Lagomarsino
The company, founded in 1896, was for a long time only a distributor of machines from Germany and other European countries. For example, Facit, AB Addo or Brunsviga machines were resold; in some cases the machine had double branding, as for example in the image below of the 'Facit ESA-0' showing the Facit and Lagomarsino brands at the same time. Only starting from 1937 did Lagomarsino begin to produce its own mechanical calculators. Two of the most famous series of Lagomarsino machines are the Totalia and the Numeria, introduced between the two wars. The Totalia was originally the machine from the Swedish company Addo called Addo The Numeria was initially produced around 1940 and marketed first by SICMU (Italian Society of Office Machinery Commerce) and then by Lagomarsino. Although the Numeria has a similar design to that of the American Monroe, it is equipped with original mechanics. Subsequently the two machines were extensively modified, improved and enriched also stylistically, directly by Lagomarsino.
The company continued its activity until the 70s/80s. In the 1980s, the Municipality of Milan required the confirmation of production activities in areas that were already productive but abandoned. A trade union of artisans (CNA) collected expressions of interest from its members and appointed Giorgio Fiorese, a professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, in charge of the project. The long construction phase (with numerous meetings) was managed by Alberto Bonardi, a CNA official, until the completion of the rehabilitation works in 1982 and the establishment of twenty-seven companies, the vast majority of which were artisans.
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