{"id":8205,"date":"2025-02-13T11:42:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T11:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/our-history\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:53:57","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8205\" class=\"elementor elementor-8205 elementor-5286\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b43422 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0b43422\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387bc39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-slider_revolution\" data-id=\"387bc39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"slider_revolution.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-themepunch-revslider\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<sr7-module data-alias=\"STORIA\" data-id=\"25\" id=\"SR7_25_1\" class=\"rs-ov-hidden\" data-version=\"6.7.20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-adjuster><\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_25_1-65\" data-key=\"65\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-bg id=\"SR7_25_1-65-6\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/storia-dark-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"storia-dark\"><\/noscript><\/sr7-bg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_25_1-65-2\" class=\"sr7-layer\">LA STORIA DI FIORENTINI<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_25_1-65-5\" class=\"sr7-layer\">La storia di Fiorentini nasce dall\u2019ingegno, dal lavoro e dalla visione dell\u2019Ing. Osvaldo Fiorentini. Un percorso umano e imprenditoriale che attraversa l\u2019Italia e il mondo, dando vita a una delle realt\u00e0 pi\u00f9 riconosciute nella produzione di macchine per la pulizia industriale.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_25_1-66\" data-key=\"66\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t<image_lists style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-src=\"\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/storia-dark-1.png\" data-libid=\"7526\" data-lib=\"medialibrary\" title=\"storia-dark\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-dbsrc=\"Ly9maW9yZW50aW5pc3BhLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAyNi8wMS9zdG9yaWEtZGFyay0xLnBuZw==\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/image_lists>\n\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\t\tSR7.PMH ??={}; SR7.PMH[\"SR7_25_1\"] = {cn:0,state:false,fn: function() { if (_tpt!==undefined && _tpt.prepareModuleHeight !== undefined) {  _tpt.prepareModuleHeight({id:\"SR7_25_1\",el:[640,640,500,500,580],type:'standard',shdw:'0',gh:[640,640,500,500,580],gw:[1400,1400,1100,960,358],vpt:['100px&#039;,&#039;100px&#039;,&#039;100px&#039;,&#039;100px&#039;,&#039;100px'],size:{fullWidth:true, fullHeight:false},mh:'0',onh:0,onw:0,bg:{color:'{\"orig\":\"transparent\",\"type\":\"solid\",\"string\":\"transparent\"}'}}); 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his father <b>owned a few acres of land<\/b>.<br>Osvaldo Fiorentini <b>attended elementary school in his native village<\/b>, before continuing his studies at the Salesian College in Bologna.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-049dbd8 e-grid elementor-hidden-desktop e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"049dbd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f50e052 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f50e052\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>The Origins: Osvaldo Fiorentini<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p><b>Osvaldo Fiorentini was born<\/b> on January 20, 1929, in Giugnola, a small village in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines with only 120 inhabitants, split in two by the provincial road: half in the province of Florence and half in the province of Bologna.<\/p><p>His mother <b>was an elementary school teacher<\/b> for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades with 50 students (today the school no longer exists due to a lack of children); his father <b>owned a few acres of land<\/b>.<br>Osvaldo Fiorentini <b>attended elementary school in his native village<\/b>, before continuing his studies at the Salesian College in Bologna.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c30f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53c30f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fiorentini-storia-768x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8210\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fiorentini-storia-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fiorentini-storia-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fiorentini-storia-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fiorentini-storia-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fiorentini-storia.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51b5a92 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51b5a92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd9bf5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd9bf5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>Studies and Formative Years<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p>When the war front stalled between Bologna and Florence, <b>he moved to Florence<\/b> to attend the Dante Classical High School, starting the school year three months later than his classmates. During that period, <b>he supported himself by eating at the soup kitchen<\/b> at the Orti Oricellari. <\/p><p>At the Liceo Dante, <b>he was a student of Prof. Guerriero Grassi<\/b>, who introduced him to the study of Greek lyric poets. He received a written commendation from the Headmaster for his translations of Sappho, Mimnermus, and Alcaeus. <\/p><p>At age 21, <b>he was a first-year Chemical Engineering student<\/b> at the University of Bologna.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45a262e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45a262e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-768x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8211\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2057309 e-grid elementor-hidden-mobile e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2057309\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86690a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86690a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-768x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8212\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb86a16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb86a16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>The Start of the Business and Entrepreneurial Spirit<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p>On April 16, 1950, <b>he lost his mother<\/b>, and with her, all financial support.