In the middle of the last century the manufacture of plastic flowers marked a huge development, however, not always according to correct working rules: in the showcase an example of child labour in a flat in Turin in the fifties.

A hard job, but a fair business management in the flower factory in Borgo San Paolo: “Flowers of all kind bloom: daisies, roses, calla-lily, may-lily: more than one million per month. They grow quickly on a ‘production line’ and are shipped to 45 countries in the world. 150 girls work in the factory”, 1958.

The factory Smat in Via Quarto dei Mille manufactured, in addition to flowers, various kinds of daily use plastic objects. Owners and employees worked together in a family atmosphere with working times and salaries in compliance with rules.