Bialetti is an Italian brand of coffee machines, cookware and small kitchen appliances founded by Alfonso Bialetti. The brand is owned by Bialetti Industries.
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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 |
History
editAlfonso 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b "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. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Rondine si beve il caffè dell' 'omino' Bialetti". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 31 July 1993.
- ^ Mancini, Giovanna (18 January 2016). "Bialetti takes the road of foreign markets with Home&Coffee flagship stores". italy24.ilsole24ore.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Francesco-Ranzoni-Presidente.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "Relazione Finanziaria Annuale 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "L'omino con i baffi della Bialetti va all'estero l'azienda chiude lo stabilimento di Omegna". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2021-03-26.