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However Tiberio always wanted to distinguish himself and somehow prove he had the ?metal? to make his own way forward. So when the Lonati family bought one of the oldest Italian hosiery machine makers in Brescia, the Santoni company, he was delighted to be given the full responsibility of running it. He practically re-invented it by making Santoni the leader of a new field in circular knitting called "Seamless".

It was a long struggle but he had such a vision and determination to realise it that even when his family did not consider it wise to continue backing the new side of the venture that seemed to have little hope, he risked it on his own and made a success of it to the great pride and pleasure of his father and brothers, and to the great enhancement of the whole Group.

So, while the Lonati Company had undoubtedly become the world leaders in socks and hosiery machines, Santoni under Tiberius?s will, vision and management, became both the pioneer and also the leader in its field of Seamless knitting machinery .

One of Tiberio's remarkable and unique characteristics was his impulsiveness and readiness not only to look forward towards new frontiers but also his willingness to take all the risks for implementing such a vision, and in this admirable combination especially 3 great ventures stand out:

His undoubted world recognition as the pioneer and world leader of the ?Seamless? knitting sector.

His great courage in investing in an unprecedented Compact Warp knitting machine for seamlesswear. thereby venturing into a technology that was utterly new to the Santoni Company creating with it all sorts of technical improvements and functional novelties.

His determination to create a Production Unit in China more than 10 years ago with the foundation of the ?Santoni Shanghai Company?. This company achieved a brilliant turnover and established the Santoni name in that huge emerging market as well as in the rest of the Asia-Pacific region.

These are only the highlights of his willingness to risk investing in and implementing his vision. There are also numerous lesser technical and commercial innovations where his open-mindedness and taste for fighting a worthy cause are known to his collaborators and employees.

Looking towards the future he also had the vision to diversify his seamless specialty into very closely-connected sectors such as with the large diameter circular knitting machine (Vignoni) and the Garment Length circular knitting machine (Mecmor). He acquired both of these and successfully integrated them into the Santoni Company giving it a unique range of knitting options to offer to the world market and a sometimes healthy technical enhancement and synergy in the important Research and Development Department of Santoni.

Tiberio was one of those leaders who led from the front, personally fighting right in the trenches alongside his officers and his infantry, and while he was the recognised and respected chief of all his employees, from the humblest to the highest, they all felt a solidarity and companionship throughout their struggles and activity. He had a uniquely powerful presence in all the companies of the Lonati Group, but was also an undisputed presence in the international world of textile machines and specifically in its knitting machinery sector.

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