April 2010

Valenza Po, Italy is on Facebook.

Valenza Po, in the Province of Alessandria, is the most important centre in Italy (and world leader) of crafted jewellery. The local productive tradition in this sector goes back to 1840 and more than 40 businesses were active here already before the First World War. However, the real boom took place after the Second World War, when the 300 companies existing in 1945 tripled in number so that today they add up to over 1000. The District consists of ten Municipalities situated between the beginning of Monferrato and the River Po inhabited by 33,950 people, with an active population of 14,627 people equal to 44%. The graeter part of the population is employed in the goldsmith sector. A high employment rate has always been a feature of the Valenza area. Every year over 30 tons of gold are processed and 80% of the precious stones imported into Italy. The predominant typology is that of the small-sized enterprise (around 85% of the total), with artisan characteristics, which makes the local production very creative and with a high added value. The District’s strong points are: a historical accumulation of technical and manual know-how, matured over 150 years of craftsmen’s experience, the presence of skilled workers, a strong link between enterprises, the ability to adapt quickly to changing market needs, a rapid generation turnover and the presence of some of the biggest brand names of international jewellery (from Bulgari to Cartier). After a booming decade, Valenza too has had to reckon with the recession. The Italian market has gradually adapted to the lowest European level. Meanwhile, the aggressive competition of India, China and Thailand seriously threatens the District’s profits.Valenza news and portal (in Italian)http://www.valenza.it/Because it was not just Jewellery, the story of Gino Amisano and his AGV helmets:AGV SpA. (Amisano Gino Valenza) is an Italian motorcycle helmet firm which started out in 1947 making leather seats and motorcycle saddles. A year later, in 1948, it started making motorcycle helmets.AGV competes with high-end helmet brands such as Arai and Shoei of Japan, Shark of France, and fellow Italians makers Suomy, Airoh and Vemar et.al.Although there are numerous notable racing motorcyclists who have worn AGV helmets, the brand is most notably associated with motorcycle World Champions Valentino Rossi and Giacomo Agostini, both of whom used them throughout their entire career. The brand can also count past Formula One world champions such as Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet as wearers.AGV is most likely the company that introduced the concept of racing endorsements into the motorcycle world. Always a pioneer AGV helped create the first Mobile Clinic. In the Seventies AGV started one of the races That is a legend Tues thes days: the AGV Cup Which was born as a Three race endurance Championship raced and Daytona, Paul Ricard and Misano Adriatico, the Daytona 200, possibly the single most Important race and the world, would not BE raced today an if it wasn't for the Far-sightedness of AGV Founder Gino Amisano who, thirty years ago, understood ITS incredible years potential.Through the AGV has raced and won With the main motorcycle and auto racing icons . Giacomo Agostini, Barry Sheene, Kenny Roberts, Johnny Ceccotto, Angel Nieto, Marco Lucchinelli, Franco Uncini, Fausto Gresini, Nicky Lauda, \u200b\u200bNelson Piquet, Emerson Fittipaldi, Randy Mamola, Luca Cadalora, Troy Corser, Max Biaggi and Manuel Poggiali. The list is long and impressive.Valentino Rossi deserves a chapter of his own. In his never ending search for new challenges and new records to break – which he never fails to do – there has been one single standard: his AGV helmet. Eight years, four classes, five bikes, five world titles and 60 GP victories. Only one helmet. For the future AGV is going to maintain the direction followed so far: keep working with the number one Valentino Rossi, but with a special eye to the new pilots generation.Legendary Helmets:TRUE MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF MOTORCYCLE HELMETS1946 - AGV (Amisano Gino) began as a manufacturer of leather seats and bicycle saddles in Valenza, Italy.1948 - AGV enters into the world of motorcycle helmets; an important step which gained, since the beginning, unprecedented commercial success together with the chance of being part of sport competitions.1949 - The first open-face helmet with a leather shell was developed and produced.1953 - The first fiberglass vulcanized helmets were introduced into the market.1954 - AGV produces the first 100% fiberglass open-face helmet. A few years later, by taking advantage of the experience acquired in creating a special helmet to run the flying start kilometer on skis, AGV develops the first fiberglass full-face helmet.1977 - AGV, which has always been investing to reach the highest safety standards, decides to commit itself to the “Clinica Mobile” project by sustaining all costs for the first structure. The "Clinica Mobile" is a facility that provides emergency care to riders that have suffered injuries during races. This partnership is still alive today.1978- AGV enters the US market. AGV USA is established in Washington DC with Dr. Elio Grandi as its first President.1985 - Nelson Piquet takes part in the Formula 1 World Championship wearing a brand new Kevlar/Dupont fiberglass full-face AGV helmet. Since the beginning AGV’s history has been directly linked to many of riders who have made motorcycle history: Giacomo Agostini, Barry Sheene, Kenny Roberts, Johnny Cecotto, Angel Nieto, Marco Lucchinelli, Franco Uncini, Fausto Gresini, Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi, Randy Mamola, and Luca Cadalora. These co-operations have brought many victories to AGV and over 130 World Championship Titles, in addition to the definitive establishment of the AGV brand name on a global scale. AGV signs an internatonal licensing agreement with AGV Sports Group in the US to develop a line of motorcycle apparel.1988 - AGV completes its range of products with the acquisition of MDS, a brand that in the very short time emerged by virtue of its versatility and gained important World Titles in off-road championships with talented riders such as Pekka Vehkonen and Dave Thorpe.1995 - Valentino Rossi starts his outstanding professional career wearing an AGV helmet. Together with AGV Valentino began his dominant reign which has won 7 World Championships Titles.2002 - AGV becomes part of an important Belgian Multi-national Group which already owned the LAZER brand. The IMAG Group together with AGV, MDS, and LAZER is now the 4th worldwide producer within the sport helmets market.In 2007, Dainese bought AGV from Belgian firm IMAG Group, bringing the company back into Italian ownership.CEO Lino Dainese adds: “AGV and Gino Amisano, who founded the company in 1947, offered me important roles to follow. We continued to grow along parallel lines in the context of both innovation and the sport’s most important racers, from Agostini to Valentino Rossi, and we now intend to enhance the recently purchased company’s image and value even further”.

(writes Castellaro Rodolfo in La Stampa) :

"analysis of voting is inevitable, then call into question the supposed" processing "or" traitors ", as Germano Tosetti that while the extraction of the left, has apparently refused the candidate of the PD ... "

Journalist written on it, so important to test, it was not well documented, plus heavy use terms. The appearance is, if anything, was rejected by C. Zavanone judged by her and her staff impractical since the preliminaries. This was written and informed public and the voters list and the public Tosetti Valenza.

Tosetti I understand that was never entered in PD "then you turn traitor, or that old?" Excuse Mr. Journalist!

Tosetti was the candidate of the List "With us for the City: Tosetti" and the list is not composed of "Yes Men".

We have proposed a list of independent person capable in public for the various skills found in his curriculum vitae. We have all shown talking to our constituents a statement of "free choice to vote for the ballot" to be not affected by partisan bias and we decided even before the ballot to be any minority candidate was the winner, as we are bound only to the defense values \u200b\u200bin your program.

If "some left", I repeat, in his faction, including election results materialized, does not understand the personal errors committed in his last three years the government of the City, I have lost my sense of direction .

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