Giovanola

Giovanola
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1888
Founder	Joseph Giovanola
Defunct	2004
Fate	Bankrupt
Headquarters	Monthey, Switzerland
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Amusement rides, roller coasters

Giovanola Frères SA was a prominent steel manufacturing company based in Monthey, Switzerland. It was known for building electrical power stations, water storage tanks, pipelines, boilers, highway bridges, submarines, ski lifts and many other steel products. The company started out as a small metal forging shop, founded by Joseph Giovanola in 1888. Joseph Sr. died in 1904, and the company was taken over by his sons, the eldest of which, Joseph Jr., was just 17 years of age. By 1930 the company had grown to the point that it required a new factory which was constructed in Monthey.^[1]

Giovanola built several submarines: the Auguste Piccard, the Ben Franklin and the F.-A. Forel.^[2]

^ "L'histoire de l'entreprise "Giovanola"" (in French). Retrieved May 8, 2020.
^ Dubuis, Etienne (10 June 2011). "A la découverte du Léman". Le Temps (in French). Geneva. Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

[gessimo-gio-1] "L'histoire de l'entreprise "Giovanola"" (in French). Retrieved May 8, 2020.

[2] Dubuis, Etienne (10 June 2011). "A la découverte du Léman". Le Temps (in French). Geneva. Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2014-11-01.

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