Mecc Alte, a global leader in the design and manufacture of alternators, controllers and inverters for power generation, announces the conclusion of a process of consolidation of the ownership structure that represents a significant milestone in the Group’s long-term industrial development.
A majority of the controlling shares of the group has passed to shareholders Mario and Paolo Carraro, following an operation negotiated over the past 15 months. This operation is part of a shared vision of generational continuity, stability and strategic clarity, in line with an industrial history that in 2027 will celebrate eighty years of values and passion.
A transition guided by values
The process originates from the choice of the majority shareholder group within the family branch to transfer its shares, contributing, with a spirit of responsibility — one of the Group’s founding values — to the solidity and continuity of Mecc Alte. A choice that clearly expresses care for the company’s future and for its people.
Likewise, the new majority shareholders take on this commitment with the intention of leading the new phase with energy, vision and determination, while respecting the industrial heritage built over decades of continuous presence in the market.
In the Group’s new leadership configuration, Mario Carraro will continue in the role of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the operating companies, with responsibility for the strategic leadership and industrial direction across the entire Group. Paolo Carraro, Vice President Sales, retains management responsibility for Mecc Alte China: the Group company that represents one of the strategic pillars of future development.
Diego Carraro as Chairman of the new holding company: recognition of fifty years of history
In keeping with Mecc Alte’s values of tradition, Mario and Paolo have asked their father Diego Carraro to take on the Chairmanship of the family holding company. This is a representative role and a guarantor of the continuity of values, conceived as an act of recognition for the fifty years of active and operational dedication with which Diego Carraro led the Group, concluded in 2021.
Although the Chairmanship does not entail a return to operational duties in the company, it is the symbolic expression of a living industrial memory, accompanying the Group in its evolution with the strength of a heritage of experience and identity built over more than half a century of work.
Corporate ownership structure
As part of the operation, a corporate reorganization process will be initiated which will lead, during 2026, to the merger of M.e.c.c. Alte S.p.A. into Comeccfin. All subsidiaries will be consolidated under a single financial and industrial holding company, strengthening decision-making clarity, efficiency and strategic alignment across international operations.
The name Mecc Alte will be maintained for the new combined entity, consistent with the Group’s identity and public image. The simplification of the structure is a tangible expression of the value of Simplicity: making everything clearer, faster and more effective. The Carraro family will ultimately organize its shareholdings in a dedicated holding company, of which Diego Carraro will be Chairman.
A signal to the market: focus on power generation
With this operation, Mecc Alte clearly demonstrates its strategic focus on the core business of power generation. In a market undergoing profound transformations — from infrastructure for data centers to decentralized energy, from construction and rental applications to critical backup systems — the Group consolidates its position as an independent industrial partner, capable of long-term decisions aligned with the real needs of its customers. The Group’s growth, from €137M in 2020 to €210M in the last fiscal year (FY2025), is testament to this.
What makes Mecc Alte different in the market is its most authentic nature: a company guided by its own values. It is this identity — made of initiative, simplicity, responsibility, sharing, people and care for the customer — that translates into engineering excellence, lasting relationships and sustainable industrial growth.
Operational continuity and commitment to People
The transition does not change daily activities, production or programmes with customers and partners. Rather, it strengthens Mecc Alte’s ability to operate as a stable and independent industrial partner, with a long-term horizon aligned with the needs of customers, collaborators and stakeholders. People remain at the heart of the journey: the Group’s most precious capital, custodian of the values and knowledge that have fueled innovation for eighty years.
Statements
Diego Carraro, Chairman-designate of the Mecc Alte holding company:
“It is a privilege to continue to accompany, in a representative role, the company to which I have devoted fifty years of my operational life; just as this chairmanship is a recognition of what has been achieved. It is a personal source of pride to see the generational commitment to taking tangible responsibility for the future of the Group, confident that it will continue to be guided with responsibility, vision and respect for the values that have made us who we are.”
Mario Roberto Carraro:
“This transition strengthens our responsibility to lead Mecc Alte into the next phase of its development. We do so with momentum and courage, but also with awareness of what the company has been. Asking our father Diego to take on the Chairmanship of the new holding company is for us the most natural and heartfelt way to recognize half a century of dedication and to affirm that the thread of values that holds us together remains strong.”
Paolo Carraro:
“With this corporate simplification, we tangibly demonstrate to the market our focus on power generation. In a rapidly evolving sector, what makes us different is the ability to be guided by our values: it is on this differentiating identity that we build solid and lasting global partnerships and accelerate innovation.”
Mecc Alte at a glance
Founded in Italy in 1947, Mecc Alte is a global manufacturer of alternators and integrated solutions for power generation, with manufacturing plants and sales offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas. The Group serves customers in strategic sectors — data centers, decentralized energy, construction and rental, critical backup systems — with an industrial philosophy founded on six guiding values: Initiative, Simplicity, Responsibility, Sharing, People, Care.
The operation at a glance
The operation has benefited from the collaboration of BPER and Mediobanca Corporate & Investment Banking for the advisory structure, Chiomenti and Pedersoli Gattai for the legal aspects, and BPER Corporate & Investment Banking and UniCredit, together with GA-Alliance, for the banking aspects.
