Cristina Rubinetterie

Founded in Gozzano, in northern Italy, in 1949 by Ezio Cristina, CRISTINA Rubinetterie makes bathroom and kitchen fittings. His sons Alberto and Riccardo moved the company to industrial-scale production, and a run of firsts followed: the thermostatic mixer reached Europe in 1968, the single-lever mixer arrived in the 1980s, cartridges were brought in-house in 1994 and a stainless steel division opened in 2003.

Four production sites in the Novara area cover 35,000 square metres and employ more than 250 people; exports account for over 60 percent of turnover in more than 60 countries. SILFRA, a specialist in electronic and time-controlled taps, joined at the end of the 1980s, and in 2017 the brand entered the Caleffi Group and opened a Milan showroom. CRISTINA is a member of Green Building Council Italia.