The first factory dates back to 1890. It was built by Crispino Cantoni, native of Novaggio and moved to Bodio on the birth of the little industrial area. Named "Gazzosa Cantoni", the factory remained in Bodio until the end of the Seventies, when Gianelli family took over it and moved it to Personico, changing the name to Gazzosa Sassi Grossi (name inspired by the namesake battle, well known as Giornico's Battle). In 1972, the factory is detected from Augusto Bontà and named "Ambra SA Successori Cantoni", first step of an era of expansions and renovations leading to the building – in 1982 – of a real and forefront production line, which allows Ambra SA (producing third party, in the meantime) to multiply the 400 bottles per hour production of the beginning up to 2.500. From local artisan reality, the factory turns itself more and more into regional little industry.
The last renovation and the founding of Gazzose Ticinesi SA take place in 2008 with the pharmacist and entrepreneur from Ticino Luca Bianda. Mr Bianda took over the factory with the aim of creating a production center of gazzosa in Ticino and to raise its renown at Swiss national level. All this, taking advantage of the synergies of the various small producers and brands in Ticino, starting with the installation of a new modern bottling line and dynamizing the production processes. We also wanted to keep the tradition of producing gazzosa in the Leventina Valley, which has an important asset: the spring water that flows in Val di Nadro.
The company wanted to make a further improvement, introducing HACCP quality standards, ISO 9001 for production processes and IFS (International Food Standard) for the quality standard of the product. Thus, the number of employees has risen from 3 to 17 in a few years. The factory uses glass and PET bottles, and crown, screw and flip-top caps.
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