Tuesday, July 2, 2019
At the beginning of the 1960s, mosquito coils and “zampironi” had made their appearance on the Italian market: the first produced in Lombardy following a technique learned in Argentina, while the latter, in the shape of inverted cones, were produced in Venice by Knight Commander Zoppolato, owner of Premiato Laboratorio Zampironi.
The Zobele brothers, to continue developing their range of insecticides, the company’s original core product, first bought this laboratory and then succeeded, thanks to the technical documentation that became available, to internalize production, moving on to the more traditional shape of the mosquito coil.
This new product branded "Spiralette" was the result of the union of mostly organic components, in total contrast with DDT. The main ingredient was pyrethrum, an African flower similar to the daisy, from which an active ingredient, particularly repellant to insects, is extracted. The other components of the paste were sawdust, white flour and glue.
The mosquito coil is still produced today in the Trento plant and remains an important product in the range of insecticides offered by the company.
