Elettrogas Aravon

Our story

The Bettetini family has distant Swiss origins, having first emigrated to Milan and then settled over 100 years ago on the island of San Giulio on Lake Orta. - The family intermingled with various families on both shores: the Frattinis, the Giulinis, and the Comolas. . In 1961, they sold their villa on the island to pursue Giorgio Bettetini's passion for boats and his father Enrico's for exploratory camping trips in Africa. The family purchased a 1,200-square-meter warehouse in Novara. At the time, the city was a major trade 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 part of our office's heritage. But ordinary people also had access to services: thanks to a partnership with the German company Juno Buderus for the supply of necessary components, we imported the components to build the stoves, to which we added piezoelectric ignition, hence the company 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 ensure 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. - In 1996, the family sold the 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, along with years of collaboration and contracts with architects, engineers, and factories. Years of investment in equipment, additional machinery, new molds, new lines, and new projects followed. The significant introduction of computers, starting in 1984, ushered in an increasingly close collaboration between man and machine. The name "aravon" conceals an analysis and decision-making process I developed in the 1990s and kept private for several companies. - In 2001, after two years of collaboration between my parents and I, I decided to take over the company, and the name was changed from "Elettrogas Novarese" to "Elettrogas Aravon." Today, we have five CNC machines and several automated systems that guarantee a high level of technical production. - With the 2009 crisis, many of our trusted suppliers ended; some retired, others couldn't cope with the economic downturn in production, and others made decisions I didn't agree with but had to accept. We decided to remain in Italy and produce, using our own employees and our own skills. To distinguish our original products from those abroad, which had copied our classic, modern industrial style from the 1990s to 2010s, we engraved the serial number and reshaped the external, goblet-shaped body in an eclectic, contemporary style. We thus ensured continuity, quality, and support, not only in keeping with Italian dedication and Swiss expertise, but also in ensuring true European production. This ensures that every single piece is individually studied, designed, analyzed, and tested, the only way to guarantee a long product life and zero subsequent maintenance. - Our remaining component suppliers have maintained the same mentality: Hydroplast ( www.hydroplast.it ) in Suno, a manufacturer of quality ceramic cartridges, DeBorri (www.deborri.it) in Pogno, a manufacturer of flexible steel mesh, and ilFlessibile (www.ilflessibile.it) in Invorio, a manufacturer of flexible steel tape. - In 2025 we reintroduced finishes such as bronze and all-black and some customers asked us for fine wood components to complement our line. - We haven't forgotten the environment: while solar panels reduce our need for external energy sources, managing our family forests and producing corn allows us to offset residual CO2 emissions. Today, we can truly say that each of our products protects the health of planet Earth because their production does not cause an increase in CO2.

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