Astra (Anonima Sarda Trasporti) is a Italian company that truck, dump, etc. vehicles for transport of heavy and also military vehicles it produces. The company was founded in Cagliari in 1946 and has been a subsidiary of Fiat industries of Italy since 1986. But now it is a subsidiary of Iveco.the company moved to Piacenza in 1951, and from 1941 until 1986 the company belonged to the Bertuzzi family in Piacenza.