Last month, the only American producer of sodium thiopental, Illinois-based Hospira Inc., announced it would stop selling the drug, which it had planned to manufacture in an Italian plant, after Italian authorities wanted a guarantee that the drug would not be used in capital punishment.
Italian manufacture is not merely an assurance of quality; without it the business would lose its point, Mr Cucinelli suggests.
The pistol he used was a 38 calibre Biretta of Italian manufacture; scores of these weapons were captured from the Italians in North Africa and smuggled back to India by Indian soldiers.
Since I had managed to lose my rifle, I was given a submachine gun of Italian manufacture, which, had there been occasion for me to use it, would have been in unsure hands.
He prizes pens of Italian manufacture — Stipula, Delta and Visconti — especially those with stub or italic nibs and piston-filling systems.
Venezias 6.6 cm anti-aircraft gun was replaced with a 37 mm anti-aircraft gun of Italian manufacture; apart from that modification, the ship served in her original configuration.
The stove, refrigerator and dishwasher were manufactured by the Italian company Smeg.
The Sciangai coat rack has been manufactured by the Italian company Zanotta since 1973 and is still a familiar sight in homes and offices.
Large global Italian manufactures, like Finmeccanica, are being forced to source work to supply chains from "low cost" non-Euro countries.This situation is not unique to Italy.
There is also understated tailoring in Pierre's own sleek Basic collection and Eden Diodati, a British luxury label manufactured through an Italian nonprofit that employs and rehabilitates abuse victims.
