The A13 name in itself is prophetic as it also belongs to the Padua-Bologna expressway, which lies in the geographical \u201ccenter\u201d of \u201cmade in Italy\u201d.<\/p>\n Global routes that in their own way remind us of a popular American song \u201cGo West, young man\u201d. In fact these days, if we were to paraphrase, the answer as to where exactly a laundry\/ironing company can get anything it needs would be \u201cGo to A13, From this, we can understand how and why A13 is the 21st century version of the mythical Far West of 200 years ago; it is the ideal \u201csolution\u201d for all issues pertaining to ironing accessories and replacement parts for machines generally found within today\u2019s laundries. To believe it, just flip though each of the hundred plus pages of an A13 product catalog. It is akin to a laundry \u201cbible\u201d, where operators can find all the answers they need on padding, steam\u00a0 distribution devices, coverings, liners, jackets, shoes, electric valves, fuses, \u201cguns\u201d, pressure gauges, micro switches, gaskets, bearings, springs, temperature regulators, insulating covers, pressure switches and …<\/p>\n The historical headquarters in Milan, elegant and always fully stocked, include a retail store and warehouse in via Giulio Venini 57, a few steps away from the Pasteur metro station.<\/p>\n The Legnaro location, in the province of Padua, houses the A13 factory. This extremely creative and flexible manufacturing environment is readily adaptable to fulfill the demands of a continuously evolving market.<\/p>\n Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia. For thirty years A13 has accompanied the history of a core industrial sector for the Italian economy. Nor could it be otherwise, considering that A13 is the brainchild of Giuseppe Conti, who back in the \u201980 was a young go-getter and export sales manager for Pony, a leading brand of industrial ironing machines. The factory in Milan has always looked at the evolution of ironing in terms of its being a global supply chain of companies, machines, and trade synergies.<\/p>\n A \u201cconception\u201d to be celebrated, considering that the brainchild grew to achieve the level of excellence by which it is universally recognized today also thanks to the founder\u2019s son and marketing manager, Stefano Conti. Prestige the company gained in the field by its extraordinary commercial versatility and an exquisitely unique, globally unrivaled products portfolio.<\/p>\n In reality the lab within the Legnaro factory is perfectly set up to transform these daily requests into viable working solutions thanks to highly skilled staff as well as impressive array of technological equipment. This allows A13 to firmly hold its position at the center of the market.<\/p>\n![\"padova_conti1\"](\"http:\/\/www.staging.detergo.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/padova_conti1.gif\")
<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Hence we start to understand why a company like A13 is \u201calways\u201d at the center of the laundry market.<\/p>\n<\/a>As we write, A13 shipped a pallet of electrovalves to Scandinavia. Tomorrow ironing pads and covers will be shipped to Australia, together with round washer window gaskets ordered just today from Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/a>young man\u201d. That means a 14,000 product \u201ccatalog\u201d, 8,000 of which are made in house, and 6,000 are resold at extremely competitive prices established according to rigorous marketing strategies.<\/p>\n<\/a>We have to stop here, otherwise it would take at least one full page of Detergo to list the products in the A13 catalog, and \u201csum\u201d up what it stands for today in terms of replacement parts, accessories, the latest and most competitive machines on the market as gauged by the standard of absolute excellence.<\/p>\n<\/a>The hefty size and encyclopedic wealth of products in the catalog are also explained by the three facilities owned by the company, which was founded in the early \u201980.<\/p>\n<\/a>Lastly, there is the San Giovanni in Persiceto facility in the province of Bologna. This sales branch is at the centre of Emilia, a region with historical ties to laundry machinery.<\/p>\n<\/a>The best of \u201cmade in Italy\u201d, intended as industrial manufacturing and constantly updated global ironing market knowledge are the premises upon which Giuseppe Conti conceived and founded A13. \u201cEven back then \u2013 says Mr. Conti \u2013 you could tell that this sector was bound to undergo irreversible changes. In Italy a sure sign was that skilled women who ironed garments part-time for \u201cquick cleaning\u201d neighborhood laundries, nicknamed \u201cMaria\u201d, were rapidly disappearing <\/a>and being replaced by ironing systems increasingly based on computerized and automated production processes. It seemed obvious that such a radical transformation would lead, or better yet, require someone to step in and answer the ever more persistent and diversified market demand for technology and services. And that\u2019s how A13 was conceived\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/a>We talk about A13 as an entity whose strength lies in its constantly fueled aptitude to find itself \u201cat the center of the market\u201d. A phrase that cannot be reduced to a slogan, because its truth is demonstrated on any given working day.<\/p>\n<\/a> \u201cOn one hand \u2013 says Giuseppe Conti \u2013 we have thousands of customers scattered across five continents. These same machine manufacturers and resellers can log into our system, check our inventory which is updated twice a day, and order whatever they need to support different companies in their own territory\u201d. \u201cOn the other hand, we have manufacturers constantly asking for updates and upgrades, and for all sorts of reasons. It could be because they just launched their ironing machines on a Japanese market that requires specific finishes, or because they identified new accessories by which to score a leadership position in South American markets. What is truly important is knowing how to promptly and creatively meet every request, no matter how foolish or far-fetched it may seem\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/a>There are plenty of reminders to this effect, from ironing pads destined for Eastern Europe to resistors ordered from South-East Asia, \u201cprontotop\u201d ironing pads that sell like hotcakes in America… Orders bound for all corners of the planet earth solely because A13 firmly remains \u201cat the center\u201d of the market, and therefore the world.<\/p>\n