The adventure began in the second decade of the twentieth century when, after the end of World War I, five of the ten Galli brothers set up a small mechanical workshop and began building machinery and carrying out smith jobs. Europe’s geo-politics had changed, and the first years went by with daily difficulties overcome by the enthusiasm of those youngsters who, having experienced the trenches, saw new horizons opening up for them. The crisis of 1929 and the great depression hit hard, wiping out all the efforts made during the previous decade. And so it was that of the five original Galli brothers, only two decided to persist, and in 1934 they founded the I.M.V. Industria Meccanica Villasanta. The company immediately started making mechanical presses exclusively for a well-known merchant in Milan, who financed both the production and the company’s expansion, providing it in 1937 with a warehouse of approximately 500 square meters, double the surface area of the original workshop. It was August 1945 when Ambrogio, Alfredo’s younger brother, decided to leave the company and set up on his own. He was thus liquidated with tangible assets, and went on to found the “Ambrogio Galli”, while the I.M.V. di Galli Alfredo e Ambrogio became I.M.V. Galli Alfredo. After his brother’s departure, Alfredo found a valid hand in his children, which immediately shared with him the difficulties and struggles. First Carla, and then Giuseppe, they took over the various tasks, from accounting to production, up to the sales. In 1950 the workshop doubled its space. The “Italian economic miracle” started to kick in and, in 1955, the Galli family finally managed to redeem ownership of the real estate. After becoming both economically and commercially independent, I.M.V. rode the years of the economic boom, expanding its capabilities.