ORVITAL was established in far-off 1959 as Ltd Co. in Milan in order to distribute in Italy specific foreign products for the care of plants and flowers as a hobby. Those were heroic times, because passion for ornamental plants at home and on the balcony didn?t represent a general amateur interest like today. Even with all contingent difficulties we kept having trust in a market which should evince clear signs of expansion as years went by. This trust has been rewarded in the long run.
In 1967 with the increase of activity the area taken up by commercial seat became narrow and it was decided the big step for building a works in Milan to allow an adequate development.
The internationally registered trade-mark FLORTIS was created, at that time counting some made in Italy products for the care of plants and flowers.
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In 1969 the new works were opened: about 2.000 m2 among offices, stores, manufacture departments. It seemed too much! With the market expansion the company acquired higher sale levels in its turn and progressively so enlarged the production that it reached a really complete product range, one of the most complete in the field, and highly specialized above all. Namely, products that widely keep that they promise. That?s not little! The years went by, and the areas which thirty years ago seemed huge showed themselves to be day by day narrow and unfit for a company that has always been following the most advanced technologies.
In 1984 it was decided to build a new works, just outside Milan, offering all possible requisites for a real made to measure installation for a company of considerable size. At the end of 1985 ORVITAL changed into Public Limited Company (S.p.A.) and in 1986 the new works on an area of over 10.000 m2 was finished.
All most advanced technologies, automation and computerization both of production and management, have been foreseen. The whole manufacture has been fully computerized as regards also the preparation of different fertilizing mixtures. We might tell much more, for instance the strict experiments we subject our products, the continuous contacts with several institutes and university faculties of agriculture, bu we prefer just to add that all we have achieved was possible in the first place thanks to confidence and attention paid to us by all our customers, retailers and consumers, to effective and clever contribution of all our subordinates, from administrators to engineers to employees to workmen, of our sale organization including consultants, advertisers, suppliers and all those who, in one way or another, have collaborated for our success. To everybody our gratitude. This is ORVITAL.
