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Bisazza
{{Infobox company
| name             =  Bisazza
| logo             = 
| caption          = 
| type             = Private company
| predecessor      = Vetricolor
| successor        = 
| foundation       = 1956
| founder          = Renato Bisazza
| location_city    = [[Province of Vicenza]]
| location_country = Italy
| area_served      = Worldwide
| key_people       = Piero Bisazza ([[CEO]])
| industry         = [[Glassworking]]
| products         = [[mosaic|Mosaic tiles]]
}}
'''Bisazza''' is an Italian company that makes and sells [[glass]] [[mosaic]] tiles for decorating the inside and outside of buildings.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.elledecor.it/news/Bisazza-wears-Emilio-Pucci-collezione-mosaico-rivestimenti-stampe-stilista-italiano-miami-design | title=A Miami il mosaico è di moda, Bisazza wears Emilio Pucci: la collezione che reinterpreta le stampe del celebre stilista italiano | publisher= Elle | work= | date=11 November 2014 | accessdate=21 October 2017 | author= Eugenio Cirmi | language=Italian }}</ref> The company was founded [[in 1956]]. 

== History ==
Renato Bisazza (1925-2012) founded Bisazza under the name Vetricolor in 1956 at Montecchio Maggiore near [[Vicenza]]. In 1956 [[Gualtiero Galmanini]] was the first [[architect]] to use Bisazza tiles on the outside of a building.{{fact|date=December 2017}} The company changed its name in 1989 to Bisazza SpA. Today it is a luxury brand. Besides glass tiles, the company now makes wood, cement, and stone tiles for floors. It also makes furniture for houses and hotels.<ref>{{cite web | ur(contracted; show full)onaca/17_ottobre_13/venezia-15-a6corriereveneto-web-veneto-3d8343a2-aff7-11e7-adab-e1da2087ad2a.shtml | title=Da Gaudì ai ritratti degli sceicchi, la nuova vita della fornace Orsoni | publisher= Corriere della sera, Venezia | work= | date=11 October 2017 | accessdate=21 October 2017 | author= Sara Civai | language=Italian }}</ref><ref>Bisazza SpA. [http://www.bisazza.it/en-us/corporate/our-history "Our History"]. Retrieved 7 December 2017.</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==
 External links Other websites==
* {{Official|http://www.bisazza.it}}
* [http://www.fondazionebisazza.it Bisazza Foundation]

[[Category:Italian companies]]
[[Category:Glass]]