please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message logo carpigiani is an italian company located near bologna specialising in the production of ice cream making machines . it claims control of about half of the world market for ice cream machines including machines both for italian style gelato and soft ice cream . 1 brothers bruto and poerio carlo carpigiani created the gastecnica s.a.s dei fratelli carpigiani in 1944 . carpigiani produced and patented a gelato machine named autogelatiera . the carpigiani soft serve ice cream machines make a fluffy whippy ice cream due to their clever whipping action mixing air and ice cream mix during the ice cream making process . the technological growth in the 1960s brought carpigiani to become the worldwide leader in the ice cream machinery with the invention of the hard o matic . in 1964 an american secondary company was founded with the name coldelite u.s.a. in 1971 carpigiani bought cattabriga concurrent firm in 1989 the comenda ali s.p.a. group bought the carpigiani bruto s.p.a. in 1993 carpagiani was certified uni en iso 9001 1987 . it was the first company in the business to receive this certification . 1 in 2003 carpigiani established gelato university as a school to teach about artisan gelato making using carpigiani products . 2 3 today carpigiani is present in the markets of italy spain france germany netherlands united kingdom united states japan and russia . see also edit italy portal companies portal list of italian companies references edit a b ... and a sweet success ; italian champions 2 . a thriving producer of ice cream churns the economist august 18 2007 via highbeam research subscription required . gelato university scoop the ivory towers of ice cream . the economist january 12 2013 . sheri jennings the inside scoop on making gelato italy s carpigiani gelato university teaches its students who hail from all over the globe how to craft the creamy dessert from simple fresh ingredients in a few steps . los angeles times september 23 2010 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title carpigiani & oldid 723454777 categories food and drink companies of italymanufacturing companies of italycompanies based in bolognaitalian brandscompanies established in 19461946 establishments in italygelatohidden categories subscription required using viapages containing links to subscription only contentarticles needing additional references from january 2013all articles needing additional references 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 italianoportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 04 23 . 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