<br>Thanks to his benefactor and fellow villager Prof. Marsilio Bacci, <b>he began selling textbooks and university lecture notes<\/b> at religious and secular institutes in Bologna.<\/p><p>In those years, <b>he edited, printed, produced, and sold university lecture notes<\/b>, achieving such success that he was nicknamed <i>&#8220;the little Hoepli&#8221;<\/i>.<\/p><p>At age 26, <b>he graduated in Chemical Engineering<\/b>, with Prof. Manfredini as his supervisor.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ebddb e-grid elementor-hidden-desktop e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1ebddb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9cdfc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9cdfc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>The Start of the Business and Entrepreneurial Spirit<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p>On April 16, 1950, <b>he lost his mother<\/b>, and with her, all financial support.<br>Thanks to his benefactor and fellow villager Prof. Marsilio Bacci, <b>he began selling textbooks and university lecture notes<\/b> at religious and secular institutes in Bologna.<\/p><p>In those years, <b>he edited, printed, produced, and sold university lecture notes<\/b>, achieving such success that he was nicknamed <i>&#8220;the little Hoepli&#8221;<\/i>.<\/p><p>At age 26, <b>he graduated in Chemical Engineering<\/b>, with Prof. Manfredini as his supervisor.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59e10f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59e10f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-768x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8212\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9475094 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9475094\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-224e0d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"224e0d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>From Industry to the Birth of Fiorentini<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p>He won competitions and was hired by <b>Pirelli, Fiat, and Esso Standard Oil<\/b>\u2014brief but formative experiences.<br>He then spent several months abroad in Switzerland, Austria, and England <b>to perfect his languages<\/b>.<\/p><p>Upon returning to Italy, <b>he joined Colgate Palmolive<\/b>, where he gained deep experience in industrial processes and purchasing.<\/p><p>In 1961, <b>he obtained the exclusive Italian rights for Clarke Floor Machine Co.<\/b> of Muskegon (USA), a world leader in the production of cleaning machines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-134ac30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"134ac30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5-768x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8213\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5-768x536.jpg 768w, 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>International Growth<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p>Lacking initial capital, <b>he started the business with great financial intuition<\/b>, opening a driving school in Milan that also became his first sales office.<\/p><p>He began producing <b>spare parts and later complete machines<\/b>, even exporting to Russia.<br>When Clarke stopped producing scrubber-dryers, <b>he decided to produce them independently<\/b>, creating the ICM 21, 24, and 32 models.<\/p><p>Success was immediate: <b>containers began shipping from Italy to the USA and Canada<\/b>.<\/p><p>In 1980, at the ISSA Show in Chicago, he presented <b>the first compact ride-on floor scrubber (ICM 38)<\/b>, attracting international attention.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e3f1d e-grid elementor-hidden-desktop e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40e3f1d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bbad86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bbad86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>International Growth<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p>Lacking initial capital, <b>he started the business with great financial intuition<\/b>, opening a driving school in Milan that also became his first sales office.<\/p><p>He began producing <b>spare parts and later complete machines<\/b>, even exporting to Russia.<br>When Clarke stopped producing scrubber-dryers, <b>he decided to produce them independently<\/b>, creating the ICM 21, 24, and 32 models.<\/p><p>Success was immediate: <b>containers began shipping from Italy to the USA and Canada<\/b>.<\/p><p>In 1980, at the ISSA Show in Chicago, he presented <b>the first compact ride-on floor scrubber (ICM 38)<\/b>, attracting international attention.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a41958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a41958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-768x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8214\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/10.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-124c139 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"124c139\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4034fe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4034fe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>Russia, China, and the World<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p>In 1985, <b>he conquered the Russian market<\/b>, and in 1989, <b>he entered the Chinese market<\/b>, opening over 15 operational centers across the country.<\/p><p>The Fiorentini name became synonymous with quality and reliability even in China, where it is still remembered and appreciated today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24e4fd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24e4fd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8-768x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8215\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cb955e e-grid elementor-hidden-mobile e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8cb955e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb15eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5bb15eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-768x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8216\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa42561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa42561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>The Great Fiorentini Family<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p>In the following years, <b>together with his collaborators\u2014the &#8220;great family&#8221;\u2014<\/b> new models were developed that were increasingly high-performing and innovative.