The first Elektor in Italian was founded by Jacopo Castelfranchi Editore (JCE) in June 1979. In 1982 it passed to the Jackson Publishing Group . 71 issues came out until April 1985, then Jackson renamed it to Electronics Hobby (which later became Making Electronics ).

In January 1987 the electronic magazine Progetto of the JCE obtains the rights to Elektor and becomes, only for a part of the pages, the Italian edition, changing its name to Progetto - the pages of Elektor , then Progetto - Elektor and its pages , finally Elektor Project . It continued until 1998, when it was replaced by Progetto PC Upgrade .

In July / August 2008 a new Italian Elektor was born , published by Inware Edizioni, which then became digital only and ended with the July / August 2013 issue.