U.S. subsidiary of Italian auto parts manufacturer SPAL investing $35M in Ankeny factory
An Italian auto parts manufacturer with a distribution center and offices in Ankeny will invest $35 million to build a new U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility there, more than doubling its workforce. Headquartered in Correggio, Italy, SPAL Automotive designs and manufactures high-performance fans, centrifugal blowers and fluid pumps for ca...
Certified Piedmontese Beef Opens On-Site Smokehouse to Meet Growing Demand
Certified Piedmontese Beef, a leading producer of high quality Italian Heritage Piedmontese beef, has announced the opening of their new on-site smokehouse. This move is in response to the growing demand for ready-to-eat foods in retail, direct-to-consumer, and food service markets. The smokehouse will feature their own line of smoked beef sausages...
ICC Is Hiring an Administrative Assistant! We Want you on our Team
The Italian Cultural Center in Minneapolis is seeking an Administrative Assistant to help ensure that the office operates smoothly and efficiently. The Administrative Assistant works independently performing a range of administrative and support duties. This is a non-exempt part-time position hourly paid, typically averaging 12 hours bi-weekly, rep...
Gucci Opens Their First Ever Denver Location at Cherry Creek Shopping Center
Gucci is one of the most renowned luxury brands in the world and they opened their first ever Denver location in Cherry Creek Shopping Center. Their new location is their first directly owned and operated boutique in Denver. Founded in Florence, Italy, in 1921, Gucci has been producing some of the world’s finest goods for over hundreds of years....
Giovanni Ruscitti on How Italian Immigrants Built Success
This week on JobMakers, host Denzil Mohammed talks with Giovanni Ruscitti, son of immigrants from Italy; founding partner at the law firm of Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti in Boulder, Colorado; and author of the just-released Cobblestones, Conversations and Corks: A Son’s Discovery of His Italian Heritage. Giovanni shares his family story, of his gra...
St. Louis-based pet nutrition company merges with Italian pet food brand
Whitebridge Pet Brands, a St. Louis-based manufacturer of pet foods, treats and supplements, has merged with an Italian pet food brand that's a sibling under its new European owner.Whitebridge, whose products include Tiki Pets brand cat and dog food, has completed a merger with Agras Pet Foods, the Genoa, Italy-based maker of Schesir brand pet food...
This Southern Colorado Distillery Is Reviving A Colorado Family’s Storied Past
Nick Chambers grew up hearing stories about his Italian family’s history—how his great-grandfather, Anthony Carbone, journeyed from Italy to America as a pre-teen and in 1903, founded a successful Denver business importing and selling wine, pasta, olive oil, and other essentials. But it wasn’t until later—much later, when Chambers was in his early...
Ferrari Dealership Opens in Golden Valley
After years of trying to lure arguably the most iconic automobile brand in the world, the Carousel Motor Group (CMG) officially opened a Ferrari dealership on Sept. 9. The dealership, called Twin Cities Performance, is located southeast of Highway 169 and Interstate 394 in Golden Valley. Carousel Motor Group, the automotive division of the Pohlad C...
Ducati Opens Newest North American Showroom With Colorado Dealership Event
Premier Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati has opened its newest North American dealership with a showroom and service center in Fort Collins, Colorado. Local VIPs, business leaders, and Ducati enthusiasts were in attendance for a ribbon-cutting ceremony this past Friday, which also included an appearance by Ducati North America CEO Jason Chinn...
Carl Musso honored for 5 decades of farming, legacy with Pueblo County proclamation
Henry “Carl” Musso, the patriarch of the Pueblo County farming family and one of the pioneers of the iconic roasted Pueblo chile, was laying in a Denver hospital room 11 years ago and told he was dying. It was prostate cancer — they caught it late and it metastasized into his femur — and his doctors told him he probably wouldn’t leave that room ali...
Minnesota's first Ferrari dealership opening in Twin Cities this month
Minnesota is getting its first Ferrari dealership. The Pohlad family's Carousel Motor Group is opening a dealership for the luxury sportscar brand in Golden Valley sometime this month, a news release says. The new Twin Cities Performance dealership is one of 45 Ferrari dealerships in the United States, with the next closest being in Chicago. "We a...
Volpi Foods' President Lorenza Pasetti Discusses Founding Story and Company Evolution
In founding a company, we sometimes find a community. When Giovanni Volpi, an immigrant with expertise in dry-curing Italian meat, began his company in 1902, he found a community of other Italian immigrants in search of familiar eating experiences. That community has now grown to include a wide array of American consumers, and Volpi’s family values...