The Bettetini family has Swiss origins, having emigrated to Milan, from where they settled over 100 years ago on the Island of San Giulio on Lake Orta. The family mingled with various families on both shores: the Frattinis, the Giulinis, and the Comolas. In 1961, they sold their island villa to pursue Giorgio Bettetini's passion for boats and his father Enrico's passion for exploratory camping in Africa. The family purchased a 1,200-square-meter warehouse in Novara. At the time, the city was a major commercial hub with important connections between Milan and Turin, and from there to Rome and Berlin. The lathes chosen were state-of-the-art, imported thanks to Swiss relatives, and demonstrated their reputation for quality. Today, they are the heritage in our office. But ordinary people also had services: thanks to a collaboration with the German company Juno Buderus to obtain the necessary components, we imported the components to make stoves, to which we added piezoelectric ignition, hence the origin of the company's first name, "Elettrogas Novarese." In 1982, Giorgio, together with engineer Roxas, created the world's first shower with an on/off lever, our code 82. Other versions followed, the 83, 85, and 88. These showers underwent several revisions over time, based on popular demand, until they were made partly of brass and partly of nylon to guarantee their quality. In 1983, market demand exceeded internal production capacity, and collaborative relationships were established with other families on Lake Orta: Poletti, Fiumicello, Barbotti/Allegri, Teruggi, Tonati, and many other companies. Relationships were interrupted or halted during the great crisis of 2009. In 1996, the family sold their first warehouse and built a smaller one, capable of housing the new CNC lathes, initially used to produce carbide tools, then brass components for faucets and valves. In 1998, Giorgio and Franca, my parents, asked me to leave my public sector job to set up my own business, to face life in a perhaps more complicated but comprehensive way. I had university research behind me, years of collaboration and contracts with architects, engineers, and factories. Years of investment in equipment, additional machinery, and new molds, new lines, and new projects followed. The significant introduction of computers, starting in 1984, sparked an increasingly close collaboration between man and machine. The name "aravon" conceals an analysis and decision-making process developed by me in the 1990s and kept private for a few companies. Today, we have five CNC machines and several automated systems that guarantee a high level of technical production. Since the 2009 crisis and the departure of many employees, we have cared for our customers, ensuring the continuation of our core products. This ensures that service, quality, and supplies are maintained not only with Italian dedication and Swiss expertise, but also with true European production. This ensures that every single piece is studied, designed, analyzed, and tested individually, guaranteeing a long lifespan. We have not forgotten the environment: while solar panels reduce our need for external energy sources, the management of our family's forests and corn production allow us to offset our remaining CO2 emissions. Today, we can truly say that each of our products protects the health of planet Earth because production does not cause an increase in CO2.
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