After a long illness, on May 9th, 1971, Orlando Simonelli says goodbye to his beloved. The following year, his workers decide to take the reign of Nuova Simonelli S.p.A, so Nando Ottavi, Graziano Boldrini, Giovanni Feliziani, and Carlo Gesuelli, intrepidly buy the company. After two years, also Sandro Feliziani becomes part of the company.