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our first
50 years
to Adriano and Otello Campion brothers’
June 2014
THE ROOTS
Early in the XX century, when tractors and trucks were still unknown, the farm labours
were made with the towing of horses and oxen. These animals needed special shoes
to be able to walk on pebbly roads.
Therefore, very skilled in these jobs, blacksmiths were the key players.
They were men able to forge the iron and put it under the paws of the animals, in a
very skilled manner passed on from father to son.
Among these skilled blacksmiths was the Campion’s family
Campion Fortunato Campion Dino old blacksmith’s building
1876 - 1961 1912 - 1991 Fratta Polesine
THEY STARTED VERY EARLY
The two brothers Adriano and Otello Campion,continue the
tradition of “iron workers” inheritated by their father Dino and
their grandfather Fortunato.
Adriano, since he was a child, “played” with his grandfather to
be a blacksmith. After the primary school, when he was 10 years
old, he joined his father in his blacksmith’s workshop. His talent
in working the iron came up right off.
Infact he modifies tools and machinery, very often junks and
scraps, turning them into tools needed for the activity, making
authomatic some works otherwise to be manual, reducing thus
the labor cost.
Otello, after the primary school, started to attend evening
schools, but very soon, by necessity, he follows his brother and
helps his father in his blacksmith shop.
After having learnt the basic principles of the job, his aptitude for
business and relationship comes up.
Therefore he looks around, searching new opportunities, makes
experience even under someone else employ, but than he comes
back to his father’s blacksmith workshop.
on the photo starting from the left
Adriano and Otello
the first column
After having produced all that the iron allowed to produce, in 1964, when the workshop moved in a bigger area in Madonnina
street in Fratta Polesine, they started to produce the first columns.
The mayor of Fratta Polesine asks to his friend Dino, to produce the first columns to light the train station street of the village, and
so the firm CAMPION DINO AND SONS, produces the first columns.
We keep one sample of these columns, dismantled in 2004, in our factory showroom.
early in the 60’s • the first plant dedicated to the production of the columns
The reputation for the good job done, spread in the neighbouring villages, and the request of lighting columns grows up. Otello
starts to promote the jobs already done having public relations with local authorities, electric factories, building firms, who made
infrastructures connected to light streets and squares of villages, cities in general.
In 1966 there is an opportunity for a big job, 500 columns for Trieste city to be done in a very short time; impossible even to tink
about it for the small blacksmith’s workshop.
But Adriano built a rotating desk making the welding process authomatic, and making thus the big job possible
YEARS ‘70 • FACTORY IN A DE GASPERI STREET, CURRENT HEADQUARTER
Considering the good results obtained with the columns, they decide to invest. They bought a plot of land and they built an hangar
with annex home.
Thus rises OFFICINE F.LLI CAMPION SRL, having as associates to the 50% the two brothers Adriano and Otello in A de Gasperi
street in Fratta Polesine, current headquarter of the company.
The main activity concerns the production of steel lighting columns stepped obtained by pipes sections welded between them.
YEAR 70’ • THE PAINTED COLUMNS
At that time columns were not galvanised, as it is normally done nowdays, but they were protected against corrosion with a coat
of external paint.
Adriano remembers:
“We were always in a rush to satisfy the customers, and it often also happened to take the paint brush in hand also on Sunday, in
order to finish the columns that should have been delivered on Monday”
1976 • THE FIRST BIG TROUBLE
Some year after the hangar were built, a strong tornado, torn down the factory, took the roof of the hangar off, and damaged the
tools.
The production had to be stopped just in a period with a big demand. But the Campion brothers were not discouraged. And
together with their coworkers, without waiting for external help, cleaned everthing out so that in a few days the production started
again. During the week they produced the colummns in “open air” and in the week-end they repaired the roofs.
YEARS ‘80 • THE PRESS, THE CONICAL COLUMNS
Big investements were made for the production of conical columns made from welded steel plate, a new product which was
spreading on very quickly during those years.
A new hangar was built, the big press for bending of plates (13m length in one piece the only one in Italy) was bought together
with a cutting machine designed to cut the trapezoids.
The welding machine, and the tool to straighten and finish the column are completed designed and made inside the company.
With the same machinery they manufactured also the first columns with polygonal cross section.
