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Serrature Meroni is taking an active part in this year's America's Cup. The doors of the modern headquarters of the BMW Oracle Racing team who will be challenging the current Swiss cup-holders Alinghi, are fitted with Meroni's Premiapri Forma door handles.

For Serrature Meroni, the choice of interior designer Volker Bender is a source of great pride. The architecture, design and detailing of the team's headquarters are intended to reflect – down to the last detail – the highest technological standards expressed in this world-class yachting challenge: the most prestigious competition in the world since its unforgettable debut in 1851 when 14 craft from the British Royal Yacht Squadron challenged the New York Yacht Club to a race around the Isle of Wight – which the schooner America went on to win by an eight-minute lead.

 

 

 

 

The spectacular America's Cup (which is also the oldest sporting trophy in the world still being held) has become a worldwide showcase for the sponsors who support the long and costly team work during the years of preparation and the event itself. It is no coincidence that in the 2007 event the sponsors of the defending champions are companies like BMW and Oracle who, as well as image and style, are also expression of technological excellence of the highest order.