Its most well-known product is the Moka pot line of stovetop coffeemakers.

Alfonso Bialetti first acquired his metal-working skills by working for a decade in the French aluminium industry.

[1] By 1919, he had established his own metal and machine workshop in Crusinallo (in his native Piedmont) to make aluminium products: this was the foundation of the Bialetti company.

[1][2] He transformed his workshop – Alfonso Bialetti & C. Fonderia in Conchiglia – into a studio for design and production.

[7] In 2010, a study calculated that 90% of Italian families own a moka pot made by Bialetti.