Saiccor - The First 50 Years 5.8 MB - Sappi

The Wharton Period (1968–1970)
The installation of the two effluent pumps, June 1965
In August 1970 Marino Cudin was appointed the third Production
Manager, with Gino Rivetti being Senior Production Manager� Cudin
had responsibility for liquor making, digesters and first screening,
Rivetti for bleaching and the chemical plant, and Martelossi for the
drying plants� Aldo Rossetto (from the electrical department) replaced
Cudin as a Superintendent in January 1971�
Domenico Sabbatini, who had become Laboratory Manager when
Pat Roche returned to Courtaulds in 1967, resigned at the end of
November 1969� He was replaced by Bryan Thomas�
In April 1967 Roy Fortune resigned as Personnel Officer and was
replaced by Alistair Lightbody�
The major personnel problem from 1966 to 1970 was a countrywide
shortage of good artisans� Recruitment extended to both Italy and the UK�
In 1969 Bruna Segatto (wife of Attilio), started making and selling
pasta in Umkomaas, from the Golden Apple Café on the corner of
Brad and Bisset streets� Business was encouraging and the four
Segatto’s – Bruna, Attilio, Basilio and Dirce – then set up a pasta
“manufactory” business diagonally opposite the Golden Apple� With
new machines and brisk business, production expanded to reach 100
to 150 kg/day� The pasta, known as Pastificio Italiano Bruna e Attilio,
was sold throughout Natal� However, much time and effort were
required to keep the machinery going, which started to interfere with
Attilio and Basilio’s work at Saiccor, and in 1978 they sold the
“manufactory” to Graham Anderson and Ronnie Kruger� The business
was shortlived, however, and the premises became a greengrocery�
The pasta machines were bought by Elio Rossi, who made pasta for
a while before selling the machines to Bruno Scorovic in Swaziland�
These machines are apparently still being used by Bruno’s sons�
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