The National Company Officine Savigliano (SNOS), founded in Savigliano in 1879, opened its headquarters in Turin in 1899 for the mechanical, metallic, electrical, railway and tramway production. In the twenties of the twentieth century this factory extended over an area of 55,000 sq. meters, 45,000 covered, and more than 1,000 worked inside it. During the … Read more

Different industrial plants were active from the end of 1800 through Corso Svizzera, Via Pianezza and Via Nole in Borgata Ceronda. Among the most important, there was the Mazzonis cotton mill, born in 1896 and with its plant called Bianchina, in the present Corso Svizzera, whose young workers were the protagonists in strong fights to … Read more