Company:Bialetti
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| Owner | Bialetti Industries |
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| Country | Italy |
| Introduced | 1933 |
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| Previous owners | Alfonso Bialetti |
| Website | bialetti.com |
Bialetti is an Italian brand of coffee machines, cookware and small kitchen appliances founded by Alfonso Bialetti . The brand is owned by Bialetti Industries.
History
Alfonso Bialetti first acquired his metal-working skills by working for a decade in the French aluminium industry.[1] By 1919 he had established his own metal and machine workshop in Crusinallo (in his native Piedmont) to make aluminium products: this was the foundation of the Bialetti company.[1][2] He transformed his workshop – Alfonso Bialetti & C. Fonderia in Conchiglia – into a studio for design and production.[2] In 1933, Bialetti founded the brand and focused on manufacturing moka pots. The company was later operated by his son Renato Bialetti.[3]
After a period of crisis in the 1970s and 1980s, Bialetti merged with Rondine Italia in 1993[4] and founded a new company named Bialetti Industrie S.p.A., based in Brescia.[5]
Francesco Ranzoni acts as both President and CEO of the company.[6]
At the end of 2015, the company's income statement registered a total revenue of €172.4 million, 6.9% more than 2014 (€161.2 million).[7]
In 2010, a study calculated that 90% of Italian families own a moka pot made by Bialetti.[8]
See also
- De'Longhi
- Faema
- FrancisFrancis
- Gaggia
- La Marzocco
- List of Italian companies
- Rancilio
- Saeco
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schnapp, Jeffrey T. "The Romance of Caffeine and Aluminum" Critical Inquiry, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2001. Retrieved on 2005-10-27. doi:10.1086/449039
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "History: 1919 - The Origins of Bialetti". Bialetti Industrie S.p.A.. Retrieved on 2005-10-27
- ↑ Grimes, William (20 February 2016). "Renato Bialetti, the Mr. Coffee of Italy, Dies at 93". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/business/renato-bialetti-italian-marketer-dies-at-93.html.
- ↑ "Rondine si beve il caffè dell' 'omino' Bialetti" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 31 July 1993.
- ↑ Mancini, Giovanna (18 January 2016). "Bialetti takes the road of foreign markets with Home&Coffee flagship stores". italy24.ilsole24ore.com. http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/business-and-economy/2016-01-11/bialetti-attacks-foreign-markets-with-homecoffee-stores-115326.php?uuid=ACKZbf7B. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ↑ "Francesco-Ranzoni-Presidente.pdf". http://www.bialettigroup.it/export/sites/industrie/it/investor_relations/corporate_governance/materiali_cariche_sociali/Francesco-Ranzoni-Presidente.pdf. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ↑ "Relazione Finanziaria Annuale 2015". http://www.bialettigroup.it/export/sites/industrie/it/investor_relations/MATERIALE_bilanci_e_relazioni/bilanci_annuali/Relazione-Finanziaria-Annuale-Bialetti-Industrie-29-04-2016.pdf. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ↑ "L'omino con i baffi della Bialetti va all'estero l'azienda chiude lo stabilimento di Omegna" (in it). 2010-04-07. https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2010/04/07/news/l_omino_con_i_baffi_della_bialetti_va_all_estero_l_azienda_chiude_lo_stabilimento_di_crusinallo-3186162/.
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