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Bialetti

Bialetti is an Italian brand of coffee machines, cookware, and small kitchen appliances founded by Alfonso Bialetti. Its most well-known product is the moka pot line of stovetop coffeemakers.

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 (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 invented 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]

In April 2025 Nuo Capital, a Luxembourg-based fund controlled by Stephen Cheng, has signed an agreement to purchase 78.567% of Bialetti's shares.[9]

See also

  • De'Longhi

External links

References

  1. Schnapp, Jeffrey T. "The Romance of Caffeine and Aluminum" Critical Inquiry, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2001. Retrieved on 2005-10-27.^
  2. "History: 1919 - The Origins of Bialetti". Bialetti Industrie S.p.A.. Retrieved on 2005-10-27^
  3. William Grimes. Renato Bialetti, the Mr. Coffee of Italy, Dies at 93 The New York Times, 20 February 2016, retrieved 16 February 2019^
  4. Rondine si beve il caffè dell' 'omino' Bialetti Corriere della Sera, 31 July 1993^
  5. Giovanna Mancini. Bialetti takes the road of foreign markets with Home&Coffee flagship stores italy24.ilsole24ore.com, 18 January 2016, retrieved 28 September 2017^
  6. Francesco-Ranzoni-Presidente.pdf retrieved 22 October 2016^
  7. Relazione Finanziaria Annuale 2015 retrieved 22 October 2016^
  8. L'omino con i baffi della Bialetti va all'estero l'azienda chiude lo stabilimento di Omegna la Repubblica, 2010-04-07, retrieved 2021-03-26^
  9. Gabriella Bruschi. Bialetti turns and goes to the Chinese: the Moka company has been sold to Nuo Capital. Here's what will happen FIRSTonline, 15 April 2025, retrieved 16 April 2025^