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Creata pagina con 'OMAS was founded in Bologna in 1925 by Armando Simoni. In 1919, Simoni, just married, opened a workshop in Via S. Vitale producing film reels and safeties mecha...'
[[OMAS]] was founded in Bologna in 1925 by Armando Simoni. In 1919, Simoni, just married, opened a workshop in Via S. Vitale producing film reels and [[safety|safeties]] mechanisms.<ref>there is a registration for the ''Officine Meccaniche di Precisione Simoni Armando'' in 1922.</ref> Shortly Simoni began to produce spare parts for the most important fountain pen brands. They had a considerable success and customer demands grew making the activity expand, so a whole pens productions began. This early years models, not marked [[OMAS]] were [[hard rubber]] pens with [[safety]] or [[lever filler]], made as a clear imitation of [[Waterman]] models.