Bialetti

Bialetti is an Italian brand founded by Alfonso Bialetti that makes coffee machines, cookware and small kitchen appliances. The brand is owned by Bialetti Industries.

Bialetti
OwnerBialetti Industries
CountryItaly
Introduced1933
MarketsMoka Express
Cookware
Kitchenware
Websitewww.bialetti.it

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 (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 registers a total revenue of 172.4 million of euro, 6.9% more than 2014 (Euro 161.2 million).[7]

See also

References
  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. "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". nytimes.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. "Rondine si beve il caffè dell'"omino" Bialetti". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 31 July 1993.
  5. Mancini, Giovanna (18 January 2016). "Bialetti takes the road of foreign markets with Home&Coffee flagship stores". italy24.ilsole24ore.com. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. "Francesco-Ranzoni-Presidente.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. "Relazione Finanziaria Annuale 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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