The Chiozza & Turchi was an Italian fine soap factory which operated in Pontelagoscuro from 1812 to 1928 and had 27 branches abroad. La Chiozza & Turchi, also famous for its packaging and advertising posters, has been run, from generation to generation, by the same family for 116 years. The Chiozza & Turchi soap factory was the first modern factory built in the Ferrara region. The Saponificio Chiozza was in fact born in Trieste in 1780 founded by Count Carlo Luigi CHIOZZA and Franz CASETTI. The factory was then expanded in 1812 on the initiative of the Carlo Luigi CHIOZZA to Pontelagoscuro. The factory in Pontelagoscuro was connected to Venice and Trieste by a fast waterbus, which, like Trieste, was then part of Napoleon's so-called "Great Empire" and which featured unlimited water availability. The factory was entrusted to Francesco TRANZ de GORIZIA who moved to Pontelagoscuro where he later became one of the most important figures in the village. TRANZ then becomes general partner of the company and when he retires, he recommends that he be replaced by the agents who were already working alongside him. He was replaced by Luigi TURCHI who, in 1853, took over the management under the name of Luigi Turchi & Co. In 1857, on the sidelines of a long trip to the provinces of his state, Pope Pius IX decided to visit the industrious village of Pontelagoscuro. The following year was the real turning point for the company, thanks to the technical innovations introduced by the chemist Pietro SPANNOCCHI which made it possible to start the production of perfumed soaps of superior quality for the standards of the time. In 1870, the company name became Chiozza & Turchi. Thus began an export activity all over the world: between 1861 and 1911, Chiozza & Turchi competed on an equal footing with the great English and French companies. Before the World War I, Chiozza & Turchi employed 150 skilled workers and had a network of 27 branches around the world. Unfortunately, the restriction of consumption due to the world war and the “autarkic” turn imposed on the Italian economy by the fascist regime dealt a severe blow to the company which, in 1928, had to move to Milan. For several years, economic problems were not lacking but from 1936 the situation improved, however, in 1941 the merger by incorporation into the Società Anonima Industrie Alimentari was approved. In 1950, merger with Achille Banfi SA and the company takes the name of Industrie Riunite Chiozza & Turchi-Achille Banfi SPA. In 1957 the company went into liquidation, but ten years later the liquidation was revoked and in 1968 Industrie Riunite Chiozza & Turchi - Achille Banfi SPA was incorporated into Guardini-Faccincani SPA.