 In 1830 the textile company Bassetti was founded in Milan and in 1840 they created their first plant in the rural village of Rescaldina.The plant quickly developed and from the first decades of the 20th century the mechanization of the textile plant induced the full industrialization of the town.At present Bassetti is part of the Zucchi textile group which houses the Zucchi Collection museum in their headquarters in Rescaldina.