– Fabbrica Italiana Lapis ed Affini S.p.A., doing business as F.I.L.A.

Group, is an Italian multinational supplier of art materials and related products, with subsidiaries and brands such as Daler-Rowney, Canson, Lyra [de] and Maimeri.

Under his direction, new products such as Giotto Fibra and the Tiziano line were born.

This new model receives the 1979 Compasso d'Oro award and is later exhibited at the MoMA in New York.

a policy of acquisitions begins, including Adica Pongo, a historic company in the modeling pastes sector; Compania de Lapices y Afines Ltda, Papeleria Mediterranea SL., Giotto be-bè, the American Dixon Ticonderoga, one of the historic pencil companies also present in Canada, China and Mexico; the French Canson (founded in 1557 by the Montgolfier family), Lyra, Lapicera Mexicana; Lycin and a minority share of the Indian Writefine Products Private Limited (2011).