Avello was a Spanish manufacturer of machine tools, motorcycles and scooters, famous for its MV Agusta and Puch brand machines. It was founded by Alfredo Avello in 1940[1] and closed in March 2013. The factory was in the city of Gijón in Asturias, northern Spain.[1]
MV Avello
Basque industrial engineer, Alfredo Avello purchased an existing company in the Natahoyo neighbourhood of Gijón that produced machinery and machine tools on June 1, 1940, changing the name to Avello y Compañía SL.[2]
MV Augusta had been producing machine for local sale in Barcelona since 1949, branded MV Alpha.[3]