MILANESE CONSORTIUM PRODUCTION ARTISAN

The history of Co.m.ar.p

United by a common belief, by the desire to be together, the members of Co.m.ar.p have experimented and refined in more than 40 years an economic model of collaboration between small businesses that today proves to be increasingly successful.

This group of entrepreneurs is a rare example of collaboration between artisans in Lombardy who appreciate deep values, concreteness, have the ability to continuously invent and reinvent the company as life itself. From the testimonies of the pioneers of Co.m.ar.p the firm will to be together shines through, the desire to make it with a good dose of optimism.

With a strong associative spirit and, always firm in pursuing the goal of being together, they have faced difficulties and enjoyed success without ever losing sight of the value of solidarity, an atmosphere of transparency, optimism and trust in the future of the group.

Convinced that the associative idea was right and the associative model had to work, they worked with a great spirit of sacrifice, that professional honesty and with those entrepreneurial skills that have always distinguished artisans.

“Co.m.ar.p is like a field that must be cultivated and followed with love, passion and sacrifice. Those who come after us will benefit from its fruits, as long as they believe in it and commit themselves as it was in the intentions of the founding members.

The Consortium is basically an ideal, a mentality. And for those who do not have this mentality, it is very difficult to remain in Co.m.ar.p “.

The advantage for the Customer is that they have a single interlocutor for all the work performed.

The strength of an idea

November 27, 1980

It is 27 November 1980 when nine metalworking entrepreneurs from Paderno Dugnano, Senago and Nova Milanese find themselves in the office of a notary to sign the articles of association of a consortium called Co.m.ar.p.

They had ten years of commitment and collaboration between colleagues for the development of local craftsmanship. The establishment of the Co.m.ar.p is the arrival point, and a new starting point, of a path taken by craftsmen convinced of the need to organize and get busy to carry out the requests of all colleagues.

FROM THE CELLAR TO THE SHED

On 6 October 1978 the new settlement in Paderno Dugnano was inaugurated. So with the slogan “improve the quality of the stay” you can “flush out” 14 companies from their 1780sqm and move to an area of 4982sqm, where each had around 350sqm of laboratory and offices available. Together, these companies brought 70 people to work in the new location in Viale dell’Industria. The construction of the settlement was a strong collective experience that brought the group even closer. By the end of December 1980, 31 companies formalized joining the Co.m.ar.p.

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A continuous wager

1980 -1990

Co.m.ar.p took its first steps. The need arose to concentrate our efforts on the search for clients who would give medium and long-term jobs, as well as on the search for new members able to meet customer needs.

ATTACK!

In the first months after construction, more and more craftsmen decided to believe it. Among the first orders acquired there was the construction of an industrial ultrasonic washing machine for washing cut copper strips, to be built in stainless steel, and the construction of a fiberglass plating tank (4 and 6-seater raft container with production of fiberglass and wooden mold). A wooden model of an automated bicycle touring saddle for men and women was also made.
At the end of the eighties, the partners decided to invest again: they began to think of buying a new office in Senago.

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Running for the challenges of the market

July 11, 1990: Co.m.ar.p dresses up again

Between crisis, determination, passion and desire to make it, the Consortium decided to invest in the purchase of a branch in the production site in Senago.

For Co.m.ar.p it would have been the first property. The importance of purchasing the new location is highlighted in a presentation letter written in those days to inform customers and all members:

“The Co.m.ar.p after only ten years of activity has now reached an important milestone: the purchase of its own headquarters in the Municipality of Senago in a production site where most of its associated members have moved. The headquarters has been operational since July 1990 and is another means of strengthening the consortium structure because it will be even better to follow the relationships with the various associates. What is very important is the fact that Co.m.ar.p now has a shed to be used as a warehouse and a work collection center, therefore it can offer a single point of reference to its customers “.

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The adventure continues

1993-1998

Flattered by the success of the Parma Fair, in 1993 Comarp emigrated abroad and presented a stand at the Nuremberg subcontracting fair. Thanks to the fairs, the Consortium promoted its image over time.

Participation in major industry events was also pursued with substantial investments that brought the Consortium also to the Cologne Fair in 95 ‘.

RADICAL REMEDIES AND NEW PRODUCTS

To combat the crisis that began to affect the country’s economy and in particular the Lombardy Region, Co.m.ar.p, which until then had offered mass production, decided to leave to conquer niche markets with manufacturing very specialized and personalized. These include the production of special steel roller cages for special bearings. Still today Co.m.ar.p produces these cages, always according to the customer’s drawing and specification, also for German companies “who have often complimented us on the quality of our details”.

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Consolidation and success

1999 -2003

There was an air of change and also a little euphoria generated by the famous internet “bubble”. The Co.m.ar.p surfs calmly: he improved the office’s IT network by purchasing the different programs and pushed the members to do the same.

He continued to exhibit at fairs that “need a presence over the years to guarantee visitors and potential customers solidity and permanence over time, so much so that the need arises to get to know our structure more closely“.

To win, it was essential to speed up response times, because in the new changing economy of global connections, the web, rapid changes and the rapid progress of knowledge, success belongs to those who “make” time. The Co.m.ar.p concentrated on further specialization of the offer and on the start of a radical innovation of some management processes.

It began with the creation of mechanical parts coated in tungsten carbide, chromium oxide or ceramic, alumina, stellite, with both hot and cold coatings. A particular process that the companies of the Co.m.ar.p are able to offer even today is the full grinding, otherwise called Creep Feed.

Together with these strong specializations, in 2003 the Co.m.ar.p decided to start a total renewal of the order management, with the aim of using internet technologies to manage the entire life of a job, from acquisition to delivery of the finished product.

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Ready for a new era

Co.m.ar.p today

The idea behind Co.m.ar.p and its operating methods work, especially in today’s markets where system building, network making, as we say today, and as Co.m.ar already did p from the beginning.

The young people of Co.m.ar.p are determined, proud of the legacy left to them by their parents and aware of the great opportunity they find ready to seize. Their program is no small feat: internal reorganization to achieve greater efficiency, speed up of all management and production processes, quality system, search for new members, strengthening of the Co.m.ar.p brand.

After having achieved the goal of serving a prestigious and diversified clientele in various sectors, we will try to spend even more energy to strengthen our presence on foreign markets. As they have already seen, it is not an easy task because sometimes we find ourselves interacting with people who think differently from us.

However, they are convinced that it is worthwhile to continue on this path because the foreign market is more stable than the Italian one and, once you understand its logic, it helps you to grow the company.

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The goal of Co.m.ar.p is to encourage the development of metalworking artisan enterprises

Ideas are not lacking, nor is the ability to take on difficult challenges.
And to win them.

To encourage the development of Co.m.ar.p there is the habit of an organizational model that is now a must for artisan companies, that is, the fact that each shareholder maintains its independence in any case so as not to preclude the independent growth of individual businesses. With these strengths, the structure of the Consortium will be able to orient itself with determination to the business and gain a leading position in the sector.

“The duration of the Consortium is stability in 50 years from its legal construction. We will be in 2030, but it is not certain that our children will not renew the bet … “

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