| Kappa | |
| Type: | Private subsidiary |
| Founder: | Marco Boglione |
| Location City: | Turin |
| Location Country: | Italy |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Industry: | Sports equipment Textile |
| Products: | Clothing Footwear Sportswear |
| Revenue: | €284 million (2019)[1] |
| Parent: | BasicNet S.p.A. |
| Website: | kappa.com |
Kappa is an Italian sportswear brand founded in Turin, Piedmont, Italy[2] in 1978 by Marco Boglione, as a sportswear branch of the already existing "Robe di Kappa".[3]
Maglificio Calzificio Torinese (MCT) is a sock and underwear company from Turin established in 1916. It had a production problem with its Aquila brand in 1956. When the problem was fixed, all the new products were stamped with a K, standing for German Kontrolle. Sales surged and in 1967 the K line was formally called Kappa, the Greek letter for K.[4] [5]