In 1975, the decision to concentrate on high-level products led the Barbanti brothers to separate; the company Barbanti Carlo was thus established and started producing and marketing machines under its own trademark, achieving very high specialisation levels in the finishing sector. In 1980, the company moved from Mirandola to San Giacomo Roncole, where, operating in an area of 1,700 square metres, Carlo Barbanti, besides managing the ordinary production of steam generators and ironing tables, took great pleasure in designing and manufacturing more and more innovative machines.
The increasingly demanding requirements of a market in constant evolution led to the creation of the “Maxi 90” model, a unique form finisher at the time which, besides the functions of common models with pneumatic sleeve tension, offered some big advantages, such as automatic detection of garment height and clamping and tensioning in all key positions; moreover, all functions were pneumatic and adjustable, and times and pressures could be preset, which was a real innovation.
Thanks to this new model, Barbanti was introduced to a big foreign company and started manufacturing several machines for them, on a worldwide exclusive basis.