| Balconi Dolciaria | |
| Industry: | Food processing |
| Foundation: | Milan, Italy, 1953 |
| Founder: | Michele Balconi |
| Location City: | Milan |
| Location Country: | Italy |
| Products: | Spongecake |
| Num Employees: | 12,000 |
| Homepage: | balconidolciaria.it |
Balconi Dolciaria is a large Italian company specialized in the production of cakes made with sponge cake. Founded in 1953 as a simple artisanal pastry shop, created by pastry chef Michele Balconi, Balconi has a factory which covers an area of 20,000 square meters, employs 12,000 people and over 5,000,000 products are produced daily.
In June 2015, Valeo Foods purchased the company, 80% of which was owned by Clessidra, an Italian private equity house, and the remaining 20% from the Balconi family.[1] [2]