“OUR IDEA IS TO FIND COMPANIES THAT ARE ALSO COMPANIONS IN A JOURNEY WE WANT TO UNDERTAKE DEEPLY AND SILENTLY TO REAFFIRM A FEW THINGS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY INVENTIONS AND SOMETIMES ONLY NEED TO BE REDISCOVERED. AND WITH CASALGRANDE PADANA WE HAVE FOUND JUST THAT. LET’S NOT FORGET THAT OURS IS THE HOME COUNTRY OF GIÒ PONTI, WHO HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT CERAMICS. BUT THERE’S ALSO THE WILL TO RECOVER AN EXCELLENCE AND ABILITY FOR WHICH ITALY HAD ALWAYS STOOD OUT UNTIL THE ‘70S AND WHICH, IN OUR OPINION, IS THE ROAD TO THE FUTURE. OUR COUNT- RY CANNOT COMPETE IN TERMS OF QUANTITY WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD. THAT’S WHY IT MUST AIM FOR EXCELLENCE AND RELY ON ITS KNOW-HOW. AND THESE ARE RARE QUALITIES THAT ARE NOT EASY TO FIND ANYWHERE ELSE”. Alfonso Femia