Borsalino is the oldest Italian company specializing in the manufacture of luxury hats. Since 1857, the manufacture has been based in Alessandria, Piedmont. The founder, Giuseppe Borsalino, is remembered for creating a particular model of felt hat characterized by the registered trademark Borsalino.
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Ruote Borrani S.p.A. (established 1922 in Milano) is an Italian manufacturer of automobile and motorcycle wheels. They are known for supplying Rudge-Whitworth design centerlocking wire wheels to many Italian racing cars, sports cars and luxury cars. The company was initially named Rudge-Whitworth Milano, as the splined centerlock hub mechanism was licensed from the Coventry-based Rudge-Whitworth, which had developed the patents since 1908. It was run by Carlo […]
Bettanin & Venturi is an Italian family and artisan company that manufactures exclusive luxury men’s shoes. Founded by Giuseppe Bettanin and Gianna Venturi in 1994, Bettanin & Venturi’s workshop is located in Vigasio in the Province of Verona (Italy). It is known for very refined leather colorings. The brand has a limited distribution in the world: in the United States, […]
B&B Italia SpA is an Italian modern furniture company whose products are sold worldwide. The company was founded in 1966 by the Busnelli family, who manages the company. On March 1, 2011, the Busnelli family became majority shareholders of the company once again and now own 100% of the shares. The United States subsidiary, B&B […]
Artemide is a design-oriented Italian manufacturer founded by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza in 1960. Based in Pregnana Milanese, a suburb of Milan, the company specialises in the manufacture of lighting designed by designers and architects. The company is known for the Tizio desk lamp designed by Richard Sapper in 1972 and the Tolomeo desk […]
Giorgio Armani , commonly known as Armani, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded by Giorgio Armani which designs, manufactures, distributes and retails haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, watches, jewelry, accessories, eyewear, cosmetics and home interiors. The brand markets these products under several labels: Giorgio Armani Privé, Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani (including […]
Arflex is an Italian company that makes and sells contemporary furniture. n 1947 after the war, a group of researchers and entrepreneurs that began to work on two new upholstering materials – foam rubber and elastic tape made by Pirelli – presented the technical specifications of the new products to Marco Zanuso, who saw the huge potential of the new materials in interior […]
Alpinestars is a manufacturer of clothing and protective gear for motorsports and action sports founded in 1963, and located in Asolo, Italy. Its lines include specialized products for MotoGP, motocross, motorcycling, Formula One, WEC and NASCAR, mountain Biking and surfing, and motorsports-themed, non-sports clothing, with fashion design centers in Italy and California. MONDAY – FRIDAY, […]
ALAN is an Italian bicycle manufacturer. ALAN was founded in 1972 by Falconi Lodovico, an engineer who had worked for bicycle manufacturer Torpado. The name ALAN comes from the first two letters of the Lodovico’s children, Alberto and Annamaria. It was the first company to introduce an all aluminium bicycle frame made from aerospace grade aluminum. In 1976, […]
ACMAT (Ateliers de Construction Mécanique de L’Atlantique, also known as ALM-ACMAT) is a French manufacturer of cross-country and tactical military vehicles since 1958. Known for their reliability, simplicity, ruggedness and their 80% (over 3,500) commonality of parts across the entire product line, these vehicles were originally targeted at African and Asian countries who could not afford more expensive vehicles. They […]
Hexis S.A. is a manufacturer of self-adhesive vinyl (PVC) films used for commercial signage and as digital printing media for large format inkjet printers. The company headquarters are in Frontignan, France. The company was founded in 1989 by its current (2010) president, Michel Mateu. The company specializes in pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coating of thin plastic films and pioneered their own process to […]
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton commonly known as LVMH, is a French multinational corporation and conglomerate specializing in luxury goods, headquartered in Paris, France. The company was formed in 1987 through the merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton (founded in 1854) with Moët Hennessy, which was established after the 1971 merger between the champagne producer Moët & Chandon (founded in 1743) and the cognac producer Hennessy (founded in 1765). LVMH controls around 60 subsidiaries that each manage […]
E.Leclerc is a French cooperative society and hypermarket chain, headquartered in Ivry-sur-Seine. E.Leclerc was established on 1 January 1948 by Édouard Leclerc in Brittany. E.Leclerc currently has more than 500 locations in France and 114 stores outside of the country, as of 2012. The chain enables semi-independent stores to operate under the Leclerc brand. Own brand ranges come under the Marque Repère and Eco+ banners. Some larger hypermarkets have a […]
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardinis a French Champagne house based in Reims, specializing in premium products. It was founded in 1772 by Philippe Clicquot and is one of the largest champagne houses in the world. Madame Clicquot is credited with major breakthroughs, creating the first known vintage champagne in 1810, and inventing the riddling table process to clarify champagne in 1816.
Givenchy is a Frenchluxury fashion and perfume house. It hosts the brand of haute couture clothing, accessories and Parfums Givenchy, perfumes and cosmetics. The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy and is a member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter. It is owned by a luxury conglomerate LVMH. From 2 May 2017 until 10 April 2020, […]
Carte Noire is a coffee brand belonging to the Italian company Luigi Lavazza (Turin) since February 2016. Before that date, it was part of the American group Mondelēz International, resulting from a split from the American Kraft Foods .
Lacoste S.A. is a French company, founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste and André Gillier. It sells clothing, footwear, sportswear, eyewear, leather goods, perfume, towels and watches. The company can be recognised by its green crocodile logo. René Lacoste, the company’s founder, was nicknamed “the Crocodile” by fans because of his tenacity on the tennis court. In November 2012 Lacoste was bought outright by Swiss family-held group Maus Frères.
