Novi Ligure – Farm Pernigotti, announced the decision during the meeting with the unions Piedmont

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Novi Ligure – A decision that was taken in the air, but until the end, it was hoped that this was not the case. Instead, today, at the meeting convened at Confindustria Alessandria, what the novesi, in addition to the unions and workers, would have never wanted to hear. the Pernigotti, historical confectionery company, one of the industrial-level symbols of Novi Ligure, closes. The exhibitors of the company have announced. The mobilization of the city has already begun, which does not make us lose a legacy of history and tradition.

Tomorrow I will be responsible for the unions and workers in front of the factory gates and a meeting between the unions and the mayor of Novi, Rocchino Mliere. must face another crisis, after that of Ilva. But in this case, room for maneuver seems really non-existent. And the fate of a factory that now had 50 employees directly in production and about 200 items of advertising, now seems marked.

If the souvenir factory avenue in Novi who gave work to generations of novels and chandelier to the same city, will close, it should remain the brand, but it is likely that the production will be transferred abroad.

In the fears of the day before, the unions stressed that many productions have already been transferred to Turkey and that the ice cream industry has also declined, which Pernigotti has always touted as a leader. Workers' representatives are expecting a recovery plan after the 13 million losses accumulated over the last five years. And instead the decision of sign completely opposite. The cold shower at the closing of the Novi factory. In fact frozen.

Goodbye to more than 150 years of history
The history of the company begins in 1860, when Stefano Pernigotti opens on the market square of Novi Ligure, a grocery store specializing in "drugs and colonial" already renowned for producing a valuable nougat. In 1868, following the growing awareness of the store's products, Stefano decided to start a business with his 25-year-old son Francesco: on June 1, 1868, he was officially born"Stefano Pernigotti & Figlio", a food company specializing in the production of confectionery, with a capital of six thousand lire.

In 1919, Paolo Pernigotti replaced his father, Francesco, at the head of the company. But the date that perhaps marks the history of pastry in society is the 1927, year of the beginning of industrial production of gianduiotto, the most noble and renowned Italian chocolate, officially born in Turin in 1865 and named after the famous carnival mask of Piedmont, Gianduia.

In 1935, Paolo Pernigotti buys the company Enea Sperlari. In 1936, Paolo began a new production, that of ice cream preparations, which is still one of the strong points of the company. In 1944, a bombing destroyed the factory rebuilt and transferred to the old military warehouses of Viale della Rimembranza, which are now closed.

Paolo Pernigotti, son of Stefano Pernigotti, succeeded Paolo in the sixties in 1971, he acquired the Streglio, specializing in cocoa products. With the eighties, a period of crisis occurred which will lead to the sale of Sperlari in 1981 to the Americans of H.J.Heinz Company.

In 1995, Stefano Pernigotti, left without heirs after the Two young children disappeared in a car accident In July 1980, in Uruguay, he decided to sell the historic Novelian brand to the Averna family, known for its success in the alcoholic beverages sector. In 2000, he also sold the Streglio to a niece.

July 11th 2013 the company is sold by the Averna family to the Toksöz family, a Turkish group active in the confectionery, pharmaceuticals and energy sectors.

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