Aldo Garzanti

[1] Immediately after the war he moved to Milan where he gave up teaching in favour of a business career, becoming the Italian agent for American chemicals producers including DuPont and founding his own company, Dott.

[1] As a result of his success, in 1921 he was able to open his own manufacturing company, SADAF, which produced dyes and chemicals for soaking and tanning hides and leathers.

The following year he created a model agricultural enterprise in Suvignano, Tuscany but above all, in 1936, he acquired the Treves publishing company which was in difficulty.

After changing its name to Casa Editrice Garzanti, he received support from Benito Mussolini which brought him lucrative commissions from the library authorities, making it one of the top publishing companies in Italy.

[1][2] The company suffered during the Second World War when the old Treves printing plant was bombed but Garzanti was successful in rebuilding modern facilities within a year, winning the Roncoroni prize for rapid redevelopment.