Bernocchi SpA
| Bernocchi SpA
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1818 |
| resolution | 1971 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat |
 Milan
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| management | Antonio Bernocchi |
| Number of employees | 1,400 (1971) |
| Branch | Luxury goods |
The Bernocchi SpA was founded in 1818, the global Italian fashion company based in Milan . It was owned by the family until it was closed in 1971.
history
The family business goes back to a tailor shop founded in 1818 in Gabinella near Legnano . In 1868 Rodolfo Bernocchi expanded the tailoring to include a company for bleaching and dyeing fabrics. Around 1874, the founder's sons Michele, Andrea and Antonio Bernocchi gradually joined the company. In 1898 the company became the joint stock company Cotonificio Bernocchi and a cotton mill ( spinning mill ) was built in Legano. In the following years, under Antonio Bernocchi as a member of the board, the company expanded and modern textile factories opened in Nerviano , Cerro Maggiore , Angera , Besnate and Cogozzo, making the company one of the largest Italian textile companies. In addition to fashion, Bernocchi developed the well-known Luminator Bernocchi in 1929, an illuminated clothes rack for the presentation of its own products and advertised with posters by well-known designers, such as B. Marcello Nizzoli were designed. After Antonio Bernocchi's death in 1930, his sons Andrea and Tommaso Bernocchi took over the management of the company in the third generation.
After the Second World War , the structures in the textile industry changed and Bernocchi ran into economic difficulties. After an attempt by Andrea and Tommaso Bernocchi in 1970 to obtain government funding failed, the operations were closed and the company was officially liquidated on December 2, 1971. In the year of closure, the six production sites employed a total of 1,400 people.
Historical traces
- Cotonificio Bernocchi : Cotton mill in Legano, now a brewery after renovation in 2012.
- Luminator Bernocchi : Illuminated clothes rack, designed by Luciano Baldessari in 1929
- Villa Bernocchi : factory owner's villa in Legano
- Palazzo dell'Arte : Triennale di Milano, art museum, opened in 1933 with funds from a Bernocchis foundation.
- Coppa Bernocchi : Since 1919, an annual one-day race in road cycling with interruptions
Luminator Bernocchi designed by Luciano Baldessari in 1929
Bernocchi advertising poster designed by Marcello Nizzoli in 1923
Villa Bernocchi - Legnano
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Quando suonava la sirena - Vita, lavoro e sindacato nelle fabbriche del Legnanese 1950-1985, Ferrarini, 2001, p. 32 ff. Spicgillombardia.it, April 05, 2018
- ↑ Ferrarini, 2001, p. 169
- ^ [1] La lezione del passato. L'industriale Bernocchi: esempio puro di mecenatismo, corriere.it
- ↑ a b Deborah Corno: Ex industria Bernocchi. (No longer available online.) In: Legnano Ieri e Oggi. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018 ; Retrieved April 6, 2018 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b The story behind the Palazzo dell'Arte. In: Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). April 26, 2016, accessed April 7, 2018 .
