1918 - Luigi Giovanelli began his business in Legnano near Milan for the construction of small machine tools and between 1920 and 1925 he entered the sector of weaving preparation machines with the construction of the first fraction warping machines and of the first défiler creels, innovations for the Italian weaving factories, which at that time were not allowed to import machinery from abroad because of the autarkic policy. Then Giovanelli began to build winding machines with grooved cylinders, called Vittoria, for the production of cone bobbins with cotton, wool and blended yarn. In 1938 the first Section Warping Machines were built; they were suitable for installation in the small weaving rooms and allowed the production of optimal beams.

1956 - Valentino Giovanelli, Luigi's son, took over the activity of the firm and the programme for the production prospered, by the construction of magazines for beams. In 1965 the company started to build a new Section Warping Machine, Mod. TM 65 and in 1970 came the turning point with the introduction of the VGL. In the same year the first tangential winders supplied to Pirelli (in Lainate, Italy) are produced.

1973 - The son of Valentino, Luigi Giovanelli, joined the company; in 1988, the machines were equipped with Numerical Control, thus giving rise to the Leadertronic sectional warping machine. Thanks to the constant development, in 1998, the "Compactronic" model was created.

2008 - With the entry into the company of Luca Giovanelli, the fourth generation, the company has further increased its production with trolleys for the handling of rolls and beams and with fabric winders.

2018 - LGL Engineering srl starts. Today the LGL Engineering assisted by the Giovanelli family companies and with the collaboration of some Italian mechanical textile manufacturers is present in over 25 countries. It is able to provide machinery for the preparation of technical and traditional fabrics, trolleys for the movement of beams and rolls as well as a wide range of systems for storage and logistics within the departments. All this while maintaining that seriousness and that eye of respect for every single customer that distinguishes it by now 100 years of presence on the market.