ENG|IT Products Markets Services Technologies Quality & Environment Company Company After over a century of family business and likewise productions for the aerospace industry for the most diverse programmes we look at the future with the same enthusiasm of the first pioneers and the will to consolidate and develop worldwide our position of principal suppliers of fuel systems and subsystems and other equipment for applications on-board aircraft. CODE OF ETHICS MILESTONES INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY LEAN SUPPLY CHAIN PASSION Code of Ethics Milestones 1903 Secondo Mona, a young engineer, opens a shop for the sale and repair of cycles and motorcycles in Somma Lombardo. 1913 Fascinated by the pioneering aviation activities that were happening nearby in the area of the present Milan Malpensa airport he joins the group of pioneers and helps with the repair and overhaul of the first aeroengines. 1920s These are the years of the first international airshows, of the first long-distance flights and of the numerous flight and distance records obtained by the Italian Air Force. In the picture Secondo Mona with Italo Balbo. 1923 The activity and the experiences grow and Secondo Mona obtains its first quality certification of the time (A.M. for Albert Moulet) for the design and manufacture of fuel equipment which is produced for national aircraft. 1931 Bruno Mona, the son of Secondo, obtains his degree as an engineer at the Polytechnic Institute in Zurich (ETH) and joins the company. New international collaborations with the European aerospace industry are being developed. 1946 After the Second World War, during which the company has helped the Italian Air Force and the Country with over 1000 people employed, Secondo Mona becomes a limited company. 1950s The activities start again with the repair of equipment installed on the American aircraft that were left over in Italy after the war and follow on with the supply of its own equipment on the first Italian aircraft of the postwar period such as the fighter Fiat G91 and the trainer Macchi MB326. 1960s Business grows with the first industrial collaborations with U.S. companies on the F104G programme and on the first Bell helicopters manufactured by Agusta under licence. 1970s The third generation is on its way and the two sons of Bruno, Roberto and Renato Mona, join the company and further develop the business through the participation with own fuel equipment on the European multinational programmes Tornado MRCA and AMX and extend the supplies also to engine equipment. 1980s Business grows with the participation in various helicopter programmes, such as the EH101, and new technological capabilities are acquired in electromechanics and hydraulics. In the picture Dr. Roberto Mona on the left. 1990s After the fall of the Berlin wall the company, which operated with around 400 employees, has to undergo a serious restructuring in order to face the contractions of the military aerospace market. Nevertheless Secondo Mona wins several competitions for supplies on the new European multinational platforms EF2000 Typhoon and NH90 helicopter, which would enter production at the end of the decade, and opens its way to the new Indian aerospace market. 2000 Claudia and Riccardo Mona, daughter and son of Renato, join the company as the fourth generation after having taken profit from international exposure in their education and junior years and are ready to meet the challenges of the market recovery together with an experienced senior manager. 2003 The company celebrates 100 years of family business and moves from equipment to system supplier for the distribution, the measurement and the management of fuel on board aircrafts, starting with the new Aermacchi trainer M346. 2010 The company's new market positioning is recognized and appreciated also by other airframers, both Italian and foreign, especially for trainers, business jets and helicopters. This is a reason for further technological development of internal capabilities from mechanics, electromechanics and hydraulics also to electronics. 2013 The company celebrates 100 years of contributions for the aerospace industry, contributions that, in more recent years, have become significant also for the market of regional and large civil aircrafts with the manufacturing of equipment and sub-assemblies for landing gears both on Boeing and on Airbus aircraft. 2016 Secondo Mona certifies its 2015 balance sheet consolidating herewith also its governance together with its continuous growth over the last years. 2020 Corporate governance of the company is pursued with the adoption and implementation of a Code of Ethics and of an organisation, management and control model according to Legislative Decree 231/2001. A Supervisory Board has been nominated for the purpose. Innovation & technology We are a technological company: our priority has always been to find the best solutions for the customer and the aircraft. Our long presence in the aerospace business and the impressive amount of available field data and product development experience that our technical department has allows us to prepare, in a short time, new technical proposals in response to customers' specifications for the most diverse applications on-board aircraft in the field of fluid mechanics and its related electronics. Mechanical, electronic and software design Environmental tests in climatic chamber Full scale fuel iron bird We have a young and dynamic team of engineers guided by senior executives and supported by the latest software technology and by dedicated internal test facilities and rigs. We care both for innovation and optimization of the product in respect of performance but also reliability, maintainability, weight, cost and environment. Lean Supply Chain Since 2003 we have adopted the Japanese philosophy and methods of Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Supply Chain, Value Stream and Visual Management to keep our productions competitive in the global market in terms of Quality, Costs and Delivery. Masaaki Imai in Secondo Mona The Secondo Mona Continuous Improvement team with Mazaaki Imai Claudia Mona with Mazaaki Imai and Carlo Ratto of Kaizen Institute Italy We have first been involved in this by international customers joining their important projects and then we implemented several internal projects in different areas of the company cascading down the knowledge and experience also towards our selected local supplier base. In 2011 we had a visit from Masaaki Imai, the founder and father of the Kaizen philosophy in the world. Passion The passion for flight and aerospace in general forms an integral part of our company. Everyone working here can breathe and live it. It can be perceived scrolling our history. Hence, we have kept through the time important evidences that are preserved in our historical archive and many of them can be seen by appointment by private people or small groups in our small factory museum. Other evidences of our productions are visible to the public in the principal Italian aerospace museums like Volandia - Park and Museum of Flight in Somma Lombardo - Milan Malpensa Airport, the Historical Museum of the Italian Air Force in Vigna di Valle - Bracciano Lake (Rome) and the Aeronautical Museum "Gianni Caproni" in Trento. 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