An Italian story

The Ghibli idea first took shape in the Sixties. Those were the years of Italy’s economic boom, when families started to acquire cars, TV sets, electric irons and the new household appliances - such as washing machines and vacuum cleaners - that were to revolutionalize women’s lives in the home. Appliances that needed servicing and repairs. And that was exactly what Luigi Besostri did, in Gropello Cairoli in the Province of Pavia: he mended household appliances. He knew all their “ins and outs”, but also their limitations. Luigi’s real passion was the motorcar and he liked his cars clean and shiny, so he decided to make a rugged, heavy duty vacuum cleaner that could be sold to car washes and mechanical workshops. He was a skilled mechanic and successfully produced his very first model, the “61” featuring a homemade electric motor that ran like clockwork. For over 40 years Ghibli has been working for a cleaner world. Every day, the appliances designed in the Ghibli factory in Dorno, Pavia, help professional cleaners get their job done. All over the world.