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OLIVETTI IN HISTORY

Camillo Olivetti - Founder

Camillo Olivetti - Founder

 

Adriano Olivetti - Company Leader

Adriano Olivetti - Company Leader

 

 

First Olivetti Factory - Ivrea, Italy

The First Olivetti Factory - Ivrea

 

 

Olivetti Lexikon 80 Typewriter, 1948

An Olivetti design that features in the Museum of Modern Art.

 

The Lexikon 80 Manual.

 

Design/Artist: Marcello Nizzoli, 1948

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OLIVETTI

 

Olivetti has a proud century-old history in manufacturing business machinery. The firm is famous for their innovation in development and design. From typewriters to modern computing, Olivetti have created an art in industrial design.

 

Olivetti"Industry observers in Italy and worldwide have always admired Olivetti for its distinctive corporate style: a style based on technological excellence, innovation, quality and design, a strong focus on the market, as well as a keen interest in culture and the arts, attention to social issues and a commitment to continuous improvement in relations with employees and the territory." - www.storiaolivetti.telecomitalia.it

 

Today Olivetti offer a broad range of innovative technologies with a clear mission in mind:

 

"Through continuous innovation and technological research, Olivetti develops, integrates, personalises and brings to market products and value-added solutions to meet the specific needs of every customer." - www.olivetti.com

 

THE FUTURE - The Olivetti Way

 

Today, Olivetti is one of the top Italian players in the Information Technology marketplace. It boasts almost one hundred years in research and innovation. Olivetti has been a company of the Telecom Italia group since August 2003.

Olivetti has 5 research centres in Italy and Switzerland, 4 production facilities and an international sales network covering 83 countries, for a total of 1,755 employees

 

This infrastructure, a clear, tried and tested vision and a grand history of design and ingenuity has given rise to a unique and inspiring company.

 

The future is promising!  

 

 

 

 

Olivetti MP1 Poster by Xanti Schawinsky, a Bauhaus student. 1935

 

Olivetti Poster Olivetti Poster

OLIVETTI POSTER DESIGN:

 

Art in Enterprise

 

Olivetti products show in art galleries all over the world, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

 

 

http://www.moma.org/

(Search: Olivetti)

 

 

It was Camillo Olivetti's vision of elegant refined design in his machines and commissioned design that gave birth to theses now famous posters.

 

This passion is still evident in the Olivetti design and innovation of today.

Olivetti Poster

 

 

Poster for Itlay's first typewriter by Teodoro Wolf Ferrari. Features Italian poet Dante Alighieri.

1912

Olivetti Poster