Discreetly positioned by the entrance to Marco Volpato's office at Cannon's headquarters is a framed copy of cheque for $500,000. The story of that cheque, and the company which won it, is a story of persistence in the face of adversity, considerable intelligence and a level of complexity, which is unfashionable in the world of business today. The man responsible for most of this is Marco Volpato, who gave up a promising career in advanced mathematics and computer science to drive one of Italy's leading family companies to one of the top spots in polyure-thane machinery.
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