Fratelli Calderoni Biography
Fratelli Calderoni (1851 - ) In 1851 Carlo Calderoni, after having learned the pewter working techniques in Germany, decided to open his own workshop in Casale Corte Cerro to produce household items. The plant was powered by energy supplied by a gravity turbine fed by the Vallessa river. Already from the first years of activity, the company experienced rapid development, becoming one of the official suppliers of the Royal Army, the Royal Household, the Ministry of Health and various shipping companies. The founder was joined by his sons Domenico and Pietro and thanks to them the production of cutlery and cookware began to be oriented towards more valuable metals. At the end of the nineteenth century, with the expansion of sales markets, there was a parallel increase in employees, which reached over one hundred. With the new century, production was expanded with the advent of a new alloy: nickel silver. The company continued to grow in the following period thanks to a rapidly growing Italian market and a significant flow of exports. Once the difficult post-crisis situation of 1929 was overcome, Fratelli Calderoni was able to open its own shop in the center of Milan. With the entry of the third generation, the brothers Mario and Franco, the manufacturing of stainless steel products began and not even the outbreak of the Second World War interrupted the activity of the Piedmontese company. In the years of the economic boom there were 300 employees and a continuously expanding market. From the 70s onwards, like many other companies in the sector, Fratelli Calderoni - led as today by Giuseppe and his cousin Valerio - decided to focus on quality and design. Even today the company exports 30% of its turnover and the core business continues to be represented by cutlery, cookware and crockery.
