Società Costruzioni Industriali Milano, better known as Socimi, was an Italian manufacturing company based in

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. It was a manufacturer of

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s, metro trains;

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s for these and for

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es; and bodies for

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es and trolleybuses.Bushell, Chris (ed.) (1989). ''Jane's Urban Transport Systems 1989'', pp. 399, 408, 545 and 560. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK):

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. . It also manufactured

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s, such as

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s. The company was founded by Alessandro Marzocco in 1969 and declared bankruptcy in 1994 due to its involvement in the ''

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'' scandal in 1992. Trolleybus systems, which purchased Socimi trolleybuses, included the systems of

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Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label= Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and '' comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. A town, and seat o ...

and

Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...

.Murray, Alan (2000). ''World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia'', p. 108–109. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. . The company supplied trams only to

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, but collaborated with

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in the development of the

Eurotram The Socimi Eurotram (later sold as the Bombardier Flexity Outlook (E)) was an electric tramcar designed for the tram system of Compagnie de Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS). Initially produced by Socimi, after the company became bankrupt Eurotram ...

for the Strasbourg tramway in France.

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trains produced by Socimi included the

FNM Socimi coaches The Socimi coaches of the Ferrovie Nord Milano, also known as ''type hinterland'', are a class of railway coaches for commuter trains, built in the 1980s by Socimi. The coaches have been used together with E.620 locomotives or E.750 railcars. A ...

for

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as well as

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trains for

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Firearms

SOCIMI produced the

Socimi Type 821 The Socimi Type 821-SMG was a submachine gun manufactured in the 1980s by the firm of SOCIMI, ''Società Costruzioni Industriali Milano, SpA'' located in Milan, Italy. Development At a first glance the Socimi Type 821-SMG appears to be an outrig ...

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in the 1980s.

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