The 'Italian biathlon visiting the Fiocchi of Lecco, key partner of the Blues [With Gallery]

On the day of Monday & igrave; October 13th the Italian team's World Cup biathlon (pi & ugrave; Lisa Vittozzi) visited the premises of Ammunition Fiocchi of Lecco. The 'company, while performing an obscure work, & egrave; essential for the survival of biathlon in Italy.

Tuesday 14 October 2014 5 minutes reading time

The technical director Fabrizio Curtaz, in turn, spoke during the visit, explained how Flakes "cuddly" Since the biathlon blue & eacute; provides all the ammunition needed to sustain dell''attivit & agrave; national teams in exchange for a simple sponsorship agreement. & nbsp; "Almost all other countries have to buy the bullets they use," says Curtaz "But we have the good fortune of not having to shell out a euro perch & eacute; Flakes provides us with direct hits. Given our resources, unfortunately, always limited, the 'contribution dall''azienda provided us free of cost, which otherwise would put a strain on our finances. " Yet of flakes, essential for the 'activities & agrave; biathlon blue with which, however, it will strengthen & agrave; the partnership in the near future, we always talk very little. The reason explains commercial director Marzio Maccacaro: "The fact that we produce ammunition tagging along un''etichetta daughter of a strange prejudice against those who work in our industry. Yet the flakes with the wars it has nothing to do with it. Indeed, in a country when a conflict erupts, it is immediately forbidden by law to perform any kind of commerce set within the confines of that nation. So for us the war & egrave; a business, rather egrave &; damage. In fact 70% of our market & egrave; of civil, let's talk for example of ammunition for target shooting, skeet shooting and hunting. The remaining 30% comes instead from law enforcement or police forces. & Nbsp; ". The Italian team of biathlon was able to visit the establishments dell''azienda Lecco, including the production line of 22 caliber bullets commonly used for 'activities & agrave; competitive. To act as a "Cicero" in Dorothea Wierer, Lukas Hofer, Karin Oberhofer, Dominik Windisch, Nicole Gontier, Lisa Vittozzi and Fabrizio Curtaz & egrave; was the technical director dell''azienda Constantine Fiocchi, a direct descendant of the founder and the president's brother Giulio Fiocchi Fiocchi Stefano. The 'enterprise & egrave fact; 100% yet in the hands of the family Flakes, now in its fourth generation. This is to ograve &; does not mean that the reality & agrave; company has not expanded. Fiocchi Ammunition now has factories in the United States (Springfield, Missouri), New Zealand and Argentina, to which is added a platform tecnolgica in Britain. The only seat Lecco has closed 2013 with a turnover of 88 million euro and by '' employs more than 560 people of which 80% are women because Ã© ;, as Maccacaro explains, "the production has to be controlled and methodical ladies in this sense are a certainty. " Obviously the numbers, both in terms of revenues and employees, are higher when you consider the rest of the world. For impressions of the Italian team of biathlon on the visit, in addition to the competitive aspects of the situation in view dell''inverno, please refer to the video made by NeveItalia services in collaboration with Infront that, after being assembled, will be published in the coming days .

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