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Today you can say without a doubt that the origin of the brand is the one that leads back to the [[The King]] production and next to ''SAFIS''. This was already what appeared to be from some oral testimony,<ref>again reference to Letizia Jacopini book ''"La storia della stilografica in Italia"'' that reports how Bruno Milocani and Emilio Pionzo witness the production shift from [[The King]] to [[Radius]] name in [[1935]] caused by the forced Italianisation policies of the fascist regime.</ref> where the transition would take place with the enactment of laws for the Italianisation of names promulgated by the fascist regime. In fact, the [[Radius]] brand ({{Marchio|50489}}) was registered in 1934.

Today you can say without a doubt that the origin of the brand is the one that leads back to the [[The King]] production and next to ''SAFIS''. This was already what appeared to be from some oral testimony,<ref>again reference to Letizia Jacopini book ''"La storia della stilografica in Italia"'' that reports how Bruno Milocani and Emilio Pionzo witness the production shift from [[The King]] to [[Radius]] name in [[1935]] caused by the forced Italianisation policies of the fascist regime.</ref> where the transition would take place with the enactment of laws for the Italianisation of names promulgated by the fascist regime. In fact, the [[Radius]] brand ({{Marchio|50489}}) was registered in 1934.

Also where there were no known specific traces of the name change, an ultimate proof of the coincidence of the two companies was obtained from the discovery of the ''"The King Superior"''  trademark registrastion ({{Marchio|38982}}) in [[1928]] by ''"Soc. Anonima Fabbrica Pennini King"'' and the renewal in [[1946]], with explicit reference to the previous record, on behalf of ''"Soc. An. Fabbrica Italiana Stilografiche"''. But Enrico de Muro found at the Turin Chamber of Commerce an official communication of the name change to ''SAFIS'', approved by the shareholders' meeting on July 6, 1934. <ref>an image of the document is on the page dedicated to the company on the Enrico de Muro book ''"I marchi registrati delle Stilografiche Italiane"''.</ref>  

Also where there were no known specific traces of the name change, an ultimate proof of the coincidence of the two companies was obtained from the discovery of the ''"The King Superior"''  trademark registrastion ({{Marchio|38982}}) in [[1928]] by ''"Soc. Anonima Fabbrica Pennini King"'' and the renewal in [[1946]], with explicit reference to the previous record, on behalf of ''"Soc. An. Fabbrica Italiana Stilografiche"''. But Enrico de Muro found at the Turin Chamber of Commerce an official communication of the name change to ''SAFIS'', approved by the shareholders' meeting on July 6, 1934. <ref>an image of the document is on the page dedicated to the company on the Enrico de Muro book ''"I marchi registrati delle Stilografiche Italiane"''.</ref>  

{{:The King/en}}  

{{:The King/en}}  

{{:Radius/en}}

{{:Radius/en}}

{{:The King Dopoguerra/en}}

{{:The King Dopoguerra/en}}

Postwar ''SAFIS'' activities seem to end in the second half of 50s, when the company was probably put out of business by the spread of disposable ballpoint pens. But there are no reliable documents about the cessation of the activity, the date of which is not precisely known.

Postwar ''SAFIS'' activities seem to end in the second half of 50s, when the company was probably put out of business by the spread of disposable ballpoint pens. But there are no reliable documents about the cessation of the activity, the date of which is not precisely known, but it is certainly posterior to [[1956]] as the company appears in the "Annuario generale dell'industria e del prodotto italiano" of this year (see [[:File:1956-Annuario-Generale-Industria-Stilografiche-A.jpg|this excerpt]]).

{{BrandChrono|SAFIS}}

{{BrandChrono|SAFIS}}