The story
1953 Cesare Rovelli and Adalgisa Genovesi founded the Sacchettificio Monzese. At the beginning, all the products were handmade.
1956 The output was quite diversified: paper envelopes, pocket envelopes and cardboard boxes for a famous cake manufacturer, Motta.
1970 The business moved to new headquarters and the first automatic open-end paper envelope manufacturing machinery was purchased.
1992 The name of Sacchettificio Monzese was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records for the biggest envelopes in the world, together with the Finnish paper manufacturer Veitsiluoto Oy.
1996 The business finally moved to the present headquarters in Vimercate.
2008 The company achieves the Forest Stewardship Council certification.
2009 Sacchettificio Monzese wins the "Brianza Economica" award given by the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Agriculture of Monza and Brianza.
2010 EnvEcoLaser (Envelope Ecological Laserprint), the first paper envelope with windows suitable for laser printing machines, was patented. Furthermore, the company achieves the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification certification.
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2012 The company closed due to the 2008 financial crisis.
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