Oneglia,
1911

We offset all CO2 emissions generated by all deliveries of our products to customers, in Italy and in foreign markets.

As further proof of our commitment to sustainable innovation, we have changed our corporate status and we are now a Benefit Corporation.

In September we complete the seismic retrofitting of our headquarters, an absolute first for the Italian industrial building construction scenario.

In July, the system with a layout of 8,500 m2 on the plant’s roof starts generating electricity. Today it meets about 20% of our energy requirements.

At our headquarters we open the first Emporio, the store format we have designed which becomes so successful that many start replicating it in other large Italian cities.

On 29 May, Gian Franco, the grandchild of the founder Giovanni, receives from the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano the title of “Cavaliere al Merito del Lavoro”, or Order of Merit for Labor just like his father Carlo did in 1983.

New times, new entries: Carlo, in 2002, and Claudia, in 2005, the son and daughter of Gian Franco and great grandchildren to Giovanni, the founder, join the company.

Always with an eye to the future, we are one of the first companies in Italy to believe in the Web, creating our website www.oliocarli.it.   

The company addition is Lucio, the son of Marcello who in turn is the cousin of the company’s founder Giovanni.

On 9 July, Carlo, the son of the company’s founder Giovanni, receives from the Italian President Sandro Pertini the title of “Cavaliere al Merito del Lavoro”, or Order of Merit for Labor.

Gian Franco, the son of Carlo and the grandson of the company’s founder Giovanni, joins the company.

On 20th of July, the beautiful new headquarters are ready and all of our departments move to the renovated and modernized area.

From this year onwards, the Chemical Analysis Laboratory hosted at our plant since 1925 is put in charge of issuing the Food Warranty Certificate we put on each product item.

An important milestone: to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary, we send all of our clients a special Carli Recipe Book.

The famous poster designer Cappadonia creates the Olio Carli logo that will progressively become the distinctive trademark of our best-selling product.

In February we are again open for business and we send our new, first post-war price list to the list of clients we had jealously treasured throughout the war.

Two days before Christmas, Imperia is bombarded and our headquarters receive a hit that completely destroys our oil production plant.

After the fifth consecutive supply of Olio Carli olive oil, H.R.H. Vittorio Emanuele III grants us the warrant as Official Suppliers to the Royal Family.

The plant in Via degli Orti is too small, so we establish a new one in via Garessio in a Liberty style building designed by the architect Rodolfo Winter.

Once again it is Plinio Codognato, inspired by a photograph of Angiola, Giovanni’s little daughter, who creates the trademark, the famous ‘little girl with demijohn’ image.

The pen of the famous poster designer Plinio Codognato creates the Fratelli Carli logotype that will identify our company for the next 87 years.

The family’s printing works are a major asset. We print out our first price list so as to keep in contact with our new clientele.