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{{Short description|Manufacturer of gelato and ice cream machines}}
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'''Carpigiani''' is an Italian company specializing in the production of [[gelato]] and [[ice cream]] machines. It has approximately 35% of the global market share, which includes both machines for the production of Italian artisan gelato and those for the production of soft serve gelato and ice cream.<ref name="sweet">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160315014838/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-167665059.html "...and a sweet success; Italian champions (2).(A thriving producer of ice-cream churns)"] ''[[The Economist]]'', August 18, 2007, via [[HighBeam Research]].</ref>

== History ==
Brothers Bruto and Poerio Carlo Carpigiani created the "Gastecnica S.a.s dei fratelli Carpigiani" in 1944. Carpigiani produced and patented a gelato machine, named "Autogelatiera". The Carpigiani soft serve ice cream machines make a fluffy, whippy ice cream due to their clever whipping action, mixing air and ice cream mix, during the ice cream making process.

The technological growth in the 1960s brought Carpigiani to become the worldwide leader in ice cream machinery, with the invention of the "hard-o-matic".

In 1964 an American secondary company was founded with the name Coldelite U.S.A. and in 1971 Carpigiani bought Cattabriga (concurrent firm). In 1989 the Comenda Ali [[Corporation#Italy|S.p.A.]] group bought the Carpigiani Bruto S.p.A., now become [https://www.carpigiani.com/ Carpigiani Group - Ali Group S.r.l].
In 1993 Carpagiani was certified [[Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione|UNI]] EN [[ISO 9001]]:1987. It was the first company in the business to receive this certification.<ref name="sweet"/>

The company has branches in [[France]], [[Germany]], the [[Netherlands]], [[United Kingdom]], [[United States]], [[Japan]], [[China]], [[Singapore]], [[Russia]] and two in [[South America]].{{where?|date=March 2021}} Production plants are located in Bologna, including the headquarters in Anzola dell'Emilia, in Forlì, in [[Gandia]] and in [[Zhongshan]]. In the 1990s, the Swiss Ott-Freezer, the Promag of Milan, the Spanish Sencotel and the Italian GBG were acquired.

In 2003 the Carpigiani [[Gelato University]] was founded, a professional training school on the production of artisan gelato.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/business/21569422-ivory-towers-ice-cream-scoop Gelato University: Scoop! The ivory towers of ice cream].  ''[[The Economist]]'', January 12, 2013.</ref><ref>Sheri Jennings, [https://www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-gelato-20100923-story.html "The inside scoop on making gelato: Italy's Carpigiani Gelato University teaches its students, who hail from all over the globe, how to craft the creamy dessert from simple, fresh ingredients in a few steps."]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', September 23, 2010.</ref> By 2021 the school, which has established itself as the largest and most prestigious gelato school in the world, has 20 campuses around the globe <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gelatouniversity.com/en/contact-us/carpigiani-worldwide|title = Carpigiani Worldwide » Carpigiani Gelato university}}</ref> in addition to the headquarters in Anzola, where lessons are held in Italian, English and French.

On 27 September 2012, the Carpigiani Gelato Museum was inaugurated, the first and only museum in the world entirely dedicated to gelato.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/does-worlds-only-gelato-university-offer-coolest-diploma-italy|title=Does the World's Only Gelato University Offer the Coolest Diploma in Italy?|last=Sakalis|first=Alex|date=3 October 2023|work=Italy Magazine|access-date=9 October 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Italy|Companies}}
*[[List of Italian companies]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.carpigiani.com/eng/ Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050203035855/http://www.carpigiani.com/eng/ |date=2005-02-03 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191229001822/https://www.carpigiani.com/uk UK Official Website]

[[Category:Food and drink companies of Italy]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Bologna]]
[[Category:Italian brands]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1946]]
[[Category:Italian companies established in 1946]]
[[Category:Ice cream]]