Early hosts of the .to.it domain
The oldest available snapshots of the .to.it zone date back to 1996 and cover six names: comune.collegno.to.it, ipermobili.to.it, provincia.to.it, comune.settimo-torinese.to.it, geo.sti.to.it and zaniboni.to.it, the last of these a furniture store registered alongside a province and two municipalities.1 In 1997 comune.to.it, conf-art.to.it, infocon.to.it, matrix.to.it, studenti.to.it and ncc.avogadro.itis.to.it were added.2 In 1998 private machines belonging to a single user also appeared, linux.nuvoli.to.it and fox.nuvoli.to.it, named after the operating system and a fox, along with the Avogadro technical institute (avogadro.itis.to.it) and sciclub.sestriere.to.it.3
The domain matrix.to.it was registered on 24 April 1996; nuvoli.to.it on 7 April 1997, and has remained in the hands of the same owner for twenty-nine years.4
Two long-held names
In the to.it zone, the domain matrix.to.it was registered on 24 April 1996, while nuvoli.to.it was registered on 7 April 1997 and is still active, maintained continuously for twenty-nine years.1
Census of the earliest hosts: 1996-1998
The earliest archival traces of the to.it zone date back to 1996, with six names already present: comune.collegno.to.it, ipermobili.to.it, provincia.to.it, comune.settimo-torinese.to.it, geo.sti.to.it and zaniboni.to.it — a furniture store alongside the province and two municipalities.1
Other early addresses: ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it, matrix.to.it
Among the earliest to.it domain addresses recorded by the web archive is ipermobili.to.it, with a page reading «IPERmobili - Home Page» as early as 19 December 1996.1
The site zaniboni.to.it, online since 30 December 1996, belonged to Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio, a company founded in 1977 and specializing in electrolytic marking systems; the bilingual Italian-English site noted in 1997 its participation in the EMO trade fair in Hannover (10-17 September) and the Tekne fair in Verona (22-25 October).2
The site matrix.to.it, recorded from 7 April 1997, belonged to MATRIX, a company based in Ivrea already active at the time in three divisions (Printing, Fluidic, Textile): unlike many addresses from the same period, MATRIX S.p.A. is still active on the same domain, with premises of over 5,000 square metres and about 100 employees, now organized into the Automotive, Pneumatic and Textile divisions.34
Zaniboni and Matrix, two companies among the early to.it addresses
The domain zaniboni.to.it, recorded by the web archive on 30 December 1996,1 belonged to Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio, established in 1977 and specializing in electrolytic marking; in 1997 the site noted its presence at the EMO trade fair in Hannover and the TEKNE fair in Verona.2 The domain matrix.to.it, first recorded on 7 April 1997, belonged to Matrix, a company based in Ivrea active even then in several high-technology divisions (printing, fluidics, textiles);3 the site matrix.to.it was still active in June 2026, when it presented Matrix S.p.A. as a company founded in the late 1980s, with over 100 employees at a plant of more than 5,000 square metres in Ivrea, active in the automotive, pneumatic and textile sectors.4
Matrix of Ivrea: almost thirty years under the same to.it address
Among the early registered to.it addresses is also matrix.to.it, belonging to the manufacturer Matrix S.p.A. of Ivrea, which appeared in the archive as early as April 1997.1 More recent pages of the site describe a company founded in the late 1980s in impact printing and later grown, with about a hundred employees across more than 5,000 square metres, into the automotive, pneumatic and textile divisions; the archive continued to record the site every year until 2026, a sign of a to.it address that has remained in continuous use for almost thirty years.2
This is an exception to the fate of many other domains in the same zone, such as zaniboni.to.it, of the electrolytic marking firm Zaniboni Vittorio (founded in 1977): online between the end of 1996 and at least the end of 1998, then absent from later snapshots.34
ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it: addresses from December 1996
The domain ipermobili.to.it, in its only known snapshot from 19 December 1996, was a placeholder page reading «IPERmobili - Home Page» with no other content. The domain zaniboni.to.it, registered by 30 December 1996, was also initially a placeholder; the December 1998 snapshot hosted the site of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio, established in 1977 and specializing in electrolytic marking, present in 1997 at the EMO fair in Hannover and the Tekne fair in Verona.
