Italian passion to an Australian innovation at FX Australia
Alberto Sanvito
When Alberto Sanvito arrived in Australia from northern Italy
in 1991, he didn't have much English. But what Alberto did have was a passion
for art and a vast storehouse of knowledge about paint, acquired in a country
where creating beauty with textured and coloured surfaces is a tradition reaching
back beyond Roman times.
For centuries, Italians have been researching and refining to unlock the secrets
not only of paint itself, but also of how to apply it to achieve special effects.
Armed with this singular knowledge, and an innate understanding of how paint
should look and feel, Alberto Sanvito and his wife Dianne established their own
company, specialising in the supply and application of premium quality special
effects paints.
As the company grew, Alberto's role began to change. He found that the architects,
designers and specifiers among his clients were asking him to supply products
manufactured to a specific brief, and tapping his knowledge to find the best possible
solutions to achieve their visions.
Major commercial projects such as the Star City Casino and Darling Harbour's Harbourside
Shopping Complex, as well as many architect-designed private residences, all successfully
used paints supplied by Alberto Sanvito Pty Ltd, and both the company's reputation and
turnover were growing.
But this success began to create its own difficulties. All of the company's special
effects products were imported, and when their arrival in Australia was held up by
freight problems, or there was inconsistency between paint batches, projects were
unable to meet completion deadlines.
Alberto and Dianne Sanvito, to whom professionalism was a cornerstone of their
company, decided that the growing problems demanded decisive action.
With the intention of manufacturing their own paints in Australia, the Sanvitos
travelled to Europe in 1995. In Italy, and wherever expertise could be found,
they established contact with the manufacturers of special effects paints, their
suppliers of raw materials, and their technical staff. Over four years, returning
several times, they conducted exhaustive research into raw pigments and the
cutting-edge technology and application methods that would enable local production
of the highest quality paint products.
By 1999, key paint manufacturing personnel were in place, lines of supply to the
finest raw materials were established, and FX Australia had become a going concern.
In the past six years, FX Australia has developed an extensive collection of unique
paint products, all Australian made, and a range of services unmatched by any other
specialist paint company.
For further information contact:
FX Australia
phone: 02 9604 2750
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