europe s.p.a. type privately held industry household appliances founded 1949 headquarters gallarate italy key people piero puricelli maurizio puricelli parent meneghetti s.p.a. subsidiaries fulgor usa llc website www.fulgor milano.us fulgor pronounced full goar is a registered trade mark of meneghetti s.p.a. an italian manufacturer of premium major appliances and ceramic glass grills . fulgor s global headquarters are located in gallarate italy ; roughly 25 miles north of milan in the heart of italy s lombardy region . the company s products compete with those made by companies bosch dacor miele viking range asko or smeg . contents 1 history 2 original equipment manufacturing & private label 3 fulgor global 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit fulgor was founded by mr. piero puricelli in 1949 shortly after he began working on a coal powered cooker he hoped to develop . piero chose the name fulgor for his budding company because of its latin meaning ; to shine . 1 the company began mass producing their first line of coal powered cookers or ranges as they re known in north america in 1955 . beginning later in 1974 fulgor began production of built in gas cooktops and electric wall ovens . in the early 1990s the company became a global leader as one of the first manufacturers to introduce gas on glass cooktops and self cleaning wall ovens . by 1994 fulgor s products had caught the eye of many key global appliance brands and the company began exporting its product to north america and other parts of europe . 2 original equipment manufacturing & private label edit before pushing for greater exposure of their own branded line of appliances in the early 2000s fulgor was historically known a key global finished goods supplier to several of the major appliance brands in europe and north america . in europe fulgor has supplied finished product to the following manufacturing & retail brands whirlpool europe auchan but carrefour conforama corte ingles electric depot and ocean among others . in north america fulgor was the first european brand to export cooking appliances to north american manufacturing brands . to date the company has worked with brands like kitchenaid ge monogram bosch viking range and fagor . fulgor used to be marketed in north america under the fci label . fulgor global edit as of 2009 fulgor operated eight sales offices globally according to their company website . the company sells its product across europe north america and australia with product selling in at least 15 separate nations . in europe the company tag line is caring for you . the company s north american division was first opened in 2005 and later reorganized under the name fulgor usa llc in 2008 with the slogan arte culinaria italian for culinary art . the north american division is headquartered in st. joseph mi . the product line in north america consists of built in ovens gas and electric cooktops microwaves dishwashers and a unique electric grill called la scappi . the company plans several product introductions for 2010 . see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit appliancist.com interview with fulgor fulgor s history external links edit fulgor global homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fulgor & oldid 733260646 categories home appliance brandshome appliance manufacturershome appliance manufacturers of italycompanies established in 19491949 establishments in italyitalian brandshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 add links this page was last modified on 6 august 2016 at 14 54 . 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