Otello remembers:
“The press for the conical columns gave us big satisfations with the time being,
but what a deal to install it, it almost didn’t even enter into the hangar. And what
an adventure to make it working;
The manufacturer disappeared immediately after the installing, the press didn’t
work, but we were already selling the conical columns... I remember that I went
serching for the designer and working night and day we succed to make it works.
And moreover the welding desk which we bought was not suitable, so Adriano
made a new one suitable and made thus possible the production of the first
columns sold”.
Hangar for the press 1980 Foundation of the press, 6m Phases of the mounting of the press
Finished press Cutting machine 28m Welding plant
Factory in the ‘80 years The first INTEL lighting shows in Milano - Year ‘80
Office in the ‘80 years Workshop sheet in the ‘80 year The first masts
YEAR ‘80 • THE POWER HAMMER
At that time the high mast for football fields were made using,
tubes, welded between them, with decreasing diameters
upwards.
The reduction at the end of the differents sections were made by
means of a big power hammer, which squeezed the tube while
it was turning.
Mirko remembers:
“I was nearly 10 year old, and we lived on the first floor of the
house where now we have our offices. I remember the house
trembling when the power hammer started to work.”
YEARS ‘90 • THE CRISIS AND THE REORGANISATION
Early in the ‘90s the crisis of the public field connected with the “Cleaned hand” gate, produced a big reduction of demand. To
this, another big economic damage was suffered due to the bankruptcy of one of the biggest customer of that time.
The company staggered with it and also the serenity of the owners. The daughters and sons of Adriano and Otello start to join the
company in chronological order of seniority in the company: Antonella Katia, Emanuela, Erika, Mirko, Annalisa, Eleonora.
The familiy became more compact and Otello and Adriano found again the will and the passion that always distinguished
themselves, and with big perseverance, they went beyond this very difficult moment. Now they start a process to upgrade the
company to the reached dimensions. They passed from a typical “handycraft” approach to an industrial managing system, also
with the help of international criterion, according to the standard of the quality system ISO9001.
The first jobs for the foreign market are done. The new officies are done. A technical departement is established, dedicated to the
design of the manufactured structures. New products are developped such as the high masts with mobile crown.
Otello and Katia with a customer Otello and Emanuela in China Mirko, Erika and Emanuela in the lighting
from Arabic countries exhibition
YEARS ‘90
Factory in the ‘90s The new offices
High mast with mobile crown
YEARS ‘90 • THE FIRST BIG STADIUM - MILANO ARENA
50M high masts with 100 floodlights
Adriano remembers:
“We almost stopped all the
production... the sections occupied
the whole hanger. We were aware
that we were manufacturing big
structures, but when I saw them
assembled at site, I was very
impressed... they were giant.”
2000 - 2005 • THE INVESTEMENTS
Now the company made considerable investements to improve the automation and the optimisation of the production.
• Dedicated line to cut the trapezoid of the octagonal columns
• Dedicated press for bending the octagonal columns
• Automatic longitudinal welding for columns in one shell with diameter up to 500mm
• Second welding line for the longitudinal welding of the conical columns with circular cross section
• Automatic plant for the assembling and longitudinal welding of columns in 2 shells with diameters up to 1100mm
• Beam for the longitudinal welding of big diameters up to 1700mm in 2/3 shells
• Automatic welding line for the stepped columns up to 5 circumferential welding at the same time
• Automation of the press of bending polygonal columns with a system for trapezoid movement, with tracing of the bending lines
and placing by optic reading, extraction of the bended columns and chain system to move the columns up to the welding plant.
• Robot system for door and base plate cutting
The company awards a remarkable recognition to its organisation, resulting finalist to the prize “Quality in Italy”.
The company obtains the certification CE for lighting columns according to EN40 standard.
2000 - 2005
Factory 2005
Welding on stepped columns Automatic press Second line for conical columns welding
2000 - 2005
Works on columns with big diameter
Automatic welding machin for polygonal Cutting machine for polygonal columns Plasma cutting machine
columns
2006-2010 • THE RESULTS
The big investements of the previous years produce the awaited
results. The company reaches the peak of employment and
turnover; 100 employees and a turnover of 18.000.000euro
The company continues to invest in technologies to improve its
product and plants.
