History

Birth and rise of a success company

The Gazza family had already in 1920 an important presence in the wood industry with a production of fruit boxes, mineral water boxes and ammunition boxes for NATO. Afterwards, the saw mill was moved because in need of bigger surface and expanded with the construction in 1964 of a big and modern pallets mill.
 

 
In 1960 Dr. Ing. Giorgio Gazza had the intuition to enter in the pulp market with the idea to utilize the rejects of saw mills and other wood industries located in the Padana flat.
 
With this purpose, he searched for partners, projected and started the construction of the Canossa mill that included an hydroelectric plant on the Enza river for the production of electricity.
 
The deep knowledge and the tradition in the wood industry have been fundamental during the following years for the development of an innovative system for the  impregnation and refining of the wood that has given a strong impulse to the production process of the mill.
 
The new patented technology had excellent results in terms of low energy consumption, low water consumption and quality of the product.
 
The mill in Ciano d’Enza has been the first one in the world to produce poplar chemimechanical pulp succeeding in  the purpose to revalue the quality of the poplar fibre that at the time was considered lower than spruce fibre.
 
Dr. Ing. Giorgio Gazza, on request of the owners, projected other 2 mills for the production of chemimechanical pulps, both integrated for the production of paper: in Spain, Motril, for the company “ L’Empresa National de Cellulosa” and in Italy at Toscolano for the mill at the time called “Paper mill Donzelli e Meridionali”.
 
During the 80’s and 90’s another strong development impulse was given by the 3 sons of Ing. Giorgio Gazza that entered in the mill improving it and increasing the investments and production process technology with new products and patents.