In the 1980s, the development of nonwoven materials and the strengthening of production lines for diapers, absorbents, and medical sheets drive sector growth. Savaré soon establishes itself as a trusted partner of the leading Italian companies in the sector. In 1984, with Biagio Savaré, the founder's grandson and namesake, the third generation joins the company. With the birth of the European single market, the company begins to expand to meet the new economic context and sector development. Significant investments are made to increase production capacity. The new Cerro plant is opened, and the number of employees triples in just a few years. From the mid-1990s onwards, Savaré enters the international market with a sharp increase in production dedicated to exports to Europe. The Safemelt® patent is registered. The new technology allows hot-melt blocks to be wrapped in films that do not require water. Ahead of the market, product sustainability becomes a key principle for the R&D team and the entire company.
Savaré has evolved into a digital company, compliant with Industry 4.0 standards, with a growing focus on sustainability. The fourth generation has already joined the company, bringing with them the same dedication to chemistry and commitment to excellence that have distinguished us for over a century.
In 1903, Biagio Savaré graduated in Chemistry from the University of Bologna. For four years, he served as an assistant to Professor Giacomo Ciamician, a pioneer in solar energy studies and the founder of photochemistry. During this time, he published articles and studies on colloidal solutions, starch iodide, hydrazine, and levulinic acid. In the following years, he became an assistant to Professor Beythien at the Technische Universität Dresden. Concurrent with his academic work, he filed numerous patents and pursued research that would later become the first products of the Savaré company.
In 1906, he chose to leave a promising academic career to reunite with his family in Italy. He began working for the Società Italiana Elettrochimica in Rome, which entrusted him with the study of new manufacturing processes at the chemical plant in Bussi, Abruzzo. Three years later, in 1909, he became the general manager of the Rho plant of Società Chimica Lombarda A. E. Bianchi & Co.
During his tenure, Società Chimica Lombarda emerged as one of the leading chemical industries in Italy. Under his leadership, Italy produced concentrated ammonia solution, ammonium carbonate, and compressed anhydrous ammonia for the first time. This allowed for greater independence from the German chemical industry.
He left the management of the Rho plant in 1922, when the fascist regime was established in Italy. Just a year later, Società Chimica Lombarda A.E. Bianchi became the Italian commercial subsidiary of IG Farben, the German chemical giant known for its role in the Nazi extermination apparatus.
Biagio Savaré never joined the fascist party, despite facing bureaucratic obstacles, the loss of state contracts, and other forms of economic discrimination. He endured the diicult years of the war, supporting his family and employees without compromising with a world he deemed immoral and inhumane.
He passed away on February 15, 1963, remembered with esteem and affection by the Italian Chemical Society as a man of unwavering honesty, uncommon virtue, and kindness.