Our story
A solid history, constantly evolving, in the service of the energy and ecological transition. From Enichem to Syndial, up to Eni Rewind: a journey spanning over twenty years that recounts the development of Eni's environmental company.
A company constantly evolving, from Enichem to Eni Rewind
Costs incurred by historical provenance of sites
Milestones in our history
A path of transformation that begins in 1953 with the establishment of Eni and evolves up to Eni Rewind, at the service of environmental remediation and water and waste management.
Acquisition of LabAnalysis Environmental Science
Eni Rewind acquires 30% of LabAnalysis Environmental Science, market leader in the environmental testing sector.
Eni Rewind is established
Syndial changes its name to Eni Rewind, an acronym of Remediation and Waste INto Development, and offers its environmental services also to third-party customers, public and private.
International expansion
Extension of activities abroad, starting with the water purification project in the Basra area of Iraq.
Gela’s water management
The Gela Refinery company transfers the management of its water treatment assets to Syndial. Syndial becomes Eni's global contractor for environmental activities.
Service stations remediation
Syndial is appointed to handle the environmental management of decommissioned sites, as well as the recovery and remediation activities of Eni service stations.
Environmental services from Saipem
Syndial acquires the waste logistics business division from Saipem (2011), as well as the branch specialised in design activities, engineering and environmental studies (2015).
Porto Torres to Polimeri Europa
Syndial transfers the Porto Torres plant's production activities to Polimeri Europa (Versalis), keeping its commitment to continue remediation activities on the site.
Ambiente activities to Syndial
Syndial incorporates the remaining activities of Società Ambiente at the Scarlino and Ferrara sites.
Enichem becomes Syndial
In 2003 Enichem, after conferring its production activities to Polimeri Europa (Versalis), is renamed Syndial and focused on the remediation of decommissioned sites.
Eni’s privatisation
The process of privatising Eni began with the company launching its shares on the stock exchange in 1995. Transfer of Enirisorse and Pertusola Sud (mining activities) to Enichem
The Enimont operation fails
Eni acquires control of the Enimont JV and therefore of the petrochemical plants transferred from Montedison.
Enimont is born
The desire to create a large public-private chemical hub led to the creation of Enimont, a joint venture between Enichem, controlled by the then state-owned company Eni, and Montedison.
Enichem is born
Eni merges the main activities of EniChimica into a single petrochemical company, Enichem. The latter had been managing Anic's companies since 1981 and had acquired them.
Eni takes over the Enoxy JV
In 1982 Eni acquires the share capital of the Enoxy joint venture, a company created following an agreement between Eni and Occidental Petroleum in the USA for the development of synthetic rubbers.
Transfer of Sir-Rumianca sites
Following the petrochemical crisis, the sites of the Sir-Rumianca group (petrochemicals, chlorine cycle, saltworks) and Liquichimica are transferred to Eni under Law No. 784/80.
Transfer of EGAM to Eni
EGAM (Ente Gestione Attività Minerarie) goes into liquidation and is transferred to Eni through its subsidiary Samim.
Establishment of Anic’s petrochemical plants
Anic opens the petrochemical plants of Ravenna, Gela and Pisticci.
Enrico Mattei’s intuition
1953 sees the establishment of the Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi. Enrico Mattei, Eni’s first president, completes the acquisition of Anic, acquiring the share held by the Montecatini company.
