Garlando

Garlando is an Italian sporting-goods company based in the Alessandria area of Piedmont. Founded in 1954 by Renato Garlando in Spinetta Marengo, the business originated as a producer of wooden objects, continuing a family woodworking tradition inherited through earlier generations. Its early development was shaped by the growing popularity of table football, known in different markets as foosball or football table. Renato Garlando chose to manufacture tables for the Italian market, where the product achieved stronger-than-expected success and became the foundation of the company's identity. The company subsequently expanded beyond Italy. During the 1970s, Garlando foosball tables gained notable traction in the United States, adding an overseas dimension to the business. The company also diversified into pool tables, applying its woodworking capabilities to another cue-sports category. By the 1990s, Garlando had entered markets in North Africa and Eastern Europe and broadened its assortment to address additional customer segments. A significant organizational transition took place during the 1980s, when Giuseppe Garlando, the founder's son and the company's managing director at that time, assumed leadership alongside his brother Marino. They modernized production methods that had previously remained substantially craft-based, introducing more industrialized and standardized processes. This change helped the company respond to increasing production requirements while retaining its connection to wood-based manufacturing. In late 2002, Garlando moved from its original Spinetta Marengo premises to a larger and more modern facility in Pozzolo Formigaro, near Novi Ligure and approximately a dozen kilometers from the former site. The facility was described as covering about 10,000 square meters and incorporating machinery for both wood processing and plastic molding. The site employed more than 60 people across office and factory functions at the time described by the reference material. Garlando's product portfolio centers on recreational and competitive indoor table games: foosball tables, pool tables and table-tennis tables. Its foosball business remains particularly central to the brand's historical development, while its participation in organized sport is illustrated by the use of Garlando tables at the 2006 International Table Soccer Federation World Cup. The company therefore occupies a position between traditional Italian woodworking manufacture, home and leisure equipment, and purpose-built sporting products. Publicly available reference material does not establish a listed parent company, a stock-market listing, precise current revenue, or a current executive roster beyond the historical leadership information noted above.

Garlando was officially established in 1954 at Spinetta Marengo, a small settlement near Alessandria in northern Italy. Its founder, Renato Garlando, came from a family woodworking background and initially operated in the production of various wooden objects. The enterprise thus began as a family manufacturing activity rather than as a narrowly defined sporting-equipment specialist. The decisive early opportunity came from table football. The game had developed internationally from the early twentieth century and had reached Italy after gaining recognition in other countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain and France. Renato Garlando began producing football tables for the Italian market, where demand exceeded expectations. This success established foosball as the company's principal growth engine and encouraged the business to develop export markets. During the 1970s, Garlando's tables experienced a strong expansion in the United States. The company also used its experience with wood construction to enter pool-table manufacturing, which achieved success alongside the established foosball business. In the 1990s, it extended its commercial reach into North Africa and Eastern Europe and enlarged its product range to serve a wider variety of users and market segments. Leadership and manufacturing methods changed during the 1980s. Giuseppe Garlando, the founder's son, took the lead with his brother Marino. They reworked procedures that were still largely artisanal, moving toward industrialized and standardized production. This transition was intended to meet rising demand and production requirements while preserving the company's manufacturing base in Italy. The company made another important operational change in late 2002, when it moved from Spinetta Marengo to a modern plant at Pozzolo Formigaro, near Novi Ligure. The new premises were reported to cover approximately 10,000 square meters and included modern equipment for processing wood and molding plastic. More than 60 employees worked across the office and factory operations at the time covered by the source. Garlando's documented product categories are foosball tables, pool tables and table-tennis tables. The brand's connection with organized table football is also reflected in the use of its tables at the 2006 International Table Soccer Federation World Cup. Available reference material establishes the company's historical development, manufacturing footprint and principal markets, but does not provide sufficiently current information to confirm its present ownership structure, exact management team, financial performance or official website address.

• 2006

  Tables used at the ITSF World Cup

  [1]Garlandoen.wikipedia.org

  Garlando tables were used for the International Table Soccer Federation World Cup, linking the brand with competitive table football.

• 2002

  Move to Pozzolo Formigaro facility

  [1]Garlandoen.wikipedia.org

  In late 2002, Garlando moved from Spinetta Marengo to a larger, more modern production site near Novi Ligure.

• 1990

  Entry into North African and Eastern European markets

  [1]Garlandoen.wikipedia.org

  The company expanded its international reach into North Africa and Eastern Europe and broadened its range for additional customer segments.

• 1980

  Family leadership modernizes production

  [1]Garlandoen.wikipedia.org

  During the 1980s, Giuseppe Garlando and Marino Garlando led a shift from largely craft-based manufacturing toward more industrialized and standardized procedures.

• 1970

  Expansion of foosball sales in the United States

  [1]Garlandoen.wikipedia.org

  During the 1970s, Garlando foosball tables experienced a major increase in demand in the United States.

• 1954

  Company founded in Spinetta Marengo

  [1]Garlandoen.wikipedia.org

  Renato Garlando officially founded the company in Spinetta Marengo near Alessandria, initially continuing a family tradition of producing wooden objects.

An Italian manufacturer of indoor recreational and sporting tables, combining a long-standing woodworking heritage with standardized industrial production for domestic and international markets.

• Table soccer equipment

  Foosball tables

  Foosball tables are Garlando's historically defining product line. The company began producing them for Italy after table football gained international popularity, and the category drove early domestic growth and later export development, including strong United States demand during the 1970s. Garlando tables have also been used in organized competitive table football, including the 2006 ITSF World Cup.

• Cue-sports equipment

  Pool tables

  Garlando expanded from table football into pool tables during the period of its international growth. The product line extended the company's woodworking and table-construction expertise into cue sports and became one of the three principal categories associated with the brand.

• Table-tennis equipment

  Table-tennis tables

  Table-tennis tables form part of Garlando's broader indoor recreational and sporting-equipment range. The line reflects the company's expansion beyond foosball and pool into additional table-based leisure activities for different customer segments.

• 2002

  Relocate manufacturing operationsStrategy

  Background

  The company needed premises capable of supporting increased production and more modern manufacturing equipment.

  Action taken

  Garlando moved from Spinetta Marengo to a new facility in Pozzolo Formigaro near Novi Ligure.

  Aftermath

  The new site provided approximately 10,000 square meters and equipment for woodworking and plastic molding.

  Source

• 1980

  Industrialize manufacturing proceduresStrategy

  Background

  Rising production requirements made the company's largely artisanal working methods less suitable for continued expansion.

  Action taken

  Giuseppe and Marino Garlando renovated production procedures and introduced more standardized industrial methods.

  Aftermath

  The company developed greater manufacturing capacity while continuing to operate from Italy.

  Source

• 1954

  Enter the Italian table-football marketStrategy

  Background

  Renato Garlando identified the growing popularity of table football as an opportunity beyond the family's existing wooden-object manufacturing activity.

  Action taken

  The company began producing foosball tables for Italian customers, making table football a central business line.

  Aftermath

  The products achieved stronger-than-expected success and became the foundation for later export expansion.

  Source

1. 1Garlandoen.wikipedia.org