Harpers and Company vs Kartell

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Harpers and Company is the older of the two, founded in 1856 — 93 years before Kartell.

Founded: 1856; 1949
Status: Closed 1931; Active
Headquarters: Aberdeen, United Kingdom; Milan, Italy
Industry: industrial manufacturing; industrial manufacturing
Founders: John Harper, Hugh Harper, Peter Harper; Giulio Castelli
Legal form: Not recorded; joint-stock company
Website: Not recorded; kartell.it

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Harpers and Company and Kartell.