Yves Rocher is a worldwide cosmetics and beauty brand, founded in 1959 by the French entrepreneur Yves Rocher (1930–2009) in La Gacilly. The company is present in 88 countries on five continents and employs 13,500 personnel, excluding more than 215,000 through additional indirect jobs. The company maintains a botanical garden, the Jardin botanique Yves Rocher de La Gacilly, at its industrial site in La […]
Citroën is a French automobile manufacturer. It was founded in March 1919 by industrialist André-Gustave Citroën, and has been part of Stellantis since 2021.
Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company’s former name was Besnier SA. It is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the second largest food products group in France, behind Danone. It owns brands such as Parmalat, Président, Siggi’s Dairy, Skånemejerier, Rachel’s Organic, and Stonyfield Farm.
Danone S.A. is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris and founded in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of the company’s products are branded Dannon in the United States.
Casino Group or Casino Guichard-Perrachon is a French mass-market retail group. It was founded on 2 August 1898 by Geoffroy Guichard under the corporate name Guichard-Perrachon & Co. Casino Group is the source of many innovations such as the first distributor’s brand in 1901, the first self-service store in 1948 or even the display of a sell-by date on […]
Bonduelle is a French company specializing in industrial processing and preserving vegetables . For more than 70 years , Bonduelle has experienced rapid and constant expansion in the canned or frozen vegetable industry . Its products are distributed through traditional distribution channels ( hypermarkets and convenience stores ) and those of out-of-home catering ( restaurants , collective catering ).
Legrand is a French industrial group historically based in Limoges in the Limousin region. In 2011, the firm was the largest global producer of switches and sockets, with 20% of the global market, and in cable management (15% of the global market), generating 75% of its turnover internationally. The group is also expanding its product range in sustainable development and energy saving technologies, an has […]
L’Oréal S.A. is a French personal care company headquartered in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine with a registered office in Paris. It is the world’s largest cosmetics company and has developed activities in the field concentrating on hair colour, skin care, sun protection, make-up, perfume, and hair care. L’Oréal also owns interests in various activities such as fine chemicals, health, finance, design, advertising, and insurance.
Michelin is a French multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région of France. It is the largest tyre manufacturer in the world before Bridgestone and larger than both Goodyear and Continental. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the Kléber tyres company, Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Company, SASCAR, Bookatable and Camso brands. Michelin is also notable for its Red and Green travel guides, its roadmaps, the Michelin stars that the Red Guide awards to […]
Antonio Zamperla S.p.A. is an Italian design and manufacturing company founded in 1966. It is best known for creating family rides, thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The company also makes smaller coin-operated rides commonly found inside shopping malls. Zamperla builds roller coasters, like the powered Dragon Coaster, Mini Mouse, Zig Zag, and Volare. In […]
Zagato is an independent coachbuilding company and total design centre located northwest of Milan in Terrazzano, a small village near Rho, Lombardy, Italy. The company’s premises occupy an area of 23,000 square metres (250,000 sq ft), 11,000 of which are covered.
HistoryArezzo, 15th March 1926: the history of our company starts with Carlo Zucchi and Leopoldo Gori, the two “founding fathers” of the first jewellery manufacturing company of Arezzo. On 2nd April 1934 they receive from the provincial office the first registered trademark of the gold industry, 1AR, which in turn evolves into the name of […]
Tuaca is a naturally flavored brandyliqueur originally produced by the Tuoni and Canepa families of Livorno, Italy. Tuaca is sweet and golden brown in color. Its ingredients include brandy, citrus essences, vanilla, and other secret spices. It is bottled at 70 proof (35% ABV). The brand claims the recipe dates back to the Renaissance period. A legend claims that it was created in the 15th […]
Tod’s S.p.A., also known as Tod’s Group, is an Italian company which produces luxury shoes and other leather goods. It is presided over by businessman Diego Della Valle. Filippo Della Valle started the shoemaking business out of a basement in the late 1920s. Diego Della Valle, the elder son of Dorino Della Valle and a […]
Technogym is a manufacturer of fitness equipment based in Cesena, Italy. It was founded in 1983 by Nerio Alessandri. In 1985 Technogym launched its first complete strength training line, and in 1986 it presented Unica, a home trainer. Then, in 1990, the company added its first cardiovascular training line. In 2000 it launched the Selection […]
In 1930 the first oil mill was born from the idea and the care of Sebastiano Messina. Today Olearea Jonica has been producing extra virgin olive oil for three generations in the olive groves of Acireale and Randazzo. The company deals with the production of local oil in the Etnea area from the Nocellara Etnea and Randazzese […]
IVECO S.p.A., an acronym for Industrial Vehicles Corporation, is an Italian industrial vehicle manufacturing company based in Turin, Italy, and a wholly owned subsidiary of CNH Industrial Group. It designs and builds light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, quarry/construction site vehicles, city and intercity busses and special vehicles for applications such as firefighting, off-road missions, […]
Iride Bicycles Established in 1919 in northern Italy, is the brand of bicycles manufactured at the Gemmati Velocipedi factory, near the city of Venice, in the town of Cintello di Teglio Veneto. The trademark was originated by Umberto Gemmati and continues to be produced by his grandson Carlo Gemmati. In Italian, the word iride means […]
Illycaffè is an Italian coffee company specializing in espresso, headquartered in Trieste. Illy markets its coffee globally in silver and red pressurized, oxygen-free cans; operates a network of cafes on shopping streets, in museums, and in airports; and, since 2009, has marketed a line of coffee-flavored energy drinks as illy issimo. Either as whole beans […]