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How an Italian family business fights to survive

The Financial Times has followed Francesca Masiero through her struggle to keep PBA, the company her father founded, afloat as Covid-19 wreaks havoc across Italy’s economic heartland. We follow the factory’s battle for survival and relay the concerns and hopes of its staff, its suppliers and the local community.

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PBA’s revenues had picked up, but the virus continues to rage in the US and other European markets it exports to