Our story

“Ours is a fourth-generation family business: Franco, Flavia, Fabrizio, Ilaria and Marita, we are cousins, the sons of four brothers, great-grandchildren of Francesco Data, born in 1888.

In the early 1900s, our great-grandfather Francesco started his business as a hot iron forger using a “mule-head” trip hammer, in the “Boita” (as the local workshops were known) next to his home. This was in the small hamlet of Camagna di Rivara, in the countryside of the Canavese, often painted by the artist Pittara.

Francesco’s tenacity was passed down to his son Domenico – our grandfather – and then in turn to his 4 sons. Our grandfather, Domenico, chose to specialise in sheet metal cold shearing, since there were already many hot forging companies in the Canavese area.”

One of the four heirs, Franco, Domenico’s eldest son, passed away much too soon. In 1982, at just 42 years of age. His sudden and untimely death created a deep void in all our lives.

We decided that we all had to make our contribution to the company, doing the impossible to try to replace him as best we could.

Thanks to the strong synergy with our uncles, we youngsters are doing our best to keep the business running smoothly.