The domain matrix.to.it, registered by 7 April 1997, was likewise a placeholder at first; the 2015 and 2026 snapshots instead hosted the site of Matrix S.p.A., a company based in Ivrea, founded in 1988 and active in injection systems for the automotive sector, pneumatic valves and textile actuators, with a plant of over 5,000 square metres and about 100 employees: one of the to.it domains with the longest history in the archive, with snapshots recorded every year from 1997 to 2026.
Other early to.it addresses: IPERmobili, Zaniboni, Matrix
The domain ipermobili.to.it was already registered on 19 December 1996, among the very first of the Turin web, with the page «IPERmobili - Home Page».1 The domain zaniboni.to.it, online since 30 December 1996, belongs to the firm Zaniboni Vittorio, which in 1998 lists on it its participation in international trade fairs such as the EMO in Hannover and the Tekne in Verona.2 The domain matrix.to.it, active since 7 April 1997, today belongs to Matrix S.p.A., a company based in Ivrea specializing in injection systems for alternative fuels (compressed natural gas, LPG and hydrogen) for internal combustion engines.3
Zaniboni and Matrix: two different fates since 1996
Among the earliest sites of the to.it domain, that of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio (zaniboni.to.it) is registered from 30 December 1996; the snapshot of 6 December 1998 shows it still active, with participation in the EMO fair in Hannover (10-17 September 1997) and the Tekne fair in Verona (22-25 October 1997).12 The domain matrix.to.it, whose first snapshot dates to 7 April 1997, is instead still active today: in the latest snapshot found, from 23 September 2026, it is online as the site of Matrix SpA, a manufacturer of injection systems for alternative fuels (compressed natural gas, LPG and hydrogen).34
Three cases among the early to.it hosts
ipermobili.to.it already appears parked in its only known snapshot, from 19 December 1996. zaniboni.to.it, the site of "Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio", is documented between 30 December 1996 and 6 December 1998, initially as a parked page and later as a real site. matrix.to.it, which in 1997 described Matrix, based in Ivrea, as active "in several high technology branches", is today the site of Matrix SpA, with content updated as recently as 23 September 2026.
zaniboni.to.it, among the very first domains registered
The domain zaniboni.to.it, registered by «Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio», is already online on 30 December 1996, just a few days after the very first to.it domain host. A snapshot from 6 December 1998 shows the company announcing its presence at the trade fairs EMO in Hannover (October 1997) and Tekne in Verona (October 1997).
ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it, among the early hosts (1996-1997)
Among the early domains of the to.it zone are, in December 1996, ipermobili.to.it and zaniboni.to.it, the latter the site of Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio, which in 1998 announces on it its participation in the EMO fair in Hannover and the Tekne fair in Verona. The domain matrix.to.it, of the Ivrea company Matrix, is already online on 7 April 1997; unlike the other two it remains active thirty years later, with a site that in 2026 presents Matrix S.p.A., founded in the late 1980s and now active in the automotive, pneumatic and textile divisions, with about 100 employees at a plant of over 5,000 square metres.
Three of the early to.it addresses: ipermobili, zaniboni, matrix (1996-1997)
Among the early sites registered under the to.it domain, the web archive preserves ipermobili.to.it, whose only snapshot dates to 19 December 1996. Matrix.to.it, registered by April 1997, belongs to Matrix S.p.A. of Ivrea, which has manufactured injection systems for alternative fuels (compressed natural gas, LPG and hydrogen) since 1988: unlike the other two, the domain remains in use by the same company, which in 2026 presents on it a plant of over 5,000 square metres with about a hundred employees.
The domain ipermobili.to.it in the web archive
The domain ipermobili.to.it, in the web archive since 19 December 1996 — among the very first days of the to.it zone — shows only the text «IPERmobili - Home Page».
The domain matrix.to.it in the web archive
A page from 20 January 2026 recounts that the company, founded in 1988 in the computing sector, now operates in a plant of over 5,000 square metres with about 100 employees, across the Automotive (CNG, LPG and hydrogen gas injection systems), Pneumatic and Textile divisions.
ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it (1996-1997)
Among the early sites registered in the to.it zone, the web archive records ipermobili.to.it as early as 19 December 1996, with only the page «IPERmobili - Home Page». On 7 April 1997 matrix.to.it appears, the site of Matrix, a company based in Ivrea founded in 1988 in the information technology sector: in January 2026 the archive describes it as specializing in three divisions — automotive, pneumatic and textile — with about 100 employees at a plant of over 5,000 square metres.
matrix.to.it: from 1997 to today, the same company on the to.it domain
Among the early domains of the .to.it zone, matrix.to.it appears in the web archive as early as April 1997; in July 2015 the site presents the Automotive division of Matrix S.p.A. and its injectors for gas systems (CNG, LPG, hydrogen), and in September 2026 it is still online as the site of the same company, active in alternative fuel supply systems for internal combustion engines.
