Private company

Carello

Automotive lighting brand

Carello Lighting is an automotive lighting brand, and a former Italian independent company. The company made automotive lights, and Windscreen wipers.2 It is part of Magneti Marelli.1 It ceased to exist in 1987.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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1989 Maserati Biturbo Spyder i convertible (26950140835)
Photo: Jeremy from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Carello Lighting is an automotive lighting brand, and a former Italian independent company.2

Corporate structure

Carello is part of a group headed by Magneti Marelli. 9 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The foundation of the original company was in Turin in 1876. Carello S.p.A. (a joint-stock company) was formed in 1912.

Massimo Carello became Managing Director of the Carello Group in 1980, great-grandson of the founder. The company was also known as Fausto Carello.

Carello Lighting plc (02137398) was founded in the UK. Magneti Marelli bought Carello in 1998.

From Wikipedia’s article on Carello Lighting, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1987Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1876Founded Founded1

Sources

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