The company starts an approach on the decorative columns
market, publishing a dedicated new catalogue named “i
Paliarredo”.
The company realised a plant for the construction of conical
columns with taper ration 14 mm/m obtaining with this slender
profile, especially suitable to be employed in decorative design,
and with better structural charateristics than the standar profile
but in the meantime lighter and with a smaller use of material.
2006 - 2010
Welding machine for big diameters Base plate cutting plant Tool for columns with taper ration 14
Copyright - lighting columns “I Paliarredo”
2011-2012 • FAMILY AS BASIC RESOURCE
Between 2001 and 2012 Tthe company perfected a company operation introductory to the courrent generation passage. “Officine
F.lli Campion” becomes the family Holding and it is named as “HFC spa Holding Campion Family” confering the company branch
referred to the columns activities, into the new company “Pali Campion srl” owned 100% by HFC spa.
The Company obtains the certification as authorised transformation center according to D.M 14-01-20188 /t.u.c).
The company obtains the certification of welding quality system according to UNI EN ISO 3834.
2013
The company made another considerable investement to enlarge the available space, buying a plot of land adiacent to the factory.
The company obtained the CE certificate for the ironwork structures according to EN 1090.
2014
The company celebrates its 50th anniversary
THE NUMBERS OF THE GROWTH
The “handyccraft” activity of the years 60’s involves
TURNOVER
mainly the owners Dino, Adriano, Otello, and not more
than 5 coworkes.
The staff reaches 10 workers in the year 70’s.
Than it grows to 50 workes in the 80’s with a turnover
of approx. 1.500.00 eur (3 billions lira in the corrency
of that time).
In the 90’s the turnover is approx 5.000.000 eur with
an average staff of 70 workers.
In the 2000’s, the big investements done to automate
the production make the turnover increase up to
10,000,000eur mainteining the average staff always
with 70 workers.
Nearby the 2010 the company reaches the peack
of employment with 100 workers and a turnover of
18.000.000eur.
In spite of the Italian and International crisis of the last
employment
number of employees
years, Pali campion srl, succedes in making its results
stable, thanks to the big flexibility in the production
which distinguishes itself, and to a different mix
between the Italian and Foreign market, reducing the
part of the Italian maket and increasing the foreign
one.
AWARDS
1966 1998
Campion Dino - gold metal. Quality system certificate ISO 9001
Fidelity to work - economic progress. IGQ Italian Institute for quality guarantee
Chamber of Commerce of Rovigo IQNET Internation Certification Network
AWARDS
2002 2003
“Prize Italian Quality” Certificate “QS quality, safety, enviroment”
Industrial Trade Association ACAI association of italian steel manufacturers
awards
2005 2008
CE certificate for lighting columns UNI EN 40 National patent for safegard of the design of
IGQ Italian institute for quality guarantee decorative lighting columns - Ministry of the
economic development fight to the forgery, brand
and license department.
awards
2009 2011
European patent for safegard of the design of Ministry authorisation, as transformation center
decorative lighting columns with solar panel. according to D.M 14/01/2008 (Unic test for the
European community, brand, design and models construction) public work departments, central
department. technical service.
awards
2012 2013
Certification of quality in welding according to UNI CE certificate for steel structures ER 1090
EN IS 3834 - IIS italian Institute of welding - EWF IIS Italian Institute of Welding
European Wedling Federation. IIW International
Institute of Welding
awards
2013 2013
Pali Campion s-r.l Campion Adriano e Campion Otello
Company prize for the social and economic Gold medal “fidelity to the work - economic
development in Venitian region progress” Chamber of commerce of Rovigo
To Adriano and Otello Campion brothers
To spend a life to understand the examples and to ask “why”.
Within the offices, the hangers, and the huge apron the time seems
never stop.
You seed and You are still seeding
You seeded Your keennes for those who slow down the way and they
do not know what it is.
You seeded Your impulses, what is nice during the life is to leave not
to arrive.
You seeded Your smile, beacause all must be permeate with harmony
and kindness, to teach to others to smile.
You seeded Your dedication, life will be easier like this.
You seeded Your courage, You did all what the world fears to do...
Luck belongs to brave people and only courage has its followers.
You seeded a deed, You gathered a habit.
You seeded a habit, You gathered a character
You seeded a character gathering a destiny.
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