Marcolin S.p.A. | Introduction
Introduction
32913 Longarone (BL)
Località Villanova, 4
Italy
Telephone: +39 437 777111
Fax: +39 437 777282
Web site: http://www.marcolin.com
Public Company
Incorporated: 1961
Employees: 1,200
Sales: $174.9 million (2002)
Stock Exchanges: Milan
Ticker Symbol: MCL
NAIC: 339115 Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing
Marcolin S.p.A. manufactures more than six million fashion sunglasses and optical frames a year at two factories in Italy. In addition, it produces ski goggles and sports eyewear through its subsidiary Cébé at two plants in France. For the first several decades of its existence, the company produced optical frames only. But with the emergence of sunglasses as a popular fashion accessory in the 1990s, Marcolin began making sunglasses for leading international fashion houses. The company now has licenses to produce frames under more than a dozen different brand names, including Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, Montblanc, Mossimo, and North Face. Marcolin's designers work with each fashion house to retain the distinctive look and individual identity of the brand. In addition, Marcolin produces and markets sunglasses and optical frames under its own house brand. The company has several subsidiaries that handle distribution in Europe, as well as a U.S. subsidiary and branches in Brazil and Hong Kong. Members of the Marcolin family are executives at the company and the largest shareholders.