Sixty kilometres north of Venice, Cone-gliano is typical of those small towns whose tightly run family businesses drive the economy in north-east Italy. And Omad, a firm that produces around 1.5m fittings for window shutters each year, is typical in another way: in its heavy reliance on immigrants from outside the eu, who make up about a third of its 50-strong shopfloor payroll.
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