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The Soul of Cycling since 1919. In 1919, as Europe emerged from the ashes of the Great War, a twenty-seven year old Angelo Luigi ‘A.L.’ Colombo signed the lease on a small factory and so began the production of steel tubes.
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Sep 24, 2019 · In 1919, Milan-based industrialist Angelo Luigi Colombo founded an eponymous metallurgy, which quickly achieved preeminence in crafting thin, strong steel tubes with highly durable chrome...
The story of the most famous steel tubes in the history of cycling began in 1919 when Angelo Luigi Colombo founded his steel mill with the ambition to “to do business in iron and steel and make a fair and honest profit". In the 1930s Colombo created the name Columbus for cycling specific tubes: producing.
Aug 23, 2019 · The story of Columbus is an important one for the history of Italian design, and one that it has been possible to preserve and reconstruct thanks to the meritorious efforts of Antonio Colombo, Angelo Luigi’s son.
Following Breuer’s suggestion, Angelo Luigi Colombo signs an agreement to realize exclusively and to produce under licence, with its Columbus brand, the furniture for Breuer and other architects of the Bauhaus and of the Swiss-German school, such as Flora Steiger and Werner Moser.
The third and last exhibition investigates the deep relationship among Columbus, Cinelli, bicycles and art. The exhibition Flessibili splendori: Columbus and the tubular furniture, opens on Wednesday, September 25th at 6.30 p.m. Set design curated by Franco Raggi.
Today is a de facto Italian-American pride day as Italian communities across the United States wave Il Tricolore in honor of Angelo Luigi Colombo, the founder of Columbus Tubing. Colombo began selling his steel tubing in 1919 near Milan, Italy.
