Alberto Barberis Canonico, patron of the Lanificio with 350 years of history who dressed Agnelli and Bush died
He learned the art of wool from his father Vitale: in the factory at 27 years old, it quoted it in the 70s. In 2018 the appointment to Knight of Labor
The world of Biellese textile cries Alberto Barberis Canonico, an entrepreneur who for a long time held the family company Vitale Barberis Canonico, a wreath factory symbol of Made in Italy excellence based in Valdilana, Praitrovo, to be precise, village of the Biellese Prealps. Barberis Canonico passed away at the age of 86 after a life that began « Eating bread and wool since children », As he said about his family in an interview.
The company, among the world leaders of the processing of precious fibers, is one of the most ancient textile companies in the world: the origins of the activity date back to 1663, even if the current company is from 1936 and is registered with the Club de Les Henokiens, the international association reserved for family companies with at least 200 years of history. Among his loyal customers Gianni Agnelli, Hu Jintao, former secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, and George W. Bush. But also packagingists such as Corneliani, Canals, Boggi, Ricci, Berluti, Armani, Dior up to the unparalleled Augusto Caraceni.
The art of wool on the stock exchange
Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan, Alberto Barberis Canonico had entered the factory at 27 years old and had learned « The art of wool » dTo the vital father to whom he succeeded the guide in 1970 together with his brother Luciano with whom he ferried the company to the stock exchange. Later Alberto devoted himself to the development of the technical and technological sector, while Luciano concentrated on exports and, increasing the prestige of the wool factory also abroad, made one of the strengths of the Vitale Barberis Canonico.
The funeral
Alberto continued to lead the company for decades as a CEO, to then pass the witness to the new generation in 2000, the thirteenth. He had entered the factory at the age of 27, instructed to the art of wool by his father Vitale. His friends include Luigi and Roberto Botto Poala of the Lanificio Reda, as proof of a world that is known and that capable of regenerating himself in knowledge and daily life.
In 2018 he had been appointed Knight of the work by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. He would have turned the years next May. Two years later he had left the guide of the family business to his son Alessandro, former president of Milan Single, Which today leads together with the cousins Francesco Barberis Canonico and Lucia Bianchi Maiocchi.
He leaves his wife Anna, his sons Alessandro, Laura and Vitale and his grandchildren. On Friday in Pratrivero (Biella), from 15 to 19, the burning chamber will be set up at the entrance of the plant; At 8 pm the rosary will be recited to the church of San Giuseppe, where the funeral will take place on Saturday at 11.
