In the mid-1980s, Cocchi handed over the reins. He sold the company to a British group, but entrusted its management to a member of his team, the son of a carabiniere-turned-partisan and a housewife. The new manager’s name was Lindo Aldrovandi. Between 1987 and 2003, the new Aldrovandi management consolidated an already successful industrial track record. The brand had become synonymous with high-tech coatings. Research was making great strides. Business was booming. There was work for everyone. Sales soared from 36 billion old lire to 100 million euros. And then, the property passes from English to American owners.