Marzocchi is Dead, Long Live Marzocchi

		Whispers of Marzocchi's demise have been getting passed around like a woeful secret for the past few months, but the actual truth about the company's health has been harder to come by. There have been rumors that talk of everything from a minor hiccup in their business plan, to ever present Italian labour issues just making things a touch complicated, and even to the company's doors and windows being boarded up without notice, all of which aren't exactly inconceivable given Marzocchi's tumultuous times over the last handful of years. 
It wasn't always like this, though.

They've supported the legendary Grand Prix motorcycle racer Giacomo Agostini in his glory years, have been the choice of many for the grueling Paris Dakar off-road race, and even supplied dampers to Ferrari's Formula One team in the 1980s, all accomplishments that seem implausible when you consider that the company was born in the basement of the Marzocchi family home in 1949. There are many stories to tell from those days, no doubt, but we're looking at grimmer times.
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The present day is far less romantic, less understanding, and filled with more concern for dollars and decimal points and margins, and things that say that history and heart matter little now. 

The truth is that Marzocchi is not going to survive in its current form, and that Tenneco, their parent company, is searching for a buyer. This could go a few different ways, so we reached out to Andrea Pierantoni, sales and marketing director for Tenneco Marzocchi, to try and figure out what all this means for Marzocchi, their products, and, most importantly, their customers.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/marzocchi-tenneco-for-sale.html

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