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Success comes from daring to dream.

Light has been at the origin of Mareco since the 1970s when, Roberto Maretti, founder and creator, packed the first advertising signs onto the cart of his bicycle.

Driven by the wave of development that characterized the Riviera in those years, he began knocking on the door of the nascent hoteliers, selling them the one thing that would make them dream of a future of hope and growth: light.

It was a great project that Roberto carried on in the years to come, founding the first company called PubbliNeon and including advertising signs and lamps in the many frames of one of the most popular beach postcards of those times.

In the alternation of the long-awaited 'Seasons,' Mareco contributed to the creation of the identity of the Romagna Riviera, now no longer defined only by the chrome of sun-discolored umbrellas, but also and above all by luminous elements capable of designing new spaces and, in them, new possibilities for life.

The intuition that revolutionized the way of thinking and designing at the time was the use of plastic material, which made it possible to avoid the problem of oxidation caused on metals by the salty air of the Riviera. This led Mareco, in a short time, from conception to the production of indoor, outdoor and street furniture lighting fixtures, thus taking its first steps in a constantly evolving industrial fabric.

Success comes from daring to dream.
Catalogue '90
Success comes from daring to dream.
'Stud' street lamp
Success comes from daring to dream.
'Ura 400' street lamp
Success comes from daring to dream.
Our people
Success comes from daring to dream.
Mission

The new millennium: a history of renovation respecting tradition.

Facing as pioneers the arrival of LED lighting in the lighting market, it was for Mareco the last act of the 20th century and the first of a promising millennium, which already bears the face of a great manufacturing revolution. And it is precisely because of this that the Mareco signature has been given more and more shape and meaning: pure, simple lines, essential design. Each product is cared for down to the smallest detail and it is easy to be able to appreciate its versatility, choice of materials, ease of installation and pleasantness of lines.

The early 2000s brought with them a necessary evolution also from the point of view of operational technicality: new equipment for new standards of quality and control. At the same time, the tradition lives on in the unalterable link with the spherical shape and its most varied and imaginative applications, an eternal symbol of interpretation, definition of contours and perception of three-dimensionality.

The new millennium: a history of renovation respecting tradition.
Catalogue 02'
The new millennium: a history of renovation respecting tradition.
Pendant Lamp
The new millennium: a history of renovation respecting tradition.
IP44 Led Sphere

Balances of light and shadow.

In the years that followed, Mareco began a path that saw, alongside products that can be considered classic lighting, the presentation of systems that were innovative in design and planning: sinuous lines, sweeping curves of brightness, and high degrees of safety.

The principles behind any new production were and are the improvement of the quality of street furniture, the enhancement of a street, a building, a square, having in mind the importance of dialoguing with the environment, creating balances, always different, between light and shadow.

Balances of light and shadow.
Led apparatus 'Grus'
Balances of light and shadow.
'Spica' outdoor residential
Balances of light and shadow.
Transparent Sphere
Balances of light and shadow.
Fumé Sphere

Mareco 2024: the culture of light that does not forget the essential.

This constant design exploration was succeeded in July 2024 by the acquisition of Mareco Luce from a company long-established in LED lighting and renewable energy.

50 years have passed since Mareco Luce's doors first opened.

50 years of choices that, over time, have inevitably suffered and never forgotten the influence of the context in which we live: Covid-19, wars and environmental disasters are just some of the test beds of an industry that lives and breathes in the global communications network and the world economy.

Emerging from these years of transition in the market is the application and development of technological innovations, such as artificial intelligence and light control in order to integrate sustainability and visual comfort into new products.

It is in this context, of difficulty but of great desire for rebirth, that Mareco also begins to rethink the interaction between light and space, starting from the rediscovery of those values that in uncertain times, and little decipherable, always bring us back to the essentials: simplicity, experience and reliability.

We believe that simplicity is strength. A value to strive for, the result of a path of subtraction of superfluous elements, capable of elevating design to uniqueness, sobriety and naturalness.

The search for and expression of simplicity inescapably requires experience. Experience, or culture, that in Mareco we breathe every day by performing simple actions: opening boxes, leafing through catalogs from the 80' or browsing through molds of old productions.

The road of culture and experience, overcoming schemes and conventions, leads us toward building an increasingly solid reliability. Through high product quality, present customer service and a credible history. This is how Mareco Luce will put its culture at the disposal of a new creative exploration.

Mareco 2024: the culture of light that does not forget the essential.
Delux 360 Round
Mareco 2024: the culture of light that does not forget the essential.
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Mareco 2024: the culture of light that does not forget the essential.
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