Nachipa has its origins in Chile in 1948 as the son of a war hero looked to make his way in the world.
Founder Arturo Fernandez Zegers was born in 1904. His father was Admiral Arturo Fernandez Vial, a well-known admiral who fought in the War of the Pacific between 1879 and 1884.
Also known as the Saltpetre War, this was a battle over coastal Bolivian territory won by Chile against a Bolivian-Peruvian alliance.
