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The industrial complex produced linoleum, product that became famous in Italy at the beginning of the 20th century for the increasing request of the Italian Navy and the Ferrovie dello Stato (state-owned holding company that manages infrastructure and services on the Italian rail network).
It covers the side of Narni east of the inhabited centre of Narni Scalo, between the railway and the Nera River.
The plant is recognizable for the distinctive cubic shape of some of its department; it is one of the first industrial complexes that, from the end of the 19th century, have produced the industrialization of Narni.
The first production plant was founded in 1887 by the Società per la Fabbricazione e per il Commercio degli Oggetti in Caoutchouc, Guttaperca e Affini (Company for the Production and Commerce of Objects in Natural Rubber, Gutta-percha and similar goods) on the initiative of Alessandro Centurini. After an uncertain start, during which it was still producing goods for the Navy despite all, the factory was closed in 1894, crushed by the financial crash of the Banca Romana. The plant became propriety of Giovanni Battista Pirelli, owner of a factory that produced elastic rubber objects in Milan. In 1894, it was given to the Società Italiana del Linoleum e Prodotti Affini (Italian Linoleum and Similar Goods Company).
The complex had a convenient location: it was connected to the railway through its own tracks, allowing the flow of raw materials (linseed oil, wood or cork flour and resin). It also had direct derivation of water from the Nera River.
After many transfers of ownership, the factory closed in 1985. Two years later it was purchased by the French company Sommer, which opened the production to the international market.
