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Opening photo: GLOBAL radiators made in aluminium and coated with the glossy white finish that characterises this brand.
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ome humble and passionate people manage to build large companies while keeping a low profile and without ever hitting the headlines. Ottorino Fardelli, the founder of GLOBAL, a firm based in Rogno (Bergamo, Italy) on the slopes of Val Camonica, was one of them (Fig. 1). Suddenly passed away a few months ago, he left a void in all those who knew him. “Ottorino Fardelli established GLOBAL at the beginning of the Seventies with his brothers, who had very different work experiences,” says Sandro
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Panteghini, the Plant Manager of this company, specialising in the production of aluminium radiators (ref. Opening photo and Fig. 2). “Since then, he has always led the company with his forward-looking approach – suffice it to say that aluminium radiators were an absolute rarity in 1970 – his decision-making ability and the calm and pragmatism typical of the population of this area, traditionally committed to work. One of his main qualities was his speed in taking important decisions for the future of the company, always after a careful assessment of risks and opportunities.