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| | During '50s and '60s, the company, like almost all fountain pen manufacturers, underwent a steady decline as it was hardly hit by the crisis due to the introduction of the ballpoint pen. [[Ancora]] continued to produce some [[piston filler]] plastic models, however its fountain pens never reached the success of its best years, and in 1975 the company ceased operations. | | During '50s and '60s, the company, like almost all fountain pen manufacturers, underwent a steady decline as it was hardly hit by the crisis due to the introduction of the ballpoint pen. [[Ancora]] continued to produce some [[piston filler]] plastic models, however its fountain pens never reached the success of its best years, and in 1975 the company ceased operations. |
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| − | | 1919 || 'Giuseppe Zanini'' buy a shop in Bologna and began producing fountain pens
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| − | | 1920 || 'Giuseppe Zanini'' founds ''Fabbrica e Commercio di Penne Stilografiche e Raffinati Oggetti per Arti Grafiche''
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| − | | 1924 || Birth of [[Ancora]] as ''Fabbrica di penne stilografiche e commercio, stampe in genere e riproduzioni opere d'arte''
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| − | | 1925 || Production plant on Sesto Calende
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| − | | 1927~ || (guess date<ref name="date_ancora">all dates referring to features or models introduction are guessed because there are no catalogs or listings with clear data; so the cited year is always an approximation, referring to a wider time period (with two year less or more than the used value).</ref>) Created the [[Rapid]] sub-brand
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| − | | 1930~ || (guess date<ref name="date_ancora"/>) Firsts celluloid model
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| − | | 1932~ || (guess date<ref name="date_ancora"/>) Introduced the [[Ancora Duplex|Duplex]] model
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| − | | 1938~ || (guess date<ref>upper limit for the introduction date, because the [[Da-Ma]] model is shown in [[:File:1938-Ancora-Dama.jpg|this]] 1938 advertisement.</ref>) Introduced the [[Da-Ma]] and [[Maxima]] models
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| − | | 1938 || Production moved in Arona
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| − | | 1945~ || (guess date<ref name="date_ancora"/>) Introduced the [[Ancora Lusso|Lusso]] model
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| − | | 1949~ || (guess date<ref name="date_ancora"/>) Introduced the [[Calamus]] model
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| − | | 1975 || [[Ancora]] ceases operations
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