Company:Bialetti

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Bialetti is an Italian brand of coffee machines, cookware, and small kitchen appliances founded by Alfonso Bialetti. Its most well-known product is the moka pot line of stovetop coffeemakers.

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 invented 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]

In April 2025 Nuo Capital, a Luxembourg-based fund controlled by Stephen Cheng, has signed an agreement to purchase 78.567% of Bialetti's shares.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "History: 1919 - The Origins of Bialetti". Bialetti Industrie S.p.A.. Retrieved on 2005-10-27
  3. ↑ 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. 
  4. ↑ "Rondine si beve il caffè dell' 'omino' Bialetti" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 31 July 1993. 
  5. ↑ 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. 
  6. ↑ "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. 
  7. ↑ "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. 
  8. ↑ "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/. 
  9. ↑ Bruschi, Gabriella (15 April 2025). "Bialetti turns and goes to the Chinese: the Moka company has been sold to Nuo Capital. Here's what will happen". FIRSTonline. https://www.firstonline.info/en/bialetti-turns-and-goes-to-the-chinese-the-moka-company-has-been-sold-to-nuo-capital-here%27s-what-will-happen/. 

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