The Great Depression of 1929 and the harsh fascist fiscal policy resulted in the Crespi family being obliged to sell the entire town to STI, "the Italian textile enterprise", which transferred it to the "Rossarl e Varzi company" in 1970. It then passed to the "Legler company", which sold off most of the houses. It was last in the hands of the "Polli industrial group", which employed some 600 people, as compared with the 3200 employed during the years of maximum activity.