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The company was between the most relevant Italian brands up to '50s, but as it was for all the other fountain pen manufacturers, she underwent the crisis due to the advent of the ballpoint pen that caused its gradual decline until the final closure in 1975. Like it happened for other historical companies, the brand [[Ancora]] was reused starting from 1988 for the production of modern fountain pens.{{Infobox_Brand|Ancora}}

The company was between the most relevant Italian brands up to '50s, but as it was for all the other fountain pen manufacturers, she underwent the crisis due to the advent of the ballpoint pen that caused its gradual decline until the final closure in 1975. Like it happened for other historical companies, the brand [[Ancora]] was reused starting from 1988 for the production of modern fountain pens.{{Infobox_Brand|Ancora}}

According to A. Lambrou and others [[Ancora]] was founded in 1909 by ''Giuseppe Zanini'',<ref>there is some uncertainty also about the surname of the founder, because there are documents reporting both the ''Zanini'' and the ''Zannini'' names, but no convincing explanation of the appearance of an extra "n".</ref> in Sesto Calende, on the shores of the Lake Maggiore. It is not known from what source Lambrou infers such a date, but the official website of the company although whitout indicating any source,<ref>the company's website is not very reliable, there is a big error in the Zanini birth date, badly transcribed in 1897 when the birth certificate posted on the website shows the correct date of 1879, and after that it talks about a production of pens called... ''Aurora''.</ref> talks about the beginning of his activities in 1919, consistent with what is indicated by many others. There are also [[:Categoria:Ancora_Documents|some invoces]] from 1941 showing the claim ''Casa fondata nel 1902'', but this probably refers to the begininng of Zanini commercial activities, not to [[Ancora]] foundation.

According to A. Lambrou and others [[Ancora]] was founded in 1909 by ''Giuseppe Zanini'',<ref>there is some uncertainty also about the surname of the founder, because there are documents reporting both the ''Zanini'' and the ''Zannini'' names, but no convincing explanation of the appearance of an extra "n".</ref> in Sesto Calende, on the shores of the Lake Maggiore. It is not known from what source Lambrou infers such a date, but the official website of the company although whitout indicating any source,<ref>the company's website is not very reliable, there is a big error in the Zanini birth date, badly transcribed in 1897 when the birth certificate posted on the website shows the correct date of 1879, and after that it talks about a production of pens called... ''Aurora''.</ref> talks about the beginning of his activities in 1919, consistent with what is indicated by many others. There are also [[:Categoria:Ancora_Documents|some invoces]] from 1941 showing the claim ''Casa fondata nel 1902'', but this probably refers to the begininng of Zanini commercial activities, not to [[Ancora]] foundation.