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Among a select group of key industry players helping the

company marked the special occasion was IBIS CEO Jason

Moseley.

He said, ‘It was a real pleasure to attend the Spanesi 50th

anniversary celebrating the achievements with Orazio

Spanesi, its founder.

‘The event took place at the Spanesi factory, near Padua.

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functionality. This took place on the very impressive

innovation and exhibition centre at Spanesi HQ.’

Jason continued, ‘During the day it was great to meet

industry colleagues from all over the globe, representing

the various stakeholders in the repair process, from OEM’s

to bodyshops.

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Contorini in honour of Orazio Spanesi. He told stories of

how as a young worker in the bodyshop he would spend

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the better needs of the technicians. With an 18km journey

by bicycle to the bodyshop, his focus never wavered

and his passion for making technicians’ lives easier and

facilitate better repairs was steadfast.

Spanesi

50th

anniversary

One of the most respected names

in the global automotive industry

celebrated its 50th birthday recently,

with Italian company Spanesi

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and founder Orazio Spanesi opened

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