A cause for celebration In 2016 Officine Vica, a leading Italy-based metal cutting expert, marked its 80th anniversary as a company. Barbara Rossi talks to Fabrizio Meggiolaro – Business and Project Development Director, to find out the secret to the company’s long-term success.
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hroughout this year, we are holding a series of special events to celebrate our eightieth birthday as a company,” begins Mr Meggiolaro. Indeed, the celebrations and special events started towards the end of 2016, and will continue to be held throughout the coming year. “We are very keen on celebrating this stage of our company’s life, because the special events we have been carrying out since the end of last year have given us the opportunity to highlight our continuity and the specific traits which define us as a company – in particular, the fact that we always work with the aim of taking care
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of our customers, fulfilling their automotive needs. Our motivation is being a highly reliable partner for our customers, a partner which makes them feel secure, even in the often-complex evolutions of our market – in other words the automotive sector. This philosophy is certainly strongly valued by our clients. We will further pursue it, as it is one of the pillars of our company. Our birthday gives us the opportunity to combine our forward-looking vision in terms of products, processes and research with our continuity in terms of values.” Officine Vica offers a comprehensive automotive range, comprising customised products and processes. Its production is subdi-