Porro S.P.A.

About the company

The real ability to interpret the wood that offers an incredibly wide range of coatings since 1925.Porro was founded at Brianza, the traditional birthplace of Italian quality furniture.In the heart of this region, in the town of Carime Montesolaro, Giulio and Stefano Porro brothers established the first workshops dedicated to the production of old -style furniture pieces produced for the newborn Milan bourgeoisie in 1925.The transition to the second generation of Porro family with cousin Carlo, Arturo and Silvio became a modern style in 50 years thanks to his long and successful cooperation with the architect Giulio Moscatelli, who designed the new workshop in 1955.In 60, a real transformation in a real industry needed a new productive pole opened in 1968.From the very beginning, it starts with some Italian designers such as Bruno Munari, entrusted to the design of the company logo in 1966.From him, the idea of converting two screws from above, including two Os called Porro, including the most representative working device of a tree processing company.Since the mid -eighties, when the third generation joined the company, the cousins Lorenzo, Fabio, Giovanni E Danilo Porro became the driving force of the design: since 1989, the partnership with art director Piero Lissoni began in this period.Over the years, it has designed some of the flagship products of the company, such as Ferro (1994), a sculptural product that still sells the brand's clean design perfectly.Participation in Köln Furniture Fair, Cooperation with German designers Wolfgang Tolk and Werner Aisslinger, and the introduction of the German market, the first steps of a consistent internationalization project strengthened in 90s and participation in exhibitions on the exhibitions on the 5 continents.The targets of the new millennium are to build a new warehouse of 14 thousand square meters and expand the manufacturing pole in 2000 with the opening of the first Mono brand store out of 15 in Milan.Christophe Pillet, Jean Marie Massaud, Front, Alessandro Mendini, Soda Designers, Gamfratesi's porro catalog after exterior designers: Many designs, but different sensitivities, but the ability to meet the most challenging needs.Today, Porro Industria Mobili relys on the cooperation of more than 100 employees worldwide and on 600 -year -old retailers' collaboration and constitutes 50% of export turnover.