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Carello Lighting is an automotive lighting brand, and a former Italian independent company.
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The company made automotive lights, and Windscreen wipers.
| This article needs to be updated.(July 2023) |
Carello Lighting is an automotive lighting brand, and a former Italian independent company.
The company made automotive lights, and Windscreen wipers.
The foundation of the original company was in Turin in 1876. Carello S.p.A. (a joint-stock company) was formed in 1912.
Massimo Carello became Managing Director of the Carello Group in 1980, great-grandson of the founder. The company was also known as Fausto Carello. [1]
Carello Lighting plc (02137398) was founded in the UK. [2] Magneti Marelli bought Carello in 1998. [3]
The company had a UK factory in Cannock in Staffordshire. [4] In Italy the main factory was in Turin, with other factories in Cumiana, Campiglione-Fenile, and Anagni
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