Founded in Parma in the 1940s, after a sequence of incorporations with other teams, it is currently disappeared from Italian professional volleyball panorama.

It won 8 national titles, 2 CEV Champions League and a number of other Italian and European trophies.

Founded in 1946 for initiative of the Railroaders's Recreative Club as Ferrovieri Parma, the team took part for the first time at Serie A in 1949 and won its first national title in 1950.

Sponsored by Santal, it won two national titles, three Coppa Italia and two CEV Champions League.

In 1987 Parmalat was replaced by another sponsor, Maxicono Motta, and the club could extend its winning tradition in Italy and in Europe.