<\/p><p>The latest creation is the <b>ET 65<\/b>, the smallest ride-on scrubber-dryer on the market.<\/p><p>For Osvaldo Fiorentini, <b>work has represented and continues to represent a life&#8217;s purpose<\/b>.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b8b77 e-grid elementor-hidden-desktop e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79b8b77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-169869a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"169869a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><b>The Great Fiorentini Family<\/b><\/span><\/h3><p>In the following years, <b>together with his collaborators\u2014the &#8220;great family&#8221;\u2014<\/b> new models were developed that were increasingly high-performing and innovative.<\/p><p>The latest creation is the <b>ET 65<\/b>, the smallest ride-on scrubber-dryer on the market.<\/p><p>For Osvaldo Fiorentini, <b>work has represented and continues to represent a life&#8217;s purpose<\/b>.<\/p><p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54f887b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"54f887b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-768x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8216\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d08db8a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d08db8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1485059 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1485059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cv_ing_fiorentini.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-download\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M216 0h80c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v168h87.7c17.8 0 26.7 21.5 14.1 34.1L269.7 378.3c-7.5 7.5-19.8 7.5-27.3 0L90.1 226.1c-12.6-12.6-3.7-34.1 14.1-34.1H192V24c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24zm296 376v112c0 13.3-10.7 24-24 24H24c-13.3 0-24-10.7-24-24V376c0-13.3 10.7-24 24-24h146.7l49 49c20.1 20.1 52.5 20.1 72.6 0l49-49H488c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24zm-124 88c0-11-9-20-20-20s-20 9-20 20 9 20 20 20 20-9 20-20zm64 0c0-11-9-20-20-20s-20 9-20 20 9 20 20 20 20-9 20-20z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">CV Eng. O. Fiorentini<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Origins: Osvaldo Fiorentini Osvaldo Fiorentini was born on January 20, 1929, in Giugnola, a small village in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines with only 120 inhabitants, split in two by the provincial road: half in the province of Florence and half in the province of Bologna. His mother was an elementary school teacher for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades with 50 students (today the school no longer exists due to a lack of children); his father owned a few acres of land.Osvaldo Fiorentini attended elementary school in his native village, before continuing his studies at the Salesian College in Bologna. The Origins: Osvaldo Fiorentini Osvaldo Fiorentini was born on January 20, 1929, in Giugnola, a small village in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines with only 120 inhabitants, split in two by the provincial road: half in the province of Florence and half in the province of Bologna. His mother was an elementary school teacher for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades with 50 students (today the school no longer exists due to a lack of children); his father owned a few acres of land.Osvaldo Fiorentini attended elementary school in his native village, before continuing his studies at the Salesian College in Bologna. Studies and Formative Years When the war front stalled between Bologna and Florence, he moved to Florence to attend the Dante Classical High School, starting the school year three months later than his classmates. During that period, he supported himself by eating at the soup kitchen at the Orti Oricellari. At the Liceo Dante, he was a student of Prof. Guerriero Grassi, who introduced him to the study of Greek lyric poets. He received a written commendation from the Headmaster for his translations of Sappho, Mimnermus, and Alcaeus. At age 21, he was a first-year Chemical Engineering student at the University of Bologna. The Start of the Business and Entrepreneurial Spirit On April 16, 1950, he lost his mother, and with her, all financial support.Thanks to his benefactor and fellow villager Prof. Marsilio Bacci, he began selling textbooks and university lecture notes at religious and secular institutes in Bologna. In those years, he edited, printed, produced, and sold university lecture notes, achieving such success that he was nicknamed &#8220;the little Hoepli&#8221;. At age 26, he graduated in Chemical Engineering, with Prof. Manfredini as his supervisor. The Start of the Business and Entrepreneurial Spirit On April 16, 1950, he lost his mother, and with her, all financial support.Thanks to his benefactor and fellow villager Prof. Marsilio Bacci, he began selling textbooks and university lecture notes at religious and secular institutes in Bologna. In those years, he edited, printed, produced, and sold university lecture notes, achieving such success that he was nicknamed &#8220;the little Hoepli&#8221;. At age 26, he graduated in Chemical Engineering, with Prof. Manfredini as his supervisor. From Industry to the Birth of Fiorentini He won competitions and was hired by Pirelli, Fiat, and Esso Standard Oil\u2014brief but formative experiences.He then spent several months abroad in Switzerland, Austria, and England to perfect his languages. Upon returning to Italy, he joined Colgate Palmolive, where he gained deep experience in industrial processes and purchasing. In 1961, he obtained the exclusive Italian rights for Clarke Floor Machine Co. of Muskegon (USA), a world leader in the production of cleaning machines. International Growth Lacking initial capital, he started the business with great financial intuition, opening a driving school in Milan that also became his first sales office. He began producing spare parts and later complete machines, even exporting to Russia.When Clarke stopped producing scrubber-dryers, he decided to produce them independently, creating the ICM 21,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8205"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8821,"href":"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8205\/revisions\/8821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiorentinispa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}