Fiocchi USA
In 1876, a century after the United States had become an independent nation, Giulio Fiocchi founded Fiocchi Munizioni in Lecco, a city northeast of Milan, Italy. Giulio, and his brother Giacomo, began producing ammunition under the Fiocchi family name.
A little over a century later, in 1983, the Fiocchi family decided that the time had come to branch out and set up shop in the USA.
I was young, so much so that looking backward it seems to me it was another life. For me USA was literally love at first sight, I had been in the country before, but as a tourist, and being involved as a businessman was a totally different set of cards, an exhilarating one for that. The potential was inebriating, you only had to work hard and go get it... As a Family, we will pitch in all of our possible effort, both financial and intellectual to keep our business successful; we trust the American dream, it started for us in 1983! [Carlo Nelson Fiocchi]
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Fiocchi family's pursuit of the American dream, from their branch plant in Ozark, MO
Happy Anniversary! Let's hope and pray that the dream continues, and can be passed on to future generations of the Fiocchi family.
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The above is based on information from the 2013 Fiocchi catalog, which can be found at the Fiocchi USA website.