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Elcu Sud Impianti was etablished in 1948 by Renzo Cerioni, in Milan (Italy). Aim of the company was to develope a new-concept stitching machine: a low-weight, handy, portable sewing machine for the textile and packaging industry. Since then machines by Elcu were introduced in major world markets and quickly succeeded in the world's textile and bagging industry.

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1948,the very first machine designed by Elcu was called Mod.81.This machine was the first hand portable sewing machine patented in Italy.

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1951,Elcu won the Gold Medal plus Bronze Medal Award at the prestigious "Concours des Inventiones" in Paris (France), for the innovative concept of its Sewing Machine Mod.81.