There, established another branch of the company, and in the second half of the 1860s, Edmond was able to concentrate production under the roofs of his own factories: in Concorezzo, products for the private individuals; in Sovico, coarse products for the large communities (hotels, the army, boarding-schools).
He was a close friend to inquisitor Pietro da Verona and actively collaborated with the Inquisition in prosecuting heretics, especially the believers of the Church of Concorezzo, a very active Cathar group of that was supported by the bishop of Concorezzo (a town North-East of Milan, near Monza) and by local feudatory Filippo Confalonieri.