Traded as BIT: IIG Products Eyewear and Sunglasses Total assets €47,634,619 (2014) Founded 2008 | Industry Holding company Net income €581,248 (2014) Headquarters Italy | |
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Type S.p.A
(Public Limited Company) Stock price IIG (BIT) € 4.47 +0.15 (+3.43%)16 Mar, 4:55 PM GMT+1 - Disclaimer Founders Lapo Elkann, Andrea Tessitore, Giovanni Accongiagioco | ||
Italia Independent Group is an Italian company that produces and distributes eyewear and sunglasses. The group is also active in the field of communication through the agency Independent Ideas.
History
The brand Italia Independent was founded in 2007 on the initiative of members Lapo Elkann, Andrea Tessitore and Giovanni Accongiagioco.
With the promotion and the launch of the first model of sunglasses made entirely of carbon fiber, handmade in Italy and presented at the Pitti Uomo in Florence. In the same year, the three founders of the company created the agency Independent Ideas.
In 2008, Italia Independent Group was founded, the holding company of the various business activities in the eyewear, design and communication. On 28 June 2013, Italia Independent Group was listed on the AIM segment of the Italian Stock Exchange, the market for tiny-sized Italian companies, with code IIG.
The company sells its products in about 70 countries, operating through brand stores, subsidiaries, agents, and through a network of distributors.