Alvaro Menichini founded Ursus Biliardi in 1955.
He started to produce billiard tables in a small workshop
near the railway station of Pontedera. The 1966 Flood of the
river Arno damaged and destroyed the workroom.
Soon after he chose a different location to continue his work:
a hilly district in the countryside near Ponsacco.
Billiard tables were manufactured by hand by professional
carpenters, using precious woods and particular
techniques. Alvaro was a very demanding leader, but also
a unique friend for everybody. Nobody forgot him and
his warnings.
Although progress gives us many instruments to replace the
handwork, we still manufacture our billiard tables by hand,
in the way he indicated us.
And in the same place.
Alvaro was our grandfather.
Lucia and Giancarla
In loving memory
