Francesco Antonio Cicoira founded the furnace in 1915 which later, in 1921, became the Società Anonima Laterizi Ceramica e Affini (SALCA). In 1932, with Angelo Luongo, it became F. Cicoira & A. Luongo which, after the Second World War, became Ceramica Francesco Cicoira - Angelo Luongo. Source: IL CALITRANO; quarterly periodical of environment, dialect, history and traditions.