The character was that of a family-run business, with only 10 external workers.
Back then, the production processes were different: the machines were not automatic, so it was necessary to turn them on and start them manually.
Workers of those times, also had to learn to become specialised mechanics, since the need used to arise, from time to time, to repair some machinery that was stuck or simply faulty. In addition, many production processes were done by hand, without mechanical support: I remember the hours that my father used to spend cutting leather skins with his own hands.
A few years later the work increased to include 35 manufacturing workers; the work concerned exclusively the leather BAGS of our production, from the design to the creation of the final product. Those were important years of intense work; until the end of the 90s.
Yes, because then the dark days for Italian leather goods came, coinciding with the global opening of the Asian market: many companies closed, others drastically reduced the number of employees.
Even my parents had to face very hard years, with serious economic losses, almost to close the doors of the company. There were many privations and important sacrifices, but above all there were the Choices; Fad.Pel stopped the production of its products to become a Third-party and work, therefore, under commissions from other brands.