability and strength together with the innovation that has always characterised Piacenza's productions especially since the '50's, the product immediately met with success. In those years, besides traditional trailers, bulk cement tanks and powder tanks were also manufactured.

In the '60's the Company was handed over to Mr. Piacenza's sons, who were even more eager to expand their business abroad, so that for 20 years Piacenza's vehicles dominated the African market (Zambia, Nigeria). By the beginning of the 1980's, Piacenza had found new markets in Iraq and Eastern Europe and in particular, Poland.
Nowadays, exportation is still pursued with extreme interest and energy by the present management.