Historical biography of leading company and brand Pirelli, focussing on the workforce who created the success over the last 150 years More than a century of the history of work. By examining the founding and development of Pirelli, this book tells about a company which has played a major role in Italy's social history. Photographs supported by historical documents show the first generation of factory workers getting to grips with the new machinery for processing rubber. The economic and industrial progress of the company represents the history of work and workers in Italy and abroad. Whole chapters are devoted to the great men and women who, with commitment and sheer hard work, became the protagonists of work in Italy and abroad, from the last decades of the 19th Century and throughout the 20th Century.