OLIVARI B. SPA

Throughout the 100-plus years of its manufacturing history, Olivari has earned distinction for the quality of its products and the reputation of its brand. From generation to generation, the Olivari family has passed down the attention for detail, the quest for innovation, and above all, a passion for working. In 1911, Battista Olivari founded the company in Borgomanero, Novara, where the factory is still located, and where the entire production process of the handles still takes place today. In 1926, Battistas wife Antonietta Ramelli took over the helm of the family business. She was a pioneer of female entrepreneurship. In the 1930s, the company began its first collaborations with the two most important Italian architects at the time, Marcello Piacentino and Gio Ponti. After World War II, the company, now led by the brothers Ernesto, Ambrogio and Luigi, contributed to the reconstruction, working side by side with the masters of Italian architecture: Albini, Gardella, Mangiarotti ...