Simod

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Simod is an Italian sportswear manufacturer, based in Piove di Sacco. The company specialises in sports footwear, such as training shoes, running shoes and football boots, although they also design casual footwear not intended for use in sport. [1]

The company was founded by Paolo Sinigaglia in 1967 [2] when he was just over twenty years old, borrowing the first machines for gluing shoe soles. [3]

Simod sponsored the English Full Members Cup professional football competition from 1987 to 1989, during which time the competition was known as the Simod Cup. [4]

In 2015, Simod was declared bankrupt due to a debt of €50 million. [5]

Minardi Formula One (1985–1993)

Amongst other sponsorships, they were a named sponsor of the Italian Minardi Formula 1 team [5] for a number of years during the 1980s.

1985 vintage Minardi M185 driven by Rodrigo Gallego at a Thoroughbred Grand Prix event at Brands Hatch in September 2005 2005 Brands Hatch A1GP 25 Sept Rodrigo Gallego Minardi F1 185.jpg
1985 vintage Minardi M185 driven by Rodrigo Gallego at a Thoroughbred Grand Prix event at Brands Hatch in September 2005

References

  1. ↑ "SIMOD United Kingdom Trademark Brand Information - Simod S.p.A." www.trademarkia.com. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Paolo Sinigaglia (Simod) processato per evasione fiscale". La Conceria (in Italian). 10 October 2014. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Addio a Sinigaglia, il Veneto perde il suo ultimo cowboy". Il Mattino di Padova (in Italian). 28 September 2017. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
  4. ↑ Proudlove, Dave (2022-07-24). "Remembering the Full Members Cup, the Simod Cup and the Zenith Data Systems Cup". Football Bloody Hell. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  5. 1 2 "Morto Sinigaglia, protagonista degli anni d'oro del Nordest". Il Gazzettino (in Italian). 28 September 2017. Retrieved 2025-11-17.


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