19651965

Brothers Francesco and Renato Capello go into business repairing and selling farming equipment.


19701970

Launch of the first whole-crop header for harvesting maize.


19751975

Snapping rollers are added to the maize header launched in 1970, marking a turning point in the history of maize harvesting.


fieraverona1976

Capello maize harvesting header is presented at the Verona agricultural show.


197719781977-1978

Capello enters the export market.


19791979

Francesco Capello meets the Italian minister of agricolture Giovanni Marcora.


19801980

Capello’s manufacturing plant moves to the current Via Valle Po 100 site in Cuneo, formerly home to the Celdit facility, the largest cellulose factory in Italy during the war.


19831983

The new 837 Syncro is presented and manufactured.


19841984

Capello brings the horizontal stalk chopper to market for the first time. In the meantime, sales continue to expand, reaching as far away as Australia.


1988

1988

Market launch of the first folding 6-row unit. The machine’s innovative features were maximum 3-metre width, enabling it to travel on the road, and the option of operating the header directly from the driver’s seat.


19911990 -1991

Capello introduces a new version of the Syncro folding header with a 180° flip and full visibility from the driver’s seat. Staff numbers swell steadily as a result of substantial marketing in both the Italian and foreign markets.


19941994

944 Twin System series designed and manufactured. The new design focuses entirely on the gearbox, which is a full oil bath model cast from special alloys.


19971996

Agreement entered into with Claas-Caterpillar for exclusive supply of the first maize header system for the US market. The same year, the Grain System folding cereal header is brought to market. The new design revolutionizes the cereal header concept for good.


1997

The Grain System folding cereal header is brought to market.


20002000

Launch of Quasar maize header featuring technopolymer hoods, replacing the 944 Twin System series.


20042004

Capello starts manufacturing special maize and wheat machines for plot combine harvesters.


20072007

Capello brand makes its début in the US market.


20082008

Launch of Diamant, the next step in the evolution of maize harvesting. Capello thus enjoys another breakthrough moment in the development of maize harvesting technology


20092009

Market launch of Spartan direct-cut header, designed and developed for forage harvesters.


20112011

Capello product range expands with the addition of Helianthus, the front attachment for harvesting sunflowers.


20122012

Capello USA established in collaboration with Worthington Ag Parts; at the same time, Quasar 16/18-row rigid maize headers are marketed.


20142014

First folding 16-row Quasar headers are designed, manufactured and sold for the US market.