Company
In 1885, John Gagliardi founded the company in the manufacture of corsets, lingerie and the associated tissues. He was stationed in various locations of Oleggio and 1886, when he joined his brother Joseph, had initiated the project to build a plant for the time great: it was inaugurated in 1890. In 1892, founder John died young after an accident at work and F.lli Gagliardi continued his rise under the leadership of brother and "Mrs. Luigina" widow of John and "heart" of production. The company continued under the able conduct of the brothers Aldo and Rag. Dario Gagliardi until, strange vicissitudes of life, moved, always in Oleggio, Via Sempione 25.
Immediately after the war into the firm, Dr. Gian Luigi Gagliardi, son of Aldo, who brought the idea of a swimsuit. After a short but effective study done in the U.S. This process was also added that within a few years became the main development was that it forced us to open other plants. In short time the brothers Gagliardi S.p.A. became the largest Italian manufacturer of swimwear, perhaps in Europe. In 1985 the company moved in Marano Ticino in a building of about 12,000 square meters in a more modern and better suited to accommodate more than 600 employees. IGI offices are now back at the historical site of Oleggio and production was relocated in a modern company in Tunisia owned Gagliardi srl. This relocation allows the current directors (Riccardo and Dario Gagliardi) to offer customers high quality garments at a competitive price compared to products from the Far East. |
