sfl industry fashion manufacturing retail founded pieve di cadore italy in 1934 headquarters padua italy area served worldwide key people guglielmo tabacchi founder luisa delgado chief executive officer 1 products sport and fashion sunglasses spectacle frames ski helmets and goggles bike helmets services opticians sunglass retail revenue 3.08 billion 2014 2 operating income 31.4 million 31 march 2011 3 profit 18.4 million 31 march 2011 3 number of employees 8 108 2011 4 website www.safilo.com safilo group s.p.a. is an italian company that designs produces and distributes prescription frames sunglasses sports eyewear ski goggles and helmets and cycling helmets under its own five house brands and 22 licensed brands . 6 their products are primarily manufactured in three italian facilities with an additional plant in slovenia one in united states and one in china 7 and are marketed in 130 countries worldwide . 8 as of 2012 update it was the second largest optical frame and sunglasses company 9 after luxottica . contents 1 history 1.1 safilo brands 1.2 licensed brands 2 sales 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit safilo group s.p.a. was founded in 1934 after guglielmo tabacchi purchased italy s first industrial complex for producing lenses and frames in pieve di cadore . 10 exports in the 1930s expanded to many european countries north africa the middle east and south america . safilo was forced to produce only one type of eyewear a celluloid frame in two colours amber and reddish havana brown that were all sent to germany . after the war exports to other european nations resumed and operations expanded to rome and milan with exports beginning in the united states . in 1974 the founder of safilo died and his sons took over running the business . in the 1970s safilo opened sales offices in various european nations patented the elasta hinge and introduced a popular ufo model of sunglasses . 10 in the 1980s safilo developed designer collections gained full control of american eyewear company starline optical corp then sunglass maker friuli based oxsol and was listed on the milan stock exchange . in the 1990s safilo entered the asian market in hong kong opened branches in more european nations south africa japan and brazil acquired american sports eyewear maker smith sports optics inc and austria s carrera optyl . in may 2001 safilo chairman vittorio tabacchi began a takeover bid in which he acquired full ownership of safilo . the company returned to the milan stock exchange in december 2005 . also in 2001 the company inaugurated its new centralized warehouse at its padua headquarters a state of the art structure with highly automated facilities . at this point the distribution platform consisted of three main centres located in padua ; parsippany new jersey ; and hong kong . in 2002 safilo acquired the solstice chain in us . in 2008 and 2009 hal holding nv increased its ownership to 37.23 % of the company . 9 in december 2013 henri blomqvist formerly of procter & gamble was appointed its new global commercial director . 1 for the fiscal year 2014 revenues at safilo stood at 1 178.7 million euros 1 277.8 million dollars representing a 5.1 percent rise against 2013 and revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2014 was 11.2 percent against the fourth quarter of 2013 . 11 in the first quarter of 2015 the turnover of safilo in europe was up 2.6 percent or over 2.8 percent at constant exchange rates . 12 safilo owns its private collection about the history of eyewear and of the company . 13 safilo brands edit the core safilo brands are . 1 carrera polaroid safilo oxydo smith optics licensed brands edit the company also creates eyewear under license for designer labels such as . 1 14 alexander mcqueen bobbi brown bottega veneta c line dior fendi gucci boss orange hugo boss jimmy choo juicy couture marc jacobs marc by marc jacobs maxmara max & co. pierre cardin tommy hilfiger swatch sunglasses saint laurent only for the american market . 1 fossil j.lo by jennifer lopez kate spade liz claiborne saks fifth avenue banana republic sales edit in 2010 the safilo group s revenues were up 6.8 % over 2009 with net sales at 1 079.9 million or 1.1 billion . 9 sales have been determined by prescription frames 38 % sunglasses 54.3 % and sport and other products 7.7 % . safilo s products are primarily sold to wholesale clients through approximately 80 000 points of sale in about 130 countries in the world . 15 see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit a b c d e turra alessandra 18 december 2013 . safilo group names global commercial director . wwd . retrieved 18 december 2013 . official company profile . safilo . retrieved 2009 11 13 . a b http investors it.safilo.com phoenix.zhtml c 195673 & p irol newsarticle & id 1555099 & highlight official press release http investors en.safilo.com phoenix.zhtml c 195673 & p irol financialhighlights official press release shares and tools . safilo . retrieved 2009 11 13 . safilo brands . safilo . retrieved 2009 11 13 . http www.safilo.com en 1 production sites.php production sites from official site google finance sfl . safilo . retrieved 2009 11 13 . a b c chevalier michel 2012 . luxury brand management . singapore john wiley & sons . isbn 978 1 118 17176 9 . a b history . safilo . retrieved 2009 11 13 . singh prachi march 9 2015 . safilo fy14 revenues rise 5.1 percent . fashionunited . retrieved june 18 2015 . singh prachi april 28 2015 . safilo reports positive q1 with net sales rise of 10.6 percent . fashionunited . retrieved june 10 2015 . official museum website . http www.safilo.com en 2 licensed brands.php licensed brands from official site official press release . external links edit official website carrera world polaroid eyewear smith optics oxydo linkedin company page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title safilo & oldid 733788661 categories companies listed on the borsa italianaeyewear retailersclothing companies of italyitalian brandsluxury brandsfashion accessory brandshigh fashion brandscompanies established in 1934companies based in veneto1934 establishments in italymultinational companies headquartered in italyhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing potentially dated statements from 2012all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschitalianoportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 10 august 2016 at 03 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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