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Mako Shark

Nadcap-accredited Italian composites for aerospace, defence and drones

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About Mako Shark

Mako Shark S.r.l. is an Italian advanced composites company based at Viale Montecuccoli 16 in Dolzago, Lecco, that has developed composite solutions since 1985, starting with fibreglass parts and accessories for motorcycles and specialising over the years in high-technology composites for military, aeronautical and automotive applications. Part of the Bonomelli Group, it employs around 50 people on a 7,000 square metre site with 2,600 square metres under cover in two adjacent production units for prepreg composites and fibreglass, and carries out design, structural calculation, testing and production entirely in-house, guaranteeing confidentiality from the preliminary design stages.

Aerospace

  • Parts for the aerospace and telecommunications industries, with EN 9100 certification and AgustaWestland approval for the design and production of composites, covering primary and secondary structures
  • Nadcap accreditation for composites, with listing on the Qualified Manufacturers List of eAuditNet, confirming its processes meet the standards required by the aerospace and defence sectors
  • MakoDrone, a remotely piloted VTOL aircraft built entirely from advanced composites with hover and high-speed long-range horizontal flight, automated missions and customisable payloads for infrastructure monitoring, environmental control, civil protection, wildfire prevention and search and rescue, supported by the Lombardy Region and the EU under PR FESR 2021-2027

Defence and other sectors

  • Twenty years of experience in ballistic protection for land, naval and aeronautical use, producing armour for light and heavy vehicles, ballistic panels and personal protective vests in aramid and Dyneema fibres, registered with Italy's URNI register of military enterprises
  • Automotive, nautical, industrial, design and medical applications in limited or series production

Capabilities

  • Certified, flexible design with structural calculation, patents, research and development and collaboration with universities
  • A modern machine park including three painting booths, two of them automated with spray robots
  • ISO 14001 environmental certification and a Green Economy project for composite material production

Values

Mako Shark says it invests constantly in staff training, infrastructure and research, aims to answer customer requests in full with attention to on-time and on-quality delivery, and follows a code of ethics built on legality, fairness, transparency, confidentiality, quality and protection of people and the environment.

Shows

Mako Shark appears in the exhibitor lists of Dronitaly 2027 and the Paris Air Show 2027.

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Location

Viale Montecuccoli 16, 23843 Dolzago (LC), Italy

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Shows where Mako Shark exhibits or has exhibited

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  • Dronitaly

    Dronitaly

    Exhibited in 2026. Next edition 7 to 9 April 2027 · Bologna, Italy

    Stand 20 (2026)2026 list; 2027 not published yet

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  • Paris Air Show (Salon du Bourget)

    Paris Air Show (Salon du Bourget)

    Exhibited in 2025. Next edition 14 to 20 June 2027 · Paris, France

    Stand Hall 4 G 65 (2025)2025 list; 2027 not published yet

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Event types: Helicopters (1), Airshows (1). Browse the calendar

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