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plants to establish the first ACNA, the
Associated National Chemical Companies, which began producing dyes. As the Cengio factory began to retool for the production of dyes for the textile industry, the ACNA became the first Italian producer of
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Azienda Coloranti Nazionali e Affini and resumed production of explosives and toxic gases, which were used in the
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earning it the nickname of "the poison factory" which would see it brought before the
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