Three of the early to.it domains: IPERmobili, Zaniboni and Matrix (1996-2026)
The domain matrix.to.it, online since April 1997, belongs to Matrix S.p.A. of Ivrea, a company founded in the late 1980s in the computing sector and later specializing in automotive injection systems, pneumatic valves and textile actuators; the domain was still active in September 2026, based in Ivrea at a plant of over 5,000 square metres with about a hundred employees.
Three early to.it domain addresses: an appliance store, a mechanical firm, and a still-active injector manufacturer
Among the early sites registered under the to.it domain was ipermobili.to.it, an appliance store whose home page, with no content beyond the title «IPERmobili - Home Page», was first saved by the web archive on 19 December 1996. The site of the mechanical firm zaniboni.to.it, «DITTA ZANIBONI VITTORIO», appears in the archive from 30 December 1996 to 6 December 1998, when it announced its participation in the EMO fair in Hannover (10-17 September 1997) and the Tekne fair in Verona (22-25 October 1997). The domain matrix.to.it, registered by the company Matrix S.p.A. of Ivrea (founded in 1988 in the information technology sector and today active in manufacturing engine injectors, pneumatic valves and textile actuators), proves the longest-lived of the three: the first snapshot dates to 7 April 1997 and the latest, with the site still fully active, to 23 September 2026.
Three of the early hosts from 1996-1997: IPERmobili, Zaniboni, Matrix
Among the oldest domains of the to.it zone captured by the Internet Archive are ipermobili.to.it, with its first copy dated 19 December 1996, and zaniboni.to.it, registered by the firm Zaniboni Vittorio and captured from 30 December 1996: in the copy from 6 December 1998 the site announces participation in the EMO fair in Hannover and the Tekne fair in Verona. The domain matrix.to.it, of a company based in Ivrea active in printing, fluid mechanics and textiles, is first captured on 7 April 1997; unlike the other two it remains active to this day: the copy from 23 September 2026 still hosts the site of Matrix S.p.A., now specializing in gas-engine injectors and industrial automation components.
Three early to.it addresses: an empty storefront, a workshop and a multinational
The domain ipermobili.to.it already appears in the copy from 19 December 1996, one of the earliest in the Internet Archive for the to.it zone, but remains a simple placeholder page with the title «IPERmobili - Home Page», with no content.
The domain zaniboni.to.it, online since 30 December 1996, was the site of Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio; in the copy from 6 December 1998 the page, still minimal, announces the company's participation in the EMO fair in Hannover (September 1997) and the Tekne fair in Verona (October 1997).
The domain matrix.to.it, registered by April 1997 by the Ivrea company Matrix, is by contrast still active: in the latest available copy, from September 2026, Matrix S.p.A. presents itself as a firm founded in 1988, based in Ivrea on more than 5,000 square metres with about a hundred employees, active in the automotive, pneumatic and textile sectors.
Other early addresses: ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it
Among the early addresses of the to.it domain are also ipermobili.to.it, whose first copy dates to 19 December 1996, and zaniboni.to.it, the site of Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio, which between 1996 and 1998 advertised its presence at international trade fairs, including the Emo fair in Hannover in September 1997.
The domain matrix.to.it, with a first copy from 7 April 1997, is among the few still online: the copy from 19 July 2015 hosted the site of the automotive division of Matrix S.p.A., a manufacturer of injectors for engines running on compressed natural gas, LPG and hydrogen, and it remains reachable at the same domain as recently as the copy from 23 September 2026.
Who is Matrix S.p.A., behind the domain matrix.to.it
The pages of the current matrix.to.it site, captured on 23 September 2026, state that the company was founded in 1988 in the computing sector and is based in Ivrea, at a plant of over 5,000 square metres with about 100 employees; starting from early high-performance dot-matrix print heads for the computing sector, the company later expanded into the automotive, pneumatic and textile divisions.
Three more early addresses: ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it
The domain zaniboni.to.it hosted, from December 1996, the site of Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio: the snapshot from 6 December 1998 shows it present at the international trade fairs Emo in Hannover (10-17 September 1997) and Tekne in Verona (22-25 October 1997).
