This year Zucchetti celebrates 80 years of activity, of presence in international markets, and of worldwide leadership in design-orientated tapware.

Zucchetti’s success story first began in a small foundry in Valduggia (in the province of Vercelli) set up by Alfredo Zucchetti in 1929. Today the Zucchetti.Kos Group, led by Elena and Carlo Zucchetti, consists of 4 factories and a logistics centre covering a total of 72,000 square metres, employing 400 people and producing 2 million articles every year.

As evidence of Zucchetti’s strong interest in expanding into foreign markets, in 2004 the firm opened a subsidiary in Poland, to develop the eastern European markets; then in 2005 another subsidiary was opened in Shanghai to establish a presence in the Asian markets. In 2009 the Beijing flagship store of Zucchetti opened as an authentic single-brand boutique occupying 200 sq.m. in COFCO Plaza, one of central Beijing’s most prestigious shopping malls. This gives Zucchetti a presence alongside other coveted and renowned luxury international design brands, offering exclusive, high-quality choices to the type of end user who is looking for a uniquely design-orientated lifestyle.

As one of Italy’s historic design brands, Zucchetti is recognised worldwide as a symbol of products that bear the “Made in Italy” label. For the Shanghai World Expo from May 1st to October 31st 2010, an event of enormous scope that will attract worldwide attention, Zucchetti, the leader in tapware, has been appointed exclusive supplier for the Italian Pavilion, where its extremely high-quality and innovative products will represent Italian excellence.

Since Zucchetti acquired Kos in 2007 and became a group, it has been the undisputed international leader in the field of bathroom design. The keywords in this important strategic project are WATER, WELLNESS, WORLD. Kos Zucchetti is the only company that can offer a complete bathroom world that is always innovative and constantly renewed, and that has introduced a new iconography that tells the story of the attractions between cultures that meet and intermingle, bringing different tastes and experiences into harmony, blending the poetic tones of each.