− | The [[Tabo]] brand fountain pens production is rather late and goes back to the late '30s. The activities of ''[[Stiassi e Tantini]]'' results to be closed in [[1939]], but the two members founded the previous year a new company named ''"S.I.S.A."'', acromym of ''Società Italiana Stilografiche e Affini'' (meaning ''Italian Company Fountain Pens and Related''), that was remaned in [[1940]] (?) as ''"F.I.S.A."'', acronym of ''Fabbrica Italiana Stilografiche e Affini'' (meaning ''Italian Factory Fountain Pens and Related'') who was the company giving birth to the production of [[Tabo]] branded pens, another acronym used as an abbreviation for the term ''Tantini - Bologna''. In later years the company name was changed again in ''Stiassi e Tantini S. A.'', wording that appears in the first [[Tabo]] pen advertising dating from the early '40s. | + | The [[Tabo]] brand fountain pens production is rather late and goes back to the late '30s. The activities of ''[[Stiassi e Tantini]]'' results to be closed in [[1939]], but the two members founded the previous year a new company named ''"S.I.S.A."'', acromym of ''Società Italiana Stilografiche e Affini'' (meaning ''Italian Company Fountain Pens and Related''), that was remaned in [[1940]] (?) as ''"F.I.S.A."'', acronym of ''Fabbrica Italiana Stilografiche e Affini'' (meaning ''Italian Factory Fountain Pens and Related'') who was the company giving birth to the production of [[Tabo]] branded pens, another acronym used as an abbreviation for the term ''Tantini - Bologna''. In later years the company name was changed again in ''Stiassi e Tantini S. A.'', wording that appears in the first [[Tabo]] pen advertising dating from the early '40s. ''F.I.S.A.'' is however reported as a fountain pen company in the general industry directory of 1956.<ref>see the extracts published in [https://forum.fountainpen.it/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=18418 this discussion].</ref> |