Centraltecnica, the company he founded exactly 30 years ago, specialises in installing and servicing automatic doors on ships and yachts. The company's head office is located in Trieste and is managed by his son Davide, whilst its branch is based in Miami, USA.

The number varies according to the ship. It can range from 12 to 62 automatic doors, such is the case of the Queen Victoria.
We must identify two clearly separate stages of our work. The automatic entrance final installation and the actual design.
Strange as it may seem, we will start from the final installation.
After our initial pioneering time, a first era started, where we used to meet up with the ship fitters to plan all the work involved. We would then agree how we should work together on the bridges.
Nowadays the assembly work is more frantic and, in a way, has even got worse.
The working and operating times are controlled by strict rules. There are several companies which operate without talking and co-operating with one another. Many components arrive pre-assembled outside the shipyards, and we then need to dismantle entire structures to insert our doors. You must know that 95% of all installations are not visible, but are built in the false ceilings.
Sometimes we happen to lay cables only to find them cut, after a few days, because room was needed to fit bulkheads and components.
Fortunately, we have a wide experience and are therefore able to minimise problems by directly liaising with other companies involved in the project.
But the automatic entrance has also physically changed.
In the past, the automation needed to be fitted to an existing door frame.
Now, on the other hand, we supply the entire automatic entrance, including the wooden or steel frames, along with a series of technical, architectural and design changes agreed with the ship owner prior to their application.
This is our strength and what makes us different from many other companies operating in our industry.
Nowadays, many companies in the naval industry think that their jobs end once they fit the automation, the cables and the screws. In reality, this is not the case.
What is important is not simply the installation itself, but what comes before and after.
Let's talk about the automations, for example. We work with Ditec. We have tested Ditec's and other manufacturer's automations, but we have decided to stick with Ditec as we found them more reliable.