Kappa (brand)

Kappa is an Italian sportswear brand founded in Turin, Piedmont, Italy in 1978 by Marco Boglione, as a sportswear branch of the already existing "Robe di Kappa".

History

Maglificio Calzificio Torinese 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.
The brand has been the shirt sponsor of many football teams in its history, including Juventus, AEK [Athens FC], AC Milan, and Barcelona FC, and currently sponsors teams such as OGC Nice, ACF Fiorentina Genoa FC, and Kaizer [Chiefs F.C.]