Zanussi is an Italian producer of home appliances that was bought by Electrolux in 1984. Zanussi has been exporting products from Italy since 1946.

The Zanussi story dates back to Pordenone, Italy, in 1916, when Antonio Zanussi, a young oven repair worker, opened Officina Fumisteria Antonio Zanussi.

The small 30 m² laboratory with three members of staff soon expanded and by 1936 it covered an area of 300 m² and employed one hundred people.

It wasn’t long before the first standard wood-burning range cooker was produced: the magnificent AZP, complete with a cast iron hot plate, which would go on to achieve international success.