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== History ==

== History ==

[[Image:Radius-Extra-Piston-Instr.jpg|thumb|A '50s [[Radius Extra]] instruction sheet.]]

[[Image:Radius-Extra-Piston-Instr.jpg|thumb|A '50s [[Radius Extra]] instruction sheet.]]

</noinclude>Around [[1934]] ''"The King Società Anonima Torino"'' was renamed in ''"Società Anonima Fabbrica Italiana Stilografiche"'', because of the policies of forced Italianisation of names carried out by the fascist regime,<noinclude><ref>Letizia Jacopini in his book ''La storia della stilografica in Italia'', reports the testimony of Bruno Milocani and Emilio Pionzo indicating the shift of production from [[The King]] to [[Radius]] around [[1935]] right for this reason.</ref></noinclude> which made it unattractive to use an English name. It is not known when the first pens [[Radius]] appeared on the market, and at the moment the only certain date is that of the trade mark registration ({{Marchio|50489}}) which occurred in [[1934]] by the new company, which is why we take this year as its starting date.

</noinclude>Around [[1934]] ''"The King Società Anonima Torino"'' was renamed in ''"Società Anonima Fabbrica Italiana Stilografiche"'', because of the policies of forced Italianisation of names carried out by the fascist regime,<noinclude><ref>Letizia Jacopini in his book ''La storia della stilografica in Italia'', reports the testimony of Bruno Milocani and Emilio Pionzo indicating the shift of production from [[The King]] to [[Radius]] around [[1935]] right for this reason.</ref></noinclude> which made it unattractive to use an English name. It is not known when the first pens [[Radius]] appeared on the market, and at the moment the only certain date is that of the trade mark registration ({{Marchio|50489}}) which occurred in [[1934]] by the new company, which is why we take this year as its starting date.