Avio S.p.A. (AVIO.MI) Stock Price

Avio is a space propulsion company based in Colleferro, near Rome. According to its official history, ammunition and explosives had been made in Colleferro since 1912; two senators of the Kingdom of Italy and entrepreneurs, Giovanni Bombrini and Leopoldo Parodi-Delfino, built a diversified industry based on chemistry and a workers' village. The company began developing missile propulsion systems in the 1950s and entered the space sector from the early 1960s.

Through its Vega rocket family, Avio offers solutions for launching institutional, governmental and commercial payloads into Earth orbit. It says that with more than fifty years of know-how it works in solid, liquid and cryogenic propulsion for space launchers and tactical military missiles. Colleferro is the main site for research and development and for making solid and liquid propellant engines; launcher integration takes place at Kourou in French Guiana, and there is a propulsion test facility at Perdasdefogu in Sardinia.

Those following Avio stock usually watch the launch schedule of the Vega programme, orders from the European Space Agency and national programmes, development of the new launcher and defence contracts. On the Lzzo.com Avio page, the price of the Milan-listed shares appears with its observation time, together with a price history chart and technical indicators.