In 1963, brothers Angelo and Sandro, coming from a family with solid roots in the textile sector, used the knowledge acquired from their father and uncle – both managers of important cotton mills in Northern Italy – to start a new business in the textile machinery sector. This is a first approach in a sector undergoing great change which is facing the transition to new products. To the traditional cotton-based processes, the Italian textile industry adds the production of technological fibres obtained by means of chemical processes.