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1950. The Company was established in 1950 by ELIO BAGGIO, as a family business, in the village of Marostica (Vicenza province). Elio was the son of entrepreneur, Pio Baggio, who owned various activities, such as building materials (bricks), pottery and quarriyng.

1950-1959. The initial main business was the operation of an enamelling plant, as a sub-contractor, along with a small production of wood/coal stoves for cooking/heating purposes. The plant gradually became very specialized in enamelling body components of stoves and cookers , bath tubs, sinks etc. required by major manufactures of the north of Italy, like Zanussi, Zoppas, Fargas.

1960. By the end of the fifties, the period of reconstruction that followed the second world war was over and the following years were characterized by a huge demand for basic household appliances, like cookers and refrigerators. The situation led Elio Baggio to build a new factory in 1960, in the town of Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza province), and to concentrate his activity in the manufacturing of free-standing cookers for the domestic-market. The factory brand became ELBA, which is the acronym of the founder Elio Baggio. This brand with the present logo, was registered in Italy in 1964.

1964. From this year ELBA began to export its cookers to some European countries, as well as to the Middle-East and Africa.

1965-1977. During this period the yearly output grew from 20,000 to 120,000 units, thanks to the development of exports which already accounted for about 80% of the total production. In these years a growing share of production was secured by OEM appliances.

1978. This year marks the beginning of the production of built-in cooking appliances. Initially, b.i. electric ovens and soon after b.i. hobs.

1979-1986. The wider range of products gave greater access to the main European markets: France, United Kingdom, Germany.

1987. The DE' LONGHI group acquires ELBA and other factories belonging to Elio Baggio, who had by now decided to leave behind the manufacturing activities.

1990. The ELBA factory was moved to the present site in Borso del Grappa (Treviso province) where De' Longhi had the possibility to expand the factory area (50,000 sq.m), to set up an additional enamelling plant, to install two painting line and to re-design the factory lay-out.

1991-2000. During this period, a policy of continuous investments in new products and facilities led to a dramatic growth in output (over 500,000 units per year) and turnover (over 75 million euro).