1962.
The Taddei family buy out Bossong and enter the fixing gun sector
In the early Sixties, due to his advancing years, Karl Bossong decided to sell the company, despite having opened an office in Hampstead in England, and one in Düsseldorf with a view to commercial expansion. It was 1962 when the Taddei family bought out Bossong SpA, through their trusted accountant Aldo Farina. At the helm of the new Bossong SpA was Luciano Taddei, a graduate in industrial chemistry from Pavia, son of the founder of Industria Elettrochimica Bergamasca, managing director and from 1996 to 2012 President. In 1969 Bossong SpA and Industria Elettrochimica Bergamasca sas of the Taddei Brothers merged, through the incorporation of the latter. Hence the E and B logo was created, which indicates the union of Elettrochimica and Bossong. The company progressively expanded its production range, investing significantly in research and development and thus offering one of the widest ranges of fixing solutions.
THE SEVENTIES - EIGHTIES.
Wall plugs and electric tools join the fixing guns
In the Seventies the construction of a new, modern plant in Curno (Bergamo) allowed the implementation of the range of Bossong products, through import (mechanical wall plugs and Phillips Red Head electric drill tools) and internal production (mechanical anchors for medium loads and nylon plugs and screws for light fixing). During the Seventies Bossong had a hundred or so employees and various branches around Italy, including Turin, Milan, Padua and Bologna. Constant research into avant-garde solutions led the company to become one of the primary distributors in Italy of Japanese Makita electric tools (1982). This particular focus on research and development ensured that production was increasingly concentrated internally, with machines created by Bossong technicians; the same applied for the design and development of prototypes for new products.
THE NINETIES.
Chemical fixing becomes the core business
The Nineties marked a fundamental moment in the history of Bossong. The headquarters moved again, although it remained in the province of Bergamo, to Treviolo, and the era of chemical fixing began, first importing the single-dose phial system from the German company MKT and then producing the first epoxy resin with manual and semi-automatic machinery. The company enjoyed an important phase of growth and undertook industrialised production of resin, with new lines of polyester and vinylester resins.
From 1994 Dr Luciano Taddei was joined by his sons Andrea and Michele on the Board of Directors of the Company.
2000.
Bossong and the restoration world
Increasing attention to the protection of building heritage led Bossong to approach the world of restoration, and in particular the field of structural reinforcement, both for valuable buildings and traditional construction. Thus the Bossong anchoring system importing a specific solution for structural reinforcement through the insertion of metal bars into the building, designed to respect the existing structure. This technology required a special fabric ‘sleeve’ which would wrap around the metal bar and guarantee total control of the injection of a specific mortar, as well as its adhesion to the substratum along its whole length. In 2005 logistic problems at the Treviolo branch enforced a qualitative leap and a new relocation to Grassobbio, still in the province of Bergamo.
During 2012. year of 50° celebration, Luciano Taddei, who transformed a small craft business into an industrial organisation passed away at the age of eighty. Thanks to the “Dottore”, Bossong was able to make a name for himself in the world of building due to his seriousness and reliability not just in Italy, but also around the world. For half a century, Luciano Taddei guided the company with a firm hand, enjoying many exciting years but also having to face difficult periods. His huge optimism and confidence in the future and in life, which he transmitted to all his employees, stayed with him for all the time.
TWENTIES.
Today Bossong is one of the most qualified companies internationally in the production of fixing systems for the construction world. Its Research & Development, notably implemented over the years, today constitutes one of the company’s flagship items, enabling the design of innovative solutions for both mechanical and chemical fixing systems, such as wall plugs, nails and resins, as well as fixing machines. Thanks to this know-how the company is always there for its clients, offering technical and design support in order to choose the most suitable fixing product for the type of application required, as well as in the installation phase, even designing a ‘made to measure’ system for specific or complex situations. Today the plants have 5200 m2 of covered surface, including offices, warehouses, sales areas, production departments, equipment repair workshops, testing rooms and chemical laboratories. This is in addition to 1000 m2 of photovoltaic panels that can generate almost 200,000 kWh a year, providing approximately 140 kW of power. For testing the majority of products, Bossong uses their own room equipped with modern equipment, periodically calibrated and subjected to controls to verify the precision of performance.
A new logistics center built in Zanica (Bg) of 3,300 square meters 14 meters high, capable of hosting a modern fully automated warehouse system, commercial offices and expo.
Bossong S.p.A. has been certified under international regulation ISO 9001:2008 since the 27th of July 2000 for the design, production and sale of fixing and reinforcement systems.
ASSOCIATIVE ACTIVITY
Bossong has always encouraged associative activity, seeing in the community of interests and goals a fundamental requirement for the well-being of the entire sector. Luciano Taddei has always been very active in Confindustria: he was a member of the executive council of Bergamo from 1968 to 2000, vice-president of Piccola Industria, President and founding member of Confidi scrl and Federfidi Lombardia and national advisor of Federconfidi. He was also acting President of the Chamber of Commerce of Bergamo and in 2002 founder of Ecap (European Consortium of Anchor Producers) , a European consortium of small and medium companies, supported technically by the Politecnico di Milano and engaged in research activity. His son Andrea was President, and today is General Manager of Ecap while Michele is Vice-president of Assorestauro (National Association for Architectural, Artistic and Urban restoration).
EMPLOYEES
The real driving force of corporate success, Bossong has always considered its employees to be a valuable resource, with talent and manual skill, which should be valued and rewarded, in recognition of their dedication. Many generational changes have taken place on the work benches, at machines and desks or at the wheel of the vehicles travelling around Italy and Europe. Thus, in these 60 years in Italy, Bossong can count on collaborators that have developed 30 and even 40 years of work within the company. A simple but valid formula for corporate management, based on professional growth and the involvement of all employees, which has brought Bossong to celebrate not only 60 years in Italy, but also 85 years since its birth.
