2002
Here we are, dear friends, in the middle of hi-technology! The nec-plus-ultra of modernity: two Italian injection moulding machines, (that's why they call them Italprensas here!) mould the Royal coat of arms, to export them all-around the Kingdom. See the innovative design? And the drive? Aeolian, for minimum energy consumption. They are changing mould in the left press, but something is wrong with size, it seems. The right one, on the contrary, is running full speed. The operator has just engaged the clutch, to get power from the windmill, you see? The decoration of the shields, fortunately, is still made manually: they were not able to automatise this job - yet. Who knows, if the artist puts some effort in it, even this poster calendar could be drawn with a computador, one day!
But, what happens here below, near the slipway of the shipyard? Diligent environmental guardians (already?) are delivering a fine for pollution to the mattress factory! They are right: if we start now throwing all this plastic and foams around, where will it end?
Stay tuned, folks: this Colòn is going places, I tell you!