Thirty years apart, the son of a former Mordica Memorial Award winner follows in his father's footsteps. Here, he traces some of the challenges and successes that came with leading the family business through periods of great change

摘要

When I was informed about this recognition, I started to muse over what I was supposed to write. I knew theoretically I should tell you something about "a contribution to the wire industry's base through research, development, innovation or other technical contributions" but no special topic rose in my mind. There was only that sentence knocking and knocking again: "Already thirty years have passed." I would not have been here today if exactly 30 years ago the same Mordica Award had not been awarded to my father; Ilario Properzi, during the WAI Convention in Toronto in 1973. The path that led him there was accomplished at no small price.