The domain matrix.to.it, based in Ivrea, belonged from its very first snapshot on 7 April 1997 to a company active in printing and, later, in fluid and textile components; in 2026 the company, now Matrix S.p.A. and founded in the late 1980s, was still active with three divisions — automotive, pneumatic and textile — employing around a hundred people at a plant of over 5,000 square metres in Ivrea.
zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it
The domain matrix.to.it, active since 1997, still hosted the site of Matrix S.p.A. in 2026, a company that manufactures gas-engine injection systems (CNG, LPG and hydrogen): it is one of the longest-lived addresses in the zone, remaining in use by the same company for almost thirty years.
Three of the early to.it domain addresses: IPERmobili, Zaniboni and Matrix (1996-2026)
The domain ipermobili.to.it, in one of the earliest web-archive snapshots for the to.it zone, on 19 December 1996, shows only the name «IPERmobili - Home Page». The domain zaniboni.to.it, in the snapshot from 30 December 1996, presents Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio; in the snapshot from 6 December 1998 the company announces its presence at the Emo fair in Hannover and the Tekne fair in Verona. The domain matrix.to.it, in the snapshot from 7 April 1997, shows only the name «Matrix»; in the snapshot from 19 July 2015 the site presents Matrix S.p.A., active in the automotive division with gas-engine injectors; in the snapshot from 23 September 2026 the company describes itself as founded in the late 1980s in Ivrea, with a plant of over 5,000 square metres and about a hundred employees.
Matrix, from 1997 to today at the same to.it address
The domain matrix.to.it, with only the name «MATRIX», is already online in the web-archive snapshot from 7 April 1997. In the snapshot from 19 July 2015 the site, titled «MATRIX S.p.A.», presents the company; in the snapshot from 23 September 2026 the domain, titled «Home - Matrix SpA», is still in use. The domain zaniboni.to.it, the home page of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio, is online in the snapshots from 30 December 1996 and 6 December 1998. The domain ipermobili.to.it is documented by the snapshot from 19 December 1996, titled «IPERmobili - Home Page».
Ipermobili, Zaniboni, Matrix: among the early hosts of the to.it domain (1996-2026)
Among the oldest snapshots of the to.it domain, the web archive preserves ipermobili.to.it (19 December 1996) and zaniboni.to.it, the site of «Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio» active since 30 December 1996, with mentions of participation in international trade fairs such as the EMO in Hannover and the Tekne in Verona in 1997.
The early to.it registrations: ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it (1996-2026)
The first snapshot of the domain ipermobili.to.it, from 19 December 1996, shows only a placeholder page «IPERmobili - Home Page», unchanged at least until January 1998. The domain zaniboni.to.it first appears on 30 December 1996 with a similar placeholder page; in the snapshot from December 1998 the homepage notes the company's participation in the EMO fair in Hannover and the Tekne fair in Verona in autumn 1997. The domain matrix.to.it, which appeared on 7 April 1997 as a page already describing itself as based in Ivrea with three divisions (printing, fluidics, textiles), is still online in 2026 as Matrix S.p.A., a company founded in 1988, based in Ivrea at a plant of over 5,000 square metres with about a hundred employees.
Three of the early to.it domain addresses in the archive's snapshots
The domain ipermobili.to.it, in its only snapshot, from 19 December 1996, is a placeholder with just the title «IPERmobili - Home Page». The domain zaniboni.to.it, in the snapshots from 30 December 1996 to 6 December 1998, is the site of the Turin firm Zaniboni Vittorio, which in the last snapshot announces its presence at the EMO fair in Hannover, Germany, from 10 to 17 September 1997. The domain matrix.to.it, a placeholder in its first snapshot from 7 April 1997, becomes by 19 July 2015 the site of Matrix S.p.A., a manufacturer of injectors for engines running on LPG, methane and hydrogen, an activity confirmed also in the most recent snapshot, from 23 September 2026.
matrix.to.it and zaniboni.to.it, two addresses from 1996-97
Among the early addresses of the to.it domain is matrix.to.it, registered since 1997 by the company Matrix, based in Ivrea: founded in the late 1980s in the computing sector (dot-matrix print heads), the company later grew into several divisions, including an automotive one dedicated to fuel injection systems, and remained active still in 2026 with about 100 employees at a plant of over 5,000 square metres. Another early address, zaniboni.to.it, belonged instead, from 1996 to 1998, to Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio, which noted on its site its participation in international trade fairs such as the EMO in Hannover and the Tekne in Verona, both in 1997.
ipermobili.to.it, another early address (1996)
Another among the very first addresses of the to.it domain is ipermobili.to.it: its first snapshot in the web archive, from 19 December 1996, shows only the title "IPERmobili - Home Page", with no other content.
