/NASCIAMO NEL
1976 SUI MONTI
LESSINI NEI DIN-
TORNI DI VERONA, A
1.100 MT DI ALTEZZA
/GUARDARE
ALLA NATURA
/looking to nature
/we founded our company in 1976, at
an altitude of 1,100 metres, in the
lessini mountains near verona
It was 1976 when Carlo Scandola, who has always loved the lush
greenery of his valleys, sensed that the area near Verona, the
Lessini mountains where his people lived, was the perfect place
to teach and find the traditional skills he wanted for his furni-
ture business, regardless of the logistic problems this location
entailed. This is why he decided to make his business grow in
Bosco Chiesanuova. This was a daring yet farsighted choice,
aimed at helping the strongest and healthiest workforce in his
village decide to stay put instead of following the usual trend,
abandoning their homes in search of work elsewhere. Carlo
Scandola’s experience in the woodwork business began as an
artisan’s employee when he was 23. In a period of seven years
Carlo was entrusted with many tasks culminating in his appoin-
tment as production manager. During this time Carlo learnt the
art of cabinet making and how to take on management tasks
and face responsibility. He then opened his own woodworking
business doing contract work for other manufacturers in his
workshop, later supplemented with the production and sale of
his own line of furniture. These were the early years, willpo-
wer and enthusiasm were the driving forces behind his steadily
growing success that culminated in the creation of his own
sales network. In the beginning his customers were all located
in the mountain area but, as time went by, his product gradual-
ly matured, taking on its own distinctive personality, becoming
independent and expanding to other regions in Italy. When the
first catalogues were distributed his sales network began to
expand throughout Italy and abroad. Carlo started to look into
styles that had their roots deeply embedded in tradition, deter-
mined to bridge the gap between the past and the future with
his ambitious projects. In 1995 growing production demands
turned the construction of a new factory, able to meet the re-
quirements of the company’s current turnover, into a necessity.
He put together a team of efficient, skilled and loyal collabo-
rators who enthusiastically pooled their abilities to meet the
requirements of Scandola’s future developments including the
addition of new types of furniture, opening up to new challen-
ges and frontiers. Carlo Scandola believes in traditional values,
in authentic materials, in the warmth of his people, in solidarity
and family. He takes these themes and somehow transforms
them into the spirit of his furniture. Scandola Mobili currently
has 62 employees excluding its owner and, pursuant to some
extension work, now covers an area of 10,000 m2. The com-
pany also has various agencies distributed all over Italy and in
some European countries.
