clothing founded 1997 headquarters northamptonshire uk area served worldwide key people guy schanschieff founder website bambino mio bambino mio square logo bambino mio is a brand of reusable nappies 1 manufactured and sold by a company of the same name based in brixworth northamptonshire uk . bambino mio nappies are widely used in the uk and are sold in more than 70 countries . 2 3 4 as well as nappies the company sells related products such as nappy liners 5 and covers potty training pants baby wipes baby powder and laundry detergent . contents 1 history 2 founders 3 product reception 4 references 5 external links history edit bambino mio was founded in 1997 by husband and wife guy and jo schanschieff 6 after noting similar businesses in new york and australia . 7 the couple set up a reusable nappy laundry service from their home in northampton uk 8 and started to sell reusable nappies cloth diapers and associated products directly to parents through mail order under the name bambino mio . 9 in 2003 the company enrolled in the uk passport to export scheme and by 2006 it had recruited several multilingual employees and set up a web site to manage international sales in 24 languages . 10 in 2007 bambino mio was presented with two northamptonshire business excellence awards . 11 founders edit guy schanschieff was awarded an mbe in the 2011 new year honours list for his services to business . 9 12 in 2003 he founded the north somerset nappy alliance an association which represents manufacturers and distributors of reusable nappies when dealing with political affairs and local government . in 2014 schanschieff is chairman of the alliance . 13 product reception edit bambino mio has received a number of consumer awards including the loved by parents awards 2013 best ethical brand gold award 14 shortlisting for the junior design awards 2013 best reusable nappy 15 theprima baby reader awards 2013 gold award 16 and the australian mother and baby magazine awards 2012 reusable nappy of the year silver award . 17 in 2014 the company and its products have won several more awards . 18 in a 2011 panel text organized by babyworld magazine the bambino mio two piece nappy received mixed reviews with some panelists preferring less expensive brands . 19 the company s training pants were praised in a potty training products review in the herald sun . 5 references edit the 50 best baby products . the independent . new year s honours for two captains of industry . lutterworth mail . savannah baby company to open saturday oct. 15 for the modern baby . savannah business journal . carolina baby company celebrates good business . the giggle guide . a b top tips for potty training . herald sun . east midland s bambino mio are export success . international trade . northampton business in line for champions award . creative natch . rachel bridge 3 april 2010 . my big idea 30 successful entrepreneurs reveal how they found inspiration . kogan page publishers . pp. 112 . isbn 978 0 7494 6185 0 . a b guy schanschieff awarded mbe . midland business news . baby talk keeps business booming . northampton chronicle and echo . prize night for successful businesses . northampton chronicle and echo . reillym jonathan . top guy and ann lead the way in county in the new year s honours list . herald & post 5 july 2011 . go real urge government to adhere to waste review . natural matters 18 july 2011 award winners loved by parents 2013 shortlist question everything in london gold winner reusable nappy baby expert . mother and baby magazine awards . and the award goes to ... . cloth nappy news july 2014 . bird debbie . overview of reusable nappies . babyworld may 23 2011 . pollock claire & silvester liz kids superbrands 2006 external links edit official website the nappy alliance . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bambino mio & oldid 644026759 categories companies established in 1997clothing companies of the united kingdom 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 24 january 2015 at 23 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view