Bialetti

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| introduced = 1933

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| previousowners = Alfonso Bialetti

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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.Schnapp, Jeffrey T. [http://www.mediafire.com/?s1vx1vwy2xy "The Romance of Caffeine and Aluminum"] Critical Inquiry, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2001. Retrieved on 2005-10-27. {{doi|10.1086/449039}} 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.[https://archive.today/20120719132654/http://www.bialetti.it/uk/storia.asp "History: 1919 - The Origins of Bialetti"]. Bialetti Industrie S.p.A.. Retrieved on 2005-10-27 He transformed his workshop – Alfonso Bialetti & C. Fonderia in Conchiglia – into a studio for design and production. In 1933, Bialetti founded the brand and invented Moka pots. The company was later operated by his son Renato Bialetti.{{Cite web| title = Renato Bialetti, the Mr. Coffee of Italy, Dies at 93| last = Grimes | first = William| work = The New York Times| date = 20 February 2016| access-date = 16 February 2019| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/business/renato-bialetti-italian-marketer-dies-at-93.html}}

After a period of crisis in the 1970s and 1980s, Bialetti merged with Rondine Italia in 1993{{cite news | title=Rondine si beve il caffè dell' 'omino' Bialetti| newspaper = Corriere della Sera |language=Italian |date=31 July 1993}} and founded a new company named Bialetti Industrie S.p.A., based in Brescia.{{Cite news|last=Mancini|first=Giovanna|title=Bialetti takes the road of foreign markets with Home&Coffee flagship stores|publisher=italy24.ilsole24ore.com|url=http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/business-and-economy/2016-01-11/bialetti-attacks-foreign-markets-with-homecoffee-stores-115326.php?uuid=ACKZbf7B|date=18 January 2016|accessdate=28 September 2017|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813123333/http://www.italy24.ilsole24ore.com/art/business-and-economy/2016-01-11/bialetti-attacks-foreign-markets-with-homecoffee-stores-115326.php?uuid=ACKZbf7B|url-status=dead}}

Francesco Ranzoni acts as both President and CEO of the company.{{cite web|title=Francesco-Ranzoni-Presidente.pdf|url=http://www.bialettigroup.it/export/sites/industrie/it/investor_relations/corporate_governance/materiali_cariche_sociali/Francesco-Ranzoni-Presidente.pdf|accessdate=22 October 2016|archive-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107080202/http://www.bialettigroup.it/export/sites/industrie/it/investor_relations/corporate_governance/materiali_cariche_sociali/Francesco-Ranzoni-Presidente.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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).{{cite web|title=Relazione Finanziaria Annuale 2015|url=http://www.bialettigroup.it/export/sites/industrie/it/investor_relations/MATERIALE_bilanci_e_relazioni/bilanci_annuali/Relazione-Finanziaria-Annuale-Bialetti-Industrie-29-04-2016.pdf|accessdate=22 October 2016|archive-date=7 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107080925/http://www.bialettigroup.it/export/sites/industrie/it/investor_relations/MATERIALE_bilanci_e_relazioni/bilanci_annuali/Relazione-Finanziaria-Annuale-Bialetti-Industrie-29-04-2016.pdf|url-status=dead}}

In 2010, a study calculated that 90% of Italian families own a moka pot made by Bialetti.{{Cite web|date=2010-04-07|title=L'omino con i baffi della Bialetti va all'estero l'azienda chiude lo stabilimento di Omegna|url=https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2010/04/07/news/l_omino_con_i_baffi_della_bialetti_va_all_estero_l_azienda_chiude_lo_stabilimento_di_crusinallo-3186162/|access-date=2021-03-26|website=la Repubblica|language=it}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Bialetti turns and goes to the Chinese: the Moka company has been sold to Nuo Capital. Here's what will happen |last=Bruschi |first=Gabriella |work=FIRSTonline |date=15 April 2025 |access-date=16 April 2025 |url= https://www.firstonline.info/en/bialetti-turns-and-goes-to-the-chinese-the-moka-company-has-been-sold-to-nuo-capital-here%27s-what-will-happen/}}