Artsana

Artsana Group
Joint-stock company
Industry Pharmaceuticals
Founded 1946
Headquarters Grandate, Italy, Italy
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Michele Catelli, President
Products infant care products healthcare products
Brands Chicco, Prénatal, Pic Solution, Lycia, Control
Revenue 1,206 million Euros (2013)
Website www.artsana.com

Artsana Group is an Italian company that was founded in 1946 by Pietro Catelli as a commercial business specialised in venipuncture and medication, and is still active today in the distribution of healthcare and infant care products.[1]

Since 1958, it has produced infant care products under the Chicco brand.

Other products include Pic Solution hypodermic syringes, and Control prophylactics. Another brand that belongs to the Group is Prénatal (acquired in 1996).

Artsana Group is present in the principle countries of the world, often with companies set up locally.

Distribution policy

The headquarters are in Grandate (Como), Italy, where the main manufacturing plants are located. Artsana Group has 21 branches (12 in Europe) that are active throughout the world. There are six production units present in the European Union territory.

Taking into account all of the dealerships and distributors, the Artsana Group trades its brand in over 100 countries, while the points of sales, direct and franchising, for Chicco and Prénatal total approximately 400.

There are two business areas for the Group, Baby and Health Care, which gave a return of 87% and 13% respectively out of the 1,421 million Euros in turnover registered in 2015.

Sponsorships

In 2012, the Artsana Group launched its Corporate Social Responsibility project under the PiC Solution brand. “Help with Pic.[2][3][4][5]"

In Italy Chicco supports Ai.Bi. Association – Amici dei Bambini - through "Seeds of Happiness for special children"[6][7][8] project and on an international level, since 2013, the Mission Bambini Foundation has gotten the main branches of the Group (F – UK – B – CH – D – AR – RU – USA – ES ) involved in the “Happiness goes from heart to heart” project.

Area served

As a tribute to its founder, Cavaliere del Lavoro Pietro Catelli, the company has sponsored the establishment of:

  • a nursery school, il Villaggio dei Bambini, for children of Artsana employees in Grandate and in surrounding municipalities;
  • a preschool, Filomena Saldarini Catelli;
  • the Toy Horse Museum;
  • a nursery school for children of employees at St Anna's Hospital in Como.

References

  1. ↑ "La Storia". www.artsana.it. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Fundraising per le mamme africane". Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  3. ↑ "Lights on Africa". cultura.comune.como.it. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  4. ↑ "Lights on Africa a Como Caffe' con Catelli ed Ambrosoli (FOTO E VIDEO) - CiaoComo". Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  5. ↑ ""Lights on Africa", garantiti oltre mille parti sicuri alle mamme di Kalongo". Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  6. ↑ "Chicco di Felicità 2015". Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  7. ↑ "Un chicco di felicità per i bambini". Style.it. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  8. ↑ "Chicco di felicità 2015 in favore di Ai.Bi". Retrieved 2015-09-28.


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