Kappa (company)

Kappa

Type	Private
Industry	Sports equipment
Founded	1916
Headquarters	Turin, Italy
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Marco Daniele Boglione (Chairman) Daniela Ovazza (Deputy Chairman)
Products	Sportswear, clothing, Footwear
Revenue	€103,169,000
Parent	BasicNet S.p.A.
Website	www.kappa.com

Kappa is an Italian company specialized at the manufacture of sporting clothes and accessories, that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1916 in Turin.

Logo

Soccer player Kevin Mensah in Viborg FF-jersey from Kappa. (Photo: Lars Schmidt)

Known as Omini, is a silhouette of a man (left) and woman (right) sitting back to back in the nude. It was created in 1969 by mere accident. After a photo shoot for a bathing suit advertisement, a man and a woman were sitting back-to-back, naked, with the outlines of their bodies traced by the back lighting. The photographers knew they had something, and the idea grew into what is now the logo for Robe di Kappa, or the Kappa brand, which was later attributed to the active and sportswear. Symbolizes the mutual support between man and woman, and their completion.

Company structure

Kappa and its sister brands (Robe di Kappa, K-Way, Superga, AnziBesson, Lanzera and Jesus Jeans) are owned by the holding company BasicNet and by JJ Robison.

Kappa is a corporate sponsor of world football; their boots are worn on many pitches by footballers throughout the world. The company also is the current kit supplier for the Italy national rugby union team.

Sponsorships

Formula One

• / Marussia Virgin Racing

Football

National teams

• Bulgaria
• Jamaica

Club teams

Africa

• JSM Béjaïa
• Black Leopards FC
• Sfaxien

Americas

Acassuso Aldosivi Banfield Cipoletti Desamparados Ferro Carril Oeste Huracán Independiente Rivadavia Nueva Chicago Sarmiento de Junín Tigre

Tiro Federal Unión de Sunchales Bolivar (from January 2012) Águia de Marabá CSA Estacio de Sá Rio Branco União Deportes Temuco Deportivo Pereira

Deportivo Guamúchil F.C. Puebla FC Deportivo América Arabe Unido Atletico Veraguense Brujas Olimpia Wanderers

Asia

Phnom Penh Crown FC Dalian Aerbin Tuen Mun Progoal JEF United Tokyo Verdy Consadole Sapporo Pohang Steelers

Al Shabab Al Arabi Club Tadamon Sour Hà Nội T&T F.C. Selangor FA PKNS FC Felda United FC Home United

Bangkok Chainat Kalasin Rajnavy Ranong Thai Honda

Europe

FC Shirak FK Qarabağ Sumgayit City F.C. Simurq PFC CSKA Sofia (Since the 2011/12 season). Dunav Ruse (Since the 2011/12 season). MEAP Nisou Omonia Aradippou Onisilos Sotiras Fulham F.C. Portsmouth F.C. Wycombe Wanderers F.C. FC Honka Toulouse FC (Since the 2011/2012 season). SC Bastia (Since the 2011/2012 season).

Clermont Foot Amien SC Stade de Reims F.C. Copenhagen Viborg BK Søllerød-Vedbæk Borussia Dortmund (Until the 2011/2012 season). Cagliari (Since the 2011/2012 season). Roma Sampdoria Siena Torino Città di Marino Hapoel Tel Aviv (Since the 2011/2012 season).

Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Since the 2011/2012 season). Skonto Riga FK Sutjeska Nikšić Utrecht Brann Otopeni FC Krasnodar FK Napredak Kruševac FK Vojvodina (Since the 2011/2012 season). Sporting Gijón (Since the 2011/2012 season). Valladolid Boavista (since 2011/2012 season). Hammarby IF

Basketball

National Teams

• Montenegro

Clubs

• Angelico Biella
• Virtus Roma
• KK Partizan mt:s

Field hockey

• Club Banco Provincia de Buenos Aires

Indoor Football

• Argentina National Showbol Team

Rugby Union

National teams

• Italy (Until 30 June 2011).
• Korea
• Uruguay
• Congo D.R.

Club teams

• Los Matreros
• Racing Métro 92 Paris
• CA Brive
• Aviron Bayonnais

Volleyball

Club teams

• AS Gabeca Pallavolo (Since 2010/2011 season).

Skiing

• Italian national team (Since 2011/2012 season).

See also

• Fila
• Lotto
• Diadora
• Erreà
• Mudflap girl – other iconic reclining silhouette

External links

• Official site
• BasicNet site