My name is Filippo Borgato, and my professional career began in 1993 in the province of Venice, when I was hired as an apprentice in a small company (at that time called Bottega) providing maintenance on moulds for plastic materials. The company, founded only a few years earlier, shared its history with many other small Venetian companies in the mechanical sector, created in garages and under steps thanks to their founders' stubbornness and sacrifices. My first role was as the "workshop boy", but I slowly learned to work at the benches and use traditional machines like the miller, pantograph, radial drill, lathe and other tools.