Three domains registered between 1996 and 1997: ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it, matrix.to.it
Between the end of 1996 and the beginning of 1997, the domains ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it were also registered.
zaniboni.to.it, the site of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio, appears on 30 December 1996; in the last available snapshot, from 6 December 1998, it announces the company's participation in the EMO fair in Hannover (10-17 September 1997) and the Tekne fair in Verona (22-25 October 1997).
Two companies gone, one that lasted to 2026
The domain matrix.to.it, registered by April 1997, belongs instead to a company still active: in 2026 the site presents it as an industrial group with over thirty years of history, active in the Automotive, Pneumatic and Textile divisions.
Matrix S.p.A.: founded in Ivrea in 1988, from printers to three industrial divisions
According to the site's pages in the snapshot from 23 September 2026, Matrix was founded in Ivrea in the late 1980s in the information technology sector, developing high-performance impact dot-matrix print heads; the company now operates at a plant of over 5,000 square metres in Ivrea, with about 100 professionals, across the three divisions Automotive, Pneumatic and Textile.
Other early hosts from 1996: ipermobili.to.it and the firm Zaniboni
The snapshot from 6 December 1998 of this latter site shows the company among the exhibitors at the EMO fair in Hannover, Germany, from 10 to 17 September 1997, and at the Tekne fair in Verona, from 22 to 25 October of the same year.
ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it: three different fates
Among the early sites registered under to.it, ipermobili.to.it, in the snapshot from 19 December 1996, is a placeholder page with no content. zaniboni.to.it, the home page of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio, advertises, in the snapshot from 6 December 1998, its participation in the EMO fair in Hannover and the Tekne fair in Verona. matrix.to.it, a placeholder in the snapshot from 7 April 1997, is today the site of Matrix S.p.A., a company based in Ivrea active in injection systems for alternative fuels (CNG, LPG, hydrogen): in the snapshot from 23 September 2026 the site describes a plant of over 5,000 square metres and about a hundred employees.
Ipermobili, Zaniboni and Matrix: three to.it addresses registered in 1996-97
matrix.to.it also dates back to 1997: the address belonged to Matrix, an Ivrea company founded in 1988, which over time built its corporate site on the domain, now active with divisions dedicated to gas-engine injectors in the automotive sector, pneumatic valves, and textile-sector actuators, with premises of over 5,000 square metres and about a hundred employees.
ipermobili.to.it, among the early addresses of the to.it zone
The domain ipermobili.to.it appears in the archive as early as 19 December 1996, among the very first addresses of the to.it zone, with only the homepage «IPERmobili - Home Page»; the last available snapshot, from 18 October 1997, still shows the same minimal page.
matrix.to.it, from the minimal 1997 page to the site of Matrix S.p.A.
The domain matrix.to.it appears in the archive from 7 April 1997 with a minimal homepage bearing only the title «MATRIX». On 19 July 2015 the site is that of Matrix S.p.A., a company active in the automotive division with injectors for internal combustion engines; in September 2026 the site, still online, describes the company as founded in the late 1980s in the information technology sector, now with about 100 employees at a plant of over 5,000 square metres in Ivrea, organized into the Automotive, Pneumatic and Textile divisions.
Three domains online between 1996 and 1997: IPERmobili, Zaniboni, Matrix
Among the early sites registered in the .to.it zone, there appeared, in December 1996, ipermobili.to.it, the home page of «IPERmobili», and zaniboni.to.it, the site of «Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio», which in 1997 presented itself at the international trade fairs Emo in Hannover and Tekne in Verona. The domain matrix.to.it, online since 7 April 1997 as a simple «Matrix» page, belongs instead to a company still active: in 2015 the site already presented the gas-engine injectors of its automotive division, and in 2026 it describes three divisions, automotive, pneumatic and textile, active in natural gas, LPG and hydrogen injection systems, in pneumatic valves, and in automation for the textile sector.
