Because of the company's continued business with Russia amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Danieli is listed among International Sponsors of War by the Ukrainian National Agency on Corruption Prevention.

[3] In response, the company has declared its withdrawal from the Russian market due to the evolving geopolitical landscape, rendering commercial engagements and establishment in Russia unfeasible.

[2] In 1929, Mario Danieli transferred part of the steelworks to Buttrio to manufacture tools for forging plants and auxiliary machines for rolling mills.

After World War II, led by Luigi Danieli, the company changed its name to Danieli & C and started designing and manufacturing equipment for the steel industry, a turning point that contributed to strengthening the Italian steel industry’s competitiveness in Europe in the Sixties and Seventies.

In the second half of the Seventies, a crisis affected the entire steel industry due to an excess production capacity.

Eventually, 58% of the ordinary shares were sold to SIND (Società Impianti Industriali), held 50% by Cecilia Danieli and 50% by Gianpietro Benedetti.

The results seemed to justify that generational change wanted by Cecilia: Danieli’s turnover was indeed constantly growing – reaching 1.9 billion Italian Lire in 2000 – with 3,200 people employed.

[13] In 2018 the company founded the Danieli Academy, with the aim of managing the skills development of human resources through partnerships with hundreds of universities around the world.