Cirio S.p.A. (''Cirio Società per Azioni'') is a major
Italian
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food
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company.
It was founded in 1856 in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
,
Italy
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.
They also sponsored
S.S.C. Napoli
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in 1982–83 and 1984–85 season and
S.S. Lazio from 1996 to 2000.
See also
*
List of Italian companies
Italy is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe with the third largest nominal GDP in the Eurozone and the eighth largest in the world. As an advanced economy the country also has the sixth worldwide national wealth and it is ranked third fo ...
External links
Official Web Site
References
Food and drink companies of Italy
Companies based in Turin
Privately held companies of Italy
Food and drink companies established in 1856
Italian companies established in 1856
Italian brands
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