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Luigi "Gigi" Crugnola was born in 1934, the same year Giorgio Rovera founded a company in his own name in Varese, Italy along with partners Angelo and Adele Bianchi, who also happened to be Luigi Crugnola's Uncle and Mother, respectively. The company produced pipes for 30 years, largely exported to America and elsewhere in the world. Crugnola took over the company in 1964 with the death of Angelo Bianchi, changing the name soon after to his own nickname Gigi, and continues to run the company today. The vast majority of Gigi pipes continue to be made for export. | Luigi "Gigi" Crugnola was born in 1934, the same year Giorgio Rovera founded a company in his own name in Varese, Italy along with partners Angelo and Adele Bianchi, who also happened to be Luigi Crugnola's Uncle and Mother, respectively. The company produced pipes for 30 years, largely exported to America and elsewhere in the world. Crugnola took over the company in 1964 with the death of Angelo Bianchi, changing the name soon after to his own nickname Gigi, and continues to run the company today. The vast majority of Gigi pipes continue to be made for export. | ||
Via Cornelio Rovera, 40 | <center><gallery widths=300px heights=200px caption="Example and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
21026 Gavirate | File:GiGi01.jpg | ||
Italy | File:GiGi09.jpg | ||
Phone number +39 0332 743015 | File:GiGi10.jpg | ||
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'''Contact Informaiton:''' | |||
Via Cornelio Rovera, 40 | |||
21026 Gavirate | |||
Italy | |||
Phone number +39 0332 743015 | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: Italy]] | [[Category: Italy]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:10, 11 June 2016
Luigi "Gigi" Crugnola was born in 1934, the same year Giorgio Rovera founded a company in his own name in Varese, Italy along with partners Angelo and Adele Bianchi, who also happened to be Luigi Crugnola's Uncle and Mother, respectively. The company produced pipes for 30 years, largely exported to America and elsewhere in the world. Crugnola took over the company in 1964 with the death of Angelo Bianchi, changing the name soon after to his own nickname Gigi, and continues to run the company today. The vast majority of Gigi pipes continue to be made for export.
- Example and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka
Contact Informaiton:
Via Cornelio Rovera, 40 21026 Gavirate Italy Phone number +39 0332 743015