From ipermobili.to.it to matrix.to.it: different fates of the early hosts
The domain matrix.to.it, which appeared in the archive on 7 April 1997 with a minimal page, is today the site of Matrix S.p.A., based in Ivrea at a plant of over 5,000 square metres with about 100 employees, active in manufacturing injectors for natural gas, LPG and hydrogen systems.
Two businesses among the very first sites, in December 1996
The subdomain matrix.to.it, which appeared in April 1997, already belonged at that time to the company Matrix, today specializing in injection systems for alternative fuels (LPG, methane, hydrogen), founded in 1988 and based in Ivrea at a plant of over 5,000 square metres.
zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it
Among the early hosts of the to.it domain, recorded by the web archive as early as December 1996, is zaniboni.to.it, the site of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio, which in 1997 presented itself at the EMO fair in Hannover and the Tekne fair in Verona. The domain matrix.to.it, registered since April 1997, has instead remained active to this day: from a default page it became the site of Matrix S.p.A., an Ivrea company specializing in gas-engine injectors (CNG, LPG and hydrogen), still online in September 2026.
IPERmobili, Ditta Zaniboni and Matrix among the early to.it addresses
Among the early sites registered in the to.it zone are also ipermobili.to.it, with the archive's first capture in December 1996, long remaining a simple placeholder page, and zaniboni.to.it, of Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio, likewise online since December 1996 and updated in 1998 with its participation in international trade fairs such as the Emo in Hannover. The domain matrix.to.it, registered by April 1997 for the Ivrea company Matrix, has instead survived to this day: in September 2026 the same address still hosted the site of Matrix S.p.A., which described itself as active for over thirty years in the automotive, pneumatic and textile divisions.
ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it, between 1996 and 1997
The domain ipermobili.to.it, registered on 19 December 1996, shows in every snapshot preserved up to 10 January 1998 only the parked page «IPERmobili - Home Page», never with content of its own. The domain zaniboni.to.it, of Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio, appears from 30 December 1996 as a simple parked page, but in the snapshot from 6 December 1998 shows a site genuinely in use, with the list of trade fairs the company took part in, the EMO in Hannover and the Tekne in Verona. The domain matrix.to.it, attested from 7 April 1997 with a minimal page, is among the oldest to.it domains still online: in the snapshot from 23 September 2026 it is the site of Matrix S.p.A. of Ivrea, founded in 1988, active in the automotive, pneumatic and textile divisions with about 100 employees at a plant of over 5,000 square metres.
ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it, three different fates
The domain ipermobili.to.it remains parked, with no content of its own, in every check examined between 19 December 1996 and 18 October 1997. The domain zaniboni.to.it, online since 30 December 1996 as the site of Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio, remains active at least until 6 December 1998, when it announces its participation in the EMO fair in Hannover and the Tekne fair in Verona. The domain matrix.to.it, first recorded on 7 April 1997, is the only one of the three still online in September 2026: it has become the site of Matrix S.p.A., an Ivrea company founded in 1988, with a plant of over 5,000 square metres and about a hundred employees, specializing in injection systems for alternative fuels (LPG, methane, hydrogen).
Three of the very first .to.it addresses: from placeholder pages to company sites
Among the early to.it domain addresses recorded by the web archive are ipermobili.to.it, zaniboni.to.it and matrix.to.it, registered by the end of 1996 or the beginning of 1997. The domain ipermobili.to.it is a placeholder page from its very first snapshot on 19 December 1996 and remains so in later checks, never showing content of its own. The domain zaniboni.to.it, first recorded on 30 December 1996 likewise as a placeholder page, hosts from 6 December 1998 the site of the Turin firm Zaniboni Vittorio, noting its participation in the EMO fair in Hannover and the Tekne fair in Verona. The domain matrix.to.it, first archived on 7 April 1997 as a placeholder page, over the years becomes the site of Matrix S.p.A. of Ivrea, active in the automotive, pneumatic and textile sectors: in the latest check, from 23 September 2026, the company presents itself as a business with about a hundred employees and premises of over 5,000 square metres, founded in the late 1980s.
