Beauty, Design, Hairstyling?Maletti Group is leader in beauty and hairdressing salon furniture. Maletti is recognized for both its innovative products and creative interior hairdressing salon furniture.
Milestones:
1936 Guerrino Maletti, the founder of the company, started working at Milan with the production and distribution of beauty salon furniture. The first products that were branded Maletti were a hairgrip and a roller.
1951 A flourishing and synergic collaboration started with the specialist mass media.Administration was based at Sesto San Giovanni (Milan) and the factory operated out of Scandiano.
1955 Maletti decided to concentrate in the niche market of beauty salon furniture.
1957
The Maletti workshop distributed hairdresser salon furniture exclusively to dealers, creating a network that was to become a strength in its marketing strategy. The Arlecchino chair was to become the first real success of the Maletti beauty salon furniture.
1962
Guerrino and Noris, the heart of the project, presented their first range of beauty salon furniture in 1962 at the exhibition at Milan. The Franco salon at Modena was designed at the same time, one of the first in wrought ironwork. Product diversification was clearly one of the company's strengths: function and rationality on the one side, cosmetic appearance on the other.
1966
The unmistakable Maletti look evolved from Industrial Design to Interior Design. This period was marked by the hugely successful “Mastrovilli” shelf and other beauty salon furniture.
1968
Noris Maletti’s entrepreneurial spirit opened new horizons for the company which progres-sed from its beginnings as a small company and became a manufacturer on an industrial scale.
The “Ipe” chair was its first important success with an industrial product of beauty salon furniture.
1970
The brand was updated and the Design Office was enlarged, becoming the pride of the company. Professional technicians and designers were trained; these were years of magic creativity expressed in beauty salon furniture throughout Italy.
1972
The Antonio d'Ignazio: beauty salon furniture MalettiThe Alberto e Irene salon: beauty salon furniture Arch.Danae LodesanThe Arturo salon, Milano: beauty salon furniture Maletti
1973Hairdresser salon furniture became focused on Beauty-Design thanks to the studies of Edgardo, the eldest son, in architecture.
1980
The profile of these years was an image of a modern company supported by intense advertising campaigns to publicize the Maletti beauty salon furniture all over the world.
1981
The charming and strict collaboration with Takara Belmont, the Japanese-American colossus, starts at the New York Beauty Show. The technology, organisation and quality of the Maletti group grew. "Jupiter", distributed exclusively throughout Europe, was to be the team's first, huge commercial success.
1983
Modular products were designed, proposed in mock up settings the subject of constant formal research in beauty salon furniture.
1985
A solid collaboration was developped with architects Matta and Varaschin which was to become fundamental for the growth and the prestige of the Maletti hairdresser salon furniture.
1986
"Nilo", the brand created for businesses in Beauty and Wellness, came into use. Guido Maletti presented a range of technological products for the Beauty sector, and thus officially sealed Maletti's entry into this field.
1988
The Rollerball, the famous, technical and commercial success, was presented at Cosmoprof and even went on to feature on the front covers of fashion magazines.
Takara Belmont, the manufacturer of Rollerball, took part in the formation of Presence Paris along with Maletti, for the production and distribution of the Starck Collection by L'Oréal.
1989
Venice: the Maletti group towards the third Millennium in beauty salon furniture. There were only 12 years to go before 2001. At the same time, the Maletti Group would celebrate 65 years of activity and the single European Market would be established.
The push towards innovation in processes and product, supported by the idea that art and technology are inseparable, created a new company leader in beauty salon furniture. Presence Paris was formed to produce and distribute the Starck collection by L'Oréal. Who better than Philippe Starck for giving a soul to hairdresser salon furniture for Beauty?
1990
The Starck Collection by L'Oréal was presented at the Turin Exhibition Hall.
The testimonial of the new collection was the world's number one: Aldo Coppola.
Great interest is created by pieces of Phippe Starck’s new collection, a true enfant terrible of contemporary design. These pieces will be presented for the first time in the Exposition Palace in Turin, including a conference organised by L’Oréal Professionnel to discuss professional evolution of hairdresser salon furniture.
The inauguration of Maurizio Serretti's new salon will be in Pisa. A wide open space characterised by sober but fuctional furnishings. The exception being the prest-igious Starck collection by L’Oréal.
The inauguration arrives after three intense days of organised meetings with Maletti, in which design and avant-garde technology in hairdresser salon furniture was discussed.
1992
Even after Maurizio Serretti’s extremely long list of famous names, he opted for the Starck line, thanks to its versatility to furnish every type of space with excellent results: the high level of hairdresser salon furniture.
In the mean time new designers join Matetti. Architect Massimo Casolari designs a curious range of products inspired by feminine spirit which will be met with great appreciation on hairdresser salon furniture.
1993
Proposed with the Easyline trademark is Cash & Carry for the beauty salon furniture: Maxi-mum quality, minimum price. The Marlene hair dresser’s chair and All Black basin are some of the products with major success.
1994
The new PresenceParis collection by Borek Sipek is presented at the castle in Prague. It is the beginning of a lasting collaboration which broadens the designer’s image and directs it towards an artistic and more sophisticated path.
1996
Gel is presented at Cosmoprof, innovative and functional material, Worldwide exclusive by Royal Medica, Bayer patent. Architects Matta and Varaschin design a vast range of beauty salon furniture, like the much sought after Pulp Chair.
Business Class: The first professional wash basin of new generation. The most imitated by competitors.
The collaboration with Jacques Dessange begins and in the years to come will inaugurate many salons all over the world.
1999
Maletti decides to diversify not only the production but also the image. A series of publications aimed at a wide range of markets give the company an image of rationality and professionalism.
2000
In Paris it had been decided the joint participation at Berlin world championship:
L’Oréal - Takara - Maletti
Maletti presents Movie, the supertechnological line which runs fast like a movie and leaves an indellible emotion.
Designed by architects Matta and Varaschin for the L'Oréal Technical Centre in Turin.
The collaboration with Starck continues and the Classic and Modern lines are its success. Classic sobriety and modern rigour are the characteristics which distinguish them: hairdresser salon furniture.
From Paris Roberto Ostinelli pays great attention to the masterpiece's image by Starck diffused in the media and Internet.
2001
65 years of planning realised...
The new headquarters is ready for the third millenium...
actual surfac: 49,000 mq
offices: 3,300 mq
take away area
conference room: 200 seats
restaurant bar
and the third millenium is ready for “Obi Wan”
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