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technical service. The new for us as we actually started washing machine for glass Working in a family com-
company means that our to produce them in 2001. sheets of 18 metres. pany like ours, I had the
American clients will now The ‘push’, as often hap- chance to work in a num-
have the following impor- pens, came from our cli- GTI: After 40 years, the new ber of different depart-
tant advantages: ents who were looking for generation is taking more ments, discovering how the
t /P NPSF QSPCMFNT DPO- washing machines to put and more control of the company ‘worked’ and was
nected to transport of in-line with our grinders company; how are things run – a fundamental part
products and bevellers, and there- going, and which roles do of working in a company
t 0VS NBDIJOFT XJMM CF fore have a single supplier the founders and new gen- owned by your family –
invoice directly from and reference company eration of the company and gaining the experience,
the US, thus eliminat- with the consequent ad- have? trust and respect of those
ing currency exchange vantages that this brings. working here.
issues Over the years, the mod- Michela: There wasn’t re-
t BE IPD TFSWJDFT GPS UIF els that we produce have ally a precise time or mo- Nicola: During school holi-
US increased up to having a ment of entering the fam- days I was often here in
t UFDIOJDBM TFSWJDFT BM- complete range of vertical ily company; it was more the company, as well as at
ways available without washers, with both closed a gradual process towards trade shows – like Michela.
difficulties connected to and open top, ranging from a logical and natural situ- After finishing my studies,
time zones a basic model with manual ation. Before becoming a I also wanted to get some
t TQBSF QBSUT XJMM BMTP change in speed, and pro- definite part of the com- different types of work ex-
soon be supplied direct- cessable glass thickness pany and ‘living’ this situ- perience and when I decid-
ly from the US company of from 3 to 15mm, up to ation every day, I gained ed on what I wanted to do
more important models other work experience that with my future, working in
GTI: What can you tell us with automatic/motor- I brought with me into the the company was the most
about the new machine ized adjustment both of company. I also worked logical step to take.
– a washing machine? speed and glass thick- alongside my mother, help-
And why did you choose ness, and the possibility of ing her, as well as going to Michela and Nicola: We be-
to make this type of ma- processing glass of up to trade shows in Italy and lieve we must be ‘innovators
chine? Will there be other 3,300mm, with thicknesses abroad, working with those in continuity’, and when we
new machines in the near up to 80mm. who were to become my started to work here in the
future? And here we can speak colleagues. My brother and company it was not with
Washing machines are, in about our personal re- I therefore literally grew up the idea of changing things
reality, not a new product cord – the production of a in and with the company. or imposing our ideas – on

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