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The original Slim with its three production departments (Rolling,Extrusion,Foundry)wasformedbytechnicianscoming
from Montecatini’s plants in Feltre and administration personnelwithanAmericanbook-keepingimprint.Thisimmediately
helped communication between the “Ragioniere” (Accountant),aseveryonecalledmyfather,andthecompany’stop
managers; thus, in 1965 the Managing Director, Mr. Fustinoni,
offered to hire him as an Administration Director. The world
thatrevolvesaroundtheplantimmediatelyfascinatedhim
and left him enthusiastic, exalting and forming the innate human
and entrepreneurial endowment that characterised him
in every phase of his career. Slim in those years was constantly
evolving, with a great commercial, technical and organizational
potential, but above all with an extraordinary legacy of humanity
that left Gianfranco and the whole group of his cooperators
with an impression that would last forever.
In 1972 Fustinoni died, leaving his role as Managing Director of
Slim to our father who remained in this position until May, 1998,
when Reynolds left the European market once and for all and
sold all the rolling plants to the German company, VAW.
Our father’s management of Slim, supported by that magnificent
group, developed products and initiatives that to this
very date represent entities and brands present on the market.In1973“theAccountant”suggestedanewinvestmentto
Reynolds Metal for the production of extruded products and in
1975ReynoldsAluminiumItalia,knownbyeveryoneasRAI,was
founded. Since then a series of initiatives were brought into
being all connected to the same theme: “creativity and inno-
di Chicago. Al rientro in Italia viene incaricato di aprire ed organizzarelastoricasedeArthurAndersenaRoma.
TraiprincipaliclientideltempoglivieneaffidatalaSlimSpa(SocietàLavorazioniIndustrialiMetalli),natanel1963dauna“joint
venture”tralastatunitenseReynolds,unatralegrandimultinazionali
dell’alluminio, e la Montecatini, che nella Divisione Minerali
e Metalli si occupava del metallo leggero.
La Slim delle origini con i tre reparti produttivi (Laminazione,
Estrusione, Fonderia), era formata da tecnici provenienti dagli
stabilimentidellaMontecatinidiFeltreedapersonaleamministrativodiimpostazionecontabileamericana.Ciòfacilitòda
subito il dialogo tra il Ragioniere, come viene chiamato da tutti
nostro padre, e i vertici della società; così nel 1965 l’AD dott. Fustinoni
gli propone l’assunzione come Direttore amministrativo.
Dasubitoilmondochegiraintornoallostabilimentoloaffascina
eloentusiasma,esaltandoeplasmandoquelleinnatedotiumavation”.
I would like to mention the most significant ones: in the
buildingfield,R50(1980),GR14,R50TTinsmallblocks(1982)
and R 40 (presented in 1984 at SAIE DUE); in the industrial application
field: profiles for greenhouses and watering pipes (1978),
components for evaporators and extruded tubes for refrigerators
(1980), the TR1 system for truck sties (1980), and a 400-
mm rectangular container for truck sides (1982).
Alongside with the development of these products, the Accountantpromotednumerousinitiativesthatwereaheadof
their time in the aluminium sector, some of them being still in
activity, such as Tecnometal for the production f anodes for
marine uses, Contal for container casting, Alutec accessories
for doors and windows, PLS Phoenix for extrusion matrices
(nowknownasGRTTheattreatmentforspecialsteels)andthe
Sardal extrusion plan.
As from the mid-80’s, Reynolds decided to abandon the extruded
metal segment in Italy and concentrate on rolled products;
the Accountant was therefore entrusted with the negotiation
for the sale of RAI to Alluminia, owned by the partly
State-ownedgroupEFIM,andatthesametimeforthepurchase
of the connected participation share, so that Slim became
a 100% Reynolds company.
With more defined objectives, Slim, that started off with a production
of roughly 30.000 tons, reached 76.000 tons by the
endofthe‘90’s;in1987theAccountantwasnamedbyRandolph
Reynolds, President of Reynolds Aluminium International,
Managing Director of Slim and European Vice President responsible
for the plants in Belgium, France, Holland, Italy and
Gianfranco Ricciarini, ci lascia un grande
protagonista della storia dell’alluminio in Italia
Il ricordo dei figli Stefano e Paolo, che alla guida della
ETA Estrusione Tecnologie Avanzate continuano l’impegno
imprenditoriale del "Ragioniere"
Venerdì 6 maggio c’erano quasi tutti oltre a noi, dalla prima segretariaArthurAndersen,aglistoricisindacalistideglianni70’
edioggi,itecnici,gliamicidiieriedioggi;ilsacerdoteincuriositodaunaatmosferacosìpienadiemozioneedopoaverricevuto
alcune informazioni dai presenti ha iniziato dicendo: “….se
qualcunohafrettasiaccomodipure,perchéoggidevoparlare
del Ragioniere”.
Un uomo con un innato intuito imprenditoriale, sempre pronto
allenovità,conunastraordinariaattenzioneagliaspettiumani
ed al rispetto delle persone. Nostro padre Gianfranco nacque
aRimininel1935;neldopoguerratuttalafamigliasitrasferiscea
Roma, dove lui si diploma ragioniere; rispondendo ad un annuncio,
entra nel mondo delle società di revisione americane, prima
Pricewaterhause Coopers poi dal 1958 Arthur Andersen a Milano,
acquisiscecosìunasolidaformazionenelcampodellacertificazione
di bilancio che consolida nel 1959 negli USA presso la sede
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