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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Information technology |
Founded | 1908 |
Founder | Camillo Olivetti |
Headquarters | , Italy |
Area served | Europe and South America |
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Revenue | €227 million (2014)[3] |
Number of employees | 582 (2014)[3] |
Parent | Telecom Italia |
Website | www |
Olivetti S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of computers, tablets, smartphones, printers and other such business products as calculators and fax machines.[4] Headquartered in Ivrea, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, the company has been part of the Telecom Italia Group since 2003.[5]
The company is known for innovative product design, ranging from the 1950s Lettra 22 portable typewriter, to some of the first commercial programmable desktop calculators, such as the 1964 Programma 101, as well as the pop-art inspired Valentine typewriter of 1969. Between 1954 and 2001, Italy's Association of Industrial Design (ADI) awarded 16 Compasso d'Oro prizes to Olivetti products and designs – more than any other company or designer.[6][7]