IMO was founded in Vicenza in 1968, in the heart of the Vicenza goldsmith district by Giuseppe Corrado, who, as a deep connoisseur of the market needs, decided to embrace the production of watch bracelets. IMO quickly became one of the leading exporters of this product abroad.
IMO decides to expand its production capacity and develops its own line of complete watches with gold cases. To this end, it establishes an in-house mechanical workshop equipped with state-of-the-art machinery. This enables the company to respond in the best possible way to customer needs.
The journey of investment and technological innovation begins, and this, will allow the company to grow, transforming it from a goldsmith’s workshop into a manufacturer of high-quality mechanical components. The focus remains on the foreign market and on the presence at the best trade fairs in the sector: Vicenza, Basel, Hong Kong, Las Vegas.
The sector faces an unparalleled crisis caused by the sharp rise in gold prices. The market for the private label gold watches, the company’s reference brand, suddenly halts due to the high cost of raw materials: the need to exploit new opportunities arises.
The company begins to face a generational transition, allowing it to plan the future with renewed vigor. Leveraging on the acquired know-how, IMO converts its production to high-end jewelry. A total reconfiguration begins in line with new needs.
Strengthened by the skills acquired , IMO approaches the world leaders in the sector, focusing on the realization of their high-end products.
Thanks to IMO’s expertise and reliability, relationships with major brands gradually solidify.
The history of the company that we have shared with you so far, was described by our founder, Giuseppe Corrado, in a book published in 2019: “Signora mi paghi se no stasera non mangio” (Ma’am, Pay Me or I Won’t Eat Tonight) where he wrote about the first 50 years of the company.
Innovation, Modernity, and Optimization have always been the keywords at IMO: the company’s strategy is now concentrated on investing in technology, on constantly updating the workforce in the use of new technologies, and on optimizing the processes to improve the company’s system, enabling it to look to the future with attention and energy.