At the end of the First World War, in 1919, Razeto brothers, GB and Giovanni, together with Carlo Casareto, decide to start a new business: supplying spare accessories for big ships, to Genoese ship chandlers. In a small room on a ground floor in the centre of the little Ligurian fishing village of Sori, they start manufacturing hinges, hatstands, hooks and locks. In 1930, with the first sector of the present firm being built, F.ll Razeto & Casareto starts supplying shipbuilders directly: among its clients is Ansaldo, which is by then building the famous liner “Rex”. Business is expanding, and the company soon gains foreign clients as well, (the first catalogue including all produced items is being published in the 30’s), and the production of light alloy items meant for warships steadily increases. Following the Second World War, F.lli Razeto & Casareto workload, and consequent business volume, dramatically increases, due to reconstructing necessities of the Italian merchant and passengers’ fleets. Between 1955 and 1956 operational spaces are more than doubled, and the firm attains its present dimension.