Columbus Superconductors SpA, a joint stock Company, is a world leader in the technology of a new superconducting material, Magnesium Diboride, or MgB₂, and its transformation into long, reliable, and versatile superconducting wires. 

Superconducting wires are nowadays used in a number of industrial applications, with many more to come in the near future, thanks to the ongoing development of more performing materials, amongst which MgB₂ represents a very promising option.

MgB₂ is the most recent solution for superconducting industries looking for innovation in their products. MgB₂ has the advantage of a high superconducting temperature (40K), and excellent superconducting properties, without compromising its affordability and robustness, even when made into wires. 

Columbus Superconductors Spa is based in Genova, Italy. The company was originally created in early 2003 thanks to the cooperation between a public research institute (INFM, now CNR), a private company (ASG Superconductors Spa of the Malacalza Group) and 6 researchers: all of them were initially the main shareholders. 

R&D, production and commercialization of wires, cables and tapes based on a recently discovered superconducting material MgB₂ (Magnesium Diboride).

MgB₂ is one of the most versatile superconducting materials ever discovered that can be readily transformed into a flexible, robust and economic conductors.
A number of wide-scale AC and DC applications will profit from the implementation of our new technology, in terms of high performance, low investment and low maintenance costs.