CO.FE.MO. de P. Moreschi & Figli is the original corporate name behind COFEMO Industrie srl, an Italian manufacturer of aluminum die-cast components, bases, and mechanisms for office seating. The company was founded in 1958 by the Moreschi family in Castegnato, near Brescia, and today operates under the COFEMO brand.[1][2]
Design and History
COFEMO is an acronym derived from the company’s full legal name, CO.FE.MO., which stands for the Italian phrase associated with the Moreschi family business. The company’s own history pages consistently refer to the brand as COFEMO, established in 1958 from the vision of the Moreschi family.[1][2]
The company’s early specialization was in aluminum die-casting, which later evolved into the production of chair bases, ergonomic mechanisms, armrests, backrests, and seats for office furniture.[2] The current COFEMO wordmark appears on the company’s official website and marketing materials, though no documented redesign history or designer attribution for the current mark has been published by the company itself.[3]
While some online sources have attributed a 1967 logo design to a graphic designer named Pietro Amadei, this claim could not be verified through the company’s official communications, trademark registrations, or reliable design-history sources. Pietro Amadei is documented as the designer of the Radio Parma and Parma AC logos in the 1970s, but no verifiable connection between Amadei and COFEMO was found in the research.[4]
Meaning and Symbolism
The COFEMO name functions as a condensed form of the company’s legal identity, CO.FE.MO. Industrie S.r.l., which is registered at Via Cavezzo 26 in Castegnato (Brescia), Italy.[5] The company describes its brand as synonymous with the manufacturing of furniture components since 1958, positioning COFEMO as a reference point for chair manufacturers and designers worldwide.[3]
No official documentation from COFEMO describing specific symbolic elements, color meanings, or typographic choices in its logo was located during research. The company’s public communications focus on product quality, ergonomics, and manufacturing expertise rather than on visual identity details.[2]
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