Ipermobili, Zaniboni and Matrix: three of the very first domains of the to.it zone
The domain ipermobili.to.it is among the very first in the zone to be recorded by the web archive, which finds it on 19 December 1996 with a simple home page bearing no content other than the name, still identical in the check from 18 October 1997. More developed is zaniboni.to.it, the site of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio recorded from 30 December 1996: the last live copy, from 6 December 1998, lists the international trade fairs the company takes part in, from Hannover to Verona. The third, matrix.to.it, belongs to Matrix S.p.A. of Ivrea, a business born in the late 1980s in information technology: the first check, from 7 April 1997, already describes it as active in printing, fluidics and textiles, and in 2026 the site, still online, presents it as a supplier of gas injection systems for the automotive industry, based in Ivrea on over 5,000 square metres with about a hundred employees.
Three early to.it addresses: an empty page, a firm and a still-active company
Among the early addresses registered under the to.it domain, not all belong to Turin institutions: on 19 December 1996 ipermobili.to.it is already recorded by the archive, but with just a page titled «IPERmobili - Home Page» and no content beyond that, remaining unchanged until the last check with text, on 18 October 1997. The domain matrix.to.it, recorded from 7 April 1997, belonged from the start to Matrix, a company based in Ivrea founded in 1988 and at the time active in printing, fluidics and textiles; the latest available check, from 23 September 2026, shows the company still online as Matrix S.p.A., with over 100 employees at a plant of over 5,000 square metres, active in the automotive, pneumatic and textile divisions.
Three more early hosts: IPERmobili, Ditta Zaniboni, Matrix
Among the early sites registered under to.it, the archive preserves ipermobili.to.it from 19 December 1996 and zaniboni.to.it, the home page of «Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio», from 30 December 1996; both drop out of the archive by 1998. The domain matrix.to.it, online since 7 April 1997 as the site of the Ivrea company Matrix (active in the printing, fluidics and textile divisions), is the longest-lived: the last snapshot, from 23 September 2026, still shows the site of Matrix S.p.A. online, with its «Company» and «Business Divisions» pages.
The domain ipermobili.to.it
The domain ipermobili.to.it, among the very first registered under .to.it, appears in the earliest snapshots preserved by the archive (19 December 1996 and 18 October 1997) as a simple placeholder page titled «IPERmobili - Home Page», with no content.
The domain zaniboni.to.it
The domain zaniboni.to.it is online from 30 December 1996 as the site of Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio; in the last snapshot preserved by the archive, from 6 December 1998, the page lists the company's participation in the 1997 EMO fair in Hannover and Tekne fair in Verona.
The domain matrix.to.it
The domain matrix.to.it is online from 7 April 1997 as the site of Matrix, an Ivrea company active in several high-technology sectors; in the last snapshot preserved by the archive, from 23 September 2026, the site still presents the company, today with the Automotive, Pneumatic and Textile divisions.
Zaniboni and Matrix, two of the early .to.it sites
The site of one of the domain's early hosts, zaniboni.to.it (Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio), announces in the snapshot from 6 December 1998 its participation in two trade fairs in 1997: the EMO in Hannover, Germany, from 10 to 17 September (hall 6, stand G73), and the Tekne in Verona from 22 to 25 October (hall 8, stand B15).
Three of the early addresses of the to.it domain
ipermobili.to.it, among the very first addresses in the zone, is captured by the Internet Archive from 19 December 1996 to 18 October 1997, always as a placeholder page not yet active.12 zaniboni.to.it, the site of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio, is documented from 30 December 1996 to 6 December 1998; in the last copy the company presents itself at international trade fairs in the sector, such as the EMO in Hannover and the Tekne in Verona.345 matrix.to.it, captured as early as 7 April 1997 as a placeholder page,6 is among the very few of this first generation still online: in the copy from 23 September 2026 the site of Matrix S.p.A. — founded in Ivrea in 1988 — included pages dedicated to the company, contacts and business divisions.78910
conf-art.to.it: from Unione Artigiana to Confartigianato Torino
The domain conf-art.to.it, among the early domains registered in 1997, belonged to the Unione Artigiana di Torino e Provincia, based at via Cernaia 20 in Turin: the first snapshot, from 4 April 1997, gives its phone and email contacts and a list of branch offices, from Chivasso to Pinerolo.[1] In the snapshot from 3 August 2002 the same address presents the association under the name «Confartigianato Torino».[2]
Related articles: C.P.T.-Torino, Matrix S.p.A., Unione Artigiana di Torino e Provincia
Pages linking here
matrix.to.it, from a placeholder page to Matrix S.p.A.
In the snapshot from 19 July 2015 the site already presents the company's Automotive division, with UDM injector modules for OEM applications [2]; the last available snapshot, from 23 September 2026, presents the company's Automotive and Pneumatic divisions, with alternative-fuel injection systems (CNG, LPG, hydrogen) and valves for industrial applications [3].
