Gigi Rodate

Luigi "Gigi" Crugnola was born in 1934, the same year that Giorgio Rovera founded a company bearing his name in Varese, together with his partners Angelo and Adele Bianchi, who were Luigi Crugnola’s uncle and mother respectively. For 30 years, the company produced pipes of strictly classical design, with models in line with the most prestigious English series, largely exported to America and other parts of the world. Gigi took over the company in 1964 following the death of Angelo Bianchi, immediately changing the name to his own nickname, Gigi.