In 1963 he started his entrepreneurial career with the founding of his first two companies, a trading one - Arvedi Commercio – and a manufacturing one – ILTA - which used the most modern technology for the manufacture of carbon steel welded tubes, technology which in 1970 was extended to stainless steel tubes, at the time a specialised field of production.

Growth continued in 1973 with the construction in Cremona of Acciaieria Tubificio Arvedi, a works equipped with the most advanced technology for the production of steel and hot rolled steel tubes.

In 1983, upon invitation by the Minister of Industry, he collaborated in the drawing up of the National Plan for the Welded and Seamless Tube Industry.

In 1984 he was awarded the honorary title of Cavaliere del Lavoro by the President of the Republic. In the period 1985 - 1987 he re-launched numerous activities belonging to the former FIT Ferrotubi, among which Tubificio Lombardo in Corbetta and Arinox in Sestri Levante.

In 1989 he held the presidency of the Association of Industrialists of Cremona, a position he maintained for four years.