Two companies behind the early to.it addresses
Between 1996 and 1998 the site zaniboni.to.it, of Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio, notes the company's participation in the EMO fair in Hannover, Germany, from 10 to 17 September 1997 (Hall 6, Stand G73), and the Tekne fair in Verona, from 22 to 25 October 1997 (Hall 8, Stand B15).1 The site matrix.to.it, of Matrix S.p.A. based in Ivrea, tells a corporate history that begins in 1988 with the development of impact print heads for the computing sector and that later expanded, among other things, into the automotive division — gas injection systems (CNG, LPG and hydrogen) — growing to a plant of over 5,000 square metres with about 100 employees.2,3
zaniboni.to.it, the firm Zaniboni Vittorio at European trade fairs
The site of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio, at the address zaniboni.to.it, dates back at least to 30 December 1996; in 1997 the company announced on its site its participation in the EMO fair in Hannover (10-17 September) and the Tekne fair in Verona (22-25 October).1,2
Three fates: matrix.to.it, zaniboni.to.it, ipermobili.to.it
Among the domains registered in the first months of the .to.it zone's life, matrix.to.it — online since April 1997 for the like-named Ivrea company, active at the time in the Printing, Fluidic and Textile divisions — is among the very few still reachable thirty years later: in 2026 the site describes a company founded «in the late '80s», with about 100 employees at a plant of over 5,000 square metres in Ivrea, today active in the Automotive, Pneumatic and Textile divisions.1,2,3
In the same zone, the site of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio, online since December 1996, remained for years a simple page with the company logo, until in December 1998 a reference appeared on it to its participation in the autumn 1997 EMO fair in Hannover and Tekne fair in Verona; the archive records no further snapshots with content after that date.4,5
Zaniboni and Matrix, two early to.it hosts
Among the early sites registered in the to.it zone are that of the firm Zaniboni Vittorio, recorded by the web archive from 1996-12-30, which in the copy from 1998-12-06 presented itself at the trade fairs EMO in Hannover (September 1997) and Tekne in Verona (October 1997); and that of Matrix, recorded by the web archive from 1997-04-07, a company based in Ivrea founded in 1988 in the computing sector, later diversified into the automotive, pneumatic and textile divisions.
Three of the early .to.it addresses
The domain zaniboni.to.it, registered to Ditta Zaniboni Vittorio, has been in the archive since 30 December 1996: the earliest captures, from 30 December 1996 and 15 April 1997, show a minimal page, little more than the text «MEZ» and a graphic credit, flagged as parked.
The domain antennamedia.to.it
The domain antennamedia.to.it, in its first copy preserved by the web archive, from 28 April 1998, was the site of Antenna MEDIA Torino, an information and advisory point of the European Union's MEDIA Programme for the film, audiovisual and multimedia industry, run by the Associazione F.E.R.T.
In the copy from 28 April 2006, the domain was instead reduced to a page with no text content, flagged as parked, with only an «entra» ("enter") link to a site no longer reachable in later snapshots.
The domain volontariatossp.to.it
The domain volontariatossp.to.it, in its first copy preserved by the web archive, from 17 April 1999, was the site of the V.S.S.P., the Centro di Servizio per il Volontariato, Sviluppo e Solidarietà in Piemonte (Piedmont volunteering, development and solidarity service centre), although the homepage, built on frames, showed visitors without frame support only a simple incompatibility notice.
In the copy from 4 June 2002 the site was fully operational, with the centre's full name on the home page and a contact address for the webmaster.
In the copy from 7 May 2006, the domain no longer hosted the centre: the homepage had become an alphabetically ordered search directory, with no connection to Piedmontese volunteering, linking to commercial listings on travel, loans and stamps.
The domain cpt.to.it
The domain cpt.to.it, in its first copy preserved by the web archive, from 24 May 2000, was the site of C.P.T.-Torino, with a frame-based homepage that returned only an incompatibility notice to browsers that did not support it.
In the copy from 3 July 2015, the site instead presented the whole organization, with its statute, organizational chart, contacts and activities, noting that since 18 November 2013 the C.P.T.'s offices had moved to via Giuseppe Quarello 19 in Turin, a database of sound-level and accelerometric measurements, and two satisfaction surveys on its consulting services.
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