Italo Ottinetti and passion for aluminium.
In 1920, Italo Ottinetti, born in 1898 and veteran of the Great War, together with some partners, established at Baveno, the typical village on Lake Maggiore currently in the province of Verbania, the metallurgical company that is still named after him. In the small factory, aluminium was full processed: the bar was melted to obtain the plate that in turn was rolled to obtain the disk from which, after pressing or turning, the finished product was obtained. A purely craftmade production of high quality articles that Italo Ottinetti sold personally, travelling all over Italy as far as Sicily. At that time, the range included cutlery, pots and pans and household accessories, as documented by the catalogue of 1925, year in which Italo Ottinetti became the single owner of the company.
Business prospered and the factory spread out and employed, before the II World War, more than 50 persons, reduced later on due to the mechanisation of most of the production process. These were the years of the economic boom.
Italo Ottinetti today
The company, which kept over the years its historical site with the ownership and management of the Ottinetti Family, welcomes the third generation of entrepreneurs with Italo Ottinetti, son of Michele, currently president, working in the production sector. Franco and Maria, daughter of the founder, become members of the board of directors.
Now, the company includes new production lines to execute new product ranges, strictly made in Italy, and components for industrial machineries. Tradition and innovation, passion and creative spirit combine characterised by the ideal of quality to which the company always referred as back in 1920.
Our strengths
ASSORTMENT
FLEXIBILITY AND INNOVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
CUSTOMER CARE
SAFETY
STOCK
Ecology and Recycling
Aluminium has excellent recycling properties: it can be reused indefinitely to create new products.
Over 50% of the aluminium currently in circulation comes from recycling and is no different from that obtained from the original ore, as the fundamental properties of the metal remain unchanged.
Recycling and reusing aluminium offers a number of advantages for the environment and the community: it saves 95% of the energy needed to produce it from raw materials; it recovers useful material for making new products; it protects the environment and its natural resources; and it is an important activity for our economy.
