A BOY'S DREAM, AN ENTREPRENEUR'S VISION
PASSION, RESEARCH AND EXCELLENCE, FROM THE FIRST TO THE LAST PRINTER
Our story takes place in Bologna at the beginning of 1900s, with a young student in graphic arts and his first printing machine. No one knew how he had managed to carry it in his bedroom on the fourth floor, but everyone knew that in his bedroom Amedeo had created a miniature typography.
His parents implored him to quit with those smelling inks, but the sound of pistons kept badgering them day and night. His teachers didn’t cease to scold him for his constant delays and the objections to their explanations. They were skeptical that such a restless and extravagant young man could excel in the future.
But Amedeo had a dream, and amidst papers, inks and ink-dirty clothes, he worked and experimented, day after day. He was convinced that there was always room for improvement and not enough time to refine his techniques.
In 1933 he opened his printing company, acquiring firstly clients from the public sector then important businesses such as Distilleria Fabbri.
Thanks to his strategic vision and the care for quality, his son Alessandro opened the doors to litho print technology and extended the production to catalogues, monographs and art volumes, in Italy and abroad. The first catalogues and posters for Porsche, Volkswagen and Audi, as well as the volume “Il centenario del credito italiano”, were very renowned. In 1997 Grafiche Zanini printed the city guide of Mosca, in occasion of its 850° anniversary. Immediately a best-seller in Russia, the book has become an historical and cultural heirloom.
Today, the most important values live in the activities we carry out daily in the firm and in the mission that the new generation desires to take forward. Elegance is researched in every detail, raw materials are carefully selected, and technologies are constantly innovated. All of this however, is united to the most important value: the centredness of people, with their passions, experiences, and big dreams.
FSC CERTIFICATION
Grafiche Zanini has always combined the efficiency of production with the protection of the environment. For this reason we have embraced the FSC philosophy, one of the most important in the printing sector.