Bottero recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with with a ‘Family Day’ dedicated to its employees, partners and their families
It was 1957 when Pasquale Bottero left his job at a glass manufacturer’s shop in Vernante (Piedmont) to launch Bottero Costruzioni Meccaniche jointly with Antonino Faccenda, and to introduce the earliest innovations in flat glass processing machines. Sixty years later, Bottero spa of Cuneo celebrates its leadership position in the world of glass. And it did so in style on Saturday, 21 October with a ‘Family Day’ dedicated to its employees, partners and their families, attended by more than 1,000 guests.
The Cuneo-based company exports 95% of its product overseas, owns four manufacturing plants around the world and, thanks to its ability to land ongoing work orders in the industries in which it operates, has set its sights, by 2020, on breaking the EUR 200 million ceiling in annual sales. At this time, there are more than 50,000 Bottero machines installed around the world, on every continent. Reliable products, the result of ongoing investments in research and development, they continue to meet customers’ needs.
“These first 60 years of business activity have made Bottero the only company in the world to provide a complete range of solutions for all the flat and hollow glass processing sectors, manufacturing products for small- and medium-sized businesses as well as production lines for large international industrial groups,” remarks Aldo Faccenda, director of Human Resources for Bottero spa. “With 60 years of experience, our multinational plays a lead role in the produc...