Lincotek among the 1,000 most high-performing companies in Italy for 2026
Parma, Italy | April 21, 2026: What makes a company a model of excellence? Since 2018, the Research Center of ItalyPost, in collaboration with L’Economia of Corriere della Sera, has conducted an important study across all major industrial sectors to identify companies that have recorded steady growth and solid financial results. It’s a true snapshot of Italy’s most successful industrial firms.
The analysis is based on the financial statements of the last seven years (2018–2024) and covers over one and a half million joint-stock companies active in Italy.
Those named as ‘Champions’ are the:
• 700 companies with revenues between €30 million and €120 million
• 300 companies with revenues between €120 million and €500 million
The main criteria for selection are:
- Revenue in 2024
- CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) with a minimum threshold of 4% for the Champions 120–500 sample and 6.67% for the Champions 30–120 sample.
- EBITDA (Average Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) over the last three fiscal years, with a minimum threshold of 9% for the Champions 120–500 sample and 10.13% for the Champions 30–120 sample.
- Average NFP/EBITDA (Net Financial Position) over the last three fiscal years, with a maximum limit of 2.4 for the Champions 120–500 sample and 1.5 for the Champions 30–120 sample.
- Positive EBIT in 2024
- Positive Net Income in 2024
A rigorous selection process makes it possible to identify companies that, in addition to being well-structured, demonstrate growth capacity, profitability, and financially sustainable strength over the long term.
On April 16, Nelso Antolotti, Lincotek’s President and Founder, was invited to Le Village Crédit Agricole in Parma (Italy), in the region where our company’s journey began, to take part in the Meet the Champions event. It’s a chance for entrepreneurs to exchange ideas on strategy, innovation and development, exploring how to achieve growth and competitiveness in an increasingly complex economic and geopolitical context.
Nelso also had the opportunity to tell the Lincotek story, from the most significant milestones of our journey to our transformation into a solutions provider, and our goals for the future. Today more than ever, we are aware that our success is the result of constant commitment to what we do, passion, teamwork, and the strong relationships we have built with partners and customers.
“Although Lincotek is now a global business with a presence in different parts of Europe, as well as the USA and China, we never forget our origins. In a constantly evolving market, where many of our competitors have merged or chosen to sell to investment funds, we chose to remain a family-owned business and developed an organization made up of people, who are our true strength,” says Nelso. “Thanks to passion, perseverance, and teamwork, we became a center of excellence at an international level and today it’s wonderful to be recognized as a company that has been a success financially, and which continues to succeed.”
