I am looking for the contact (email, phone, fax) of a company called
'Gicar' in Italy, who is the manufacturer of Espresso machine parts
(Control electronics, flow meters etc.) commonly used in many Espresso
machines from Italy.

Hi there,  
 
Our search returned the following results: 
 
I was unable to find a company by that name, but after conducting a
search on manufacturers of coffee machine parts (thanks to the tip
from galahad) I found a company named Grimac that makes many of the
same types of products. They are on the web at:
&lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.grimac.it/ing/index-en.htm">http://www.grimac.it/ing/index-en.htm</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="http://www.grimac.it/ing/index-en.htm">http://www.grimac.it/ing/index-en.htm</a>&lt;/a&gt; 
 
For more information on company history please visit: 
&lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.grimac.it/ing/azienda-en.htm">http://www.grimac.it/ing/azienda-en.htm</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="http://www.grimac.it/ing/azienda-en.htm">http://www.grimac.it/ing/azienda-en.htm</a>&lt;/a&gt; 
 
For a map of the numerous worldwide locations Grimac operates, go to: 
&lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.grimac.it/ing/mappa-en.htm">http://www.grimac.it/ing/mappa-en.htm</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="http://www.grimac.it/ing/mappa-en.htm">http://www.grimac.it/ing/mappa-en.htm</a>&lt;/a&gt; 
 
To sign up for the Grimac newsletter go to: 
&lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.grimac.it/ing/novita-en.htm">http://www.grimac.it/ing/novita-en.htm</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="http://www.grimac.it/ing/novita-en.htm">http://www.grimac.it/ing/novita-en.htm</a>&lt;/a&gt; 
 
If you are looking for a specific part, they request that you complete
the form located here:
&lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.grimac.it/ing/contatti-en.htm">http://www.grimac.it/ing/contatti-en.htm</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="http://www.grimac.it/ing/contatti-en.htm">http://www.grimac.it/ing/contatti-en.htm</a>&lt;/a&gt; 
 
Here is the contact information: 
  
Address: 
 
Grimac srl  
via Morazzo, 2  
40069 Zola Predosa - Bologna Italy   
 
Phone/Fax: 
 
Ph. +39 051 755 668 - Fax +39 051 750 789  
 
Web: 
e-mail: info@grimac.net  
&lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://www.grimac.net">http://www.grimac.net</a>&quot;&gt;<a href="http://www.grimac.net">www.grimac.net</a>&lt;/a&gt;  
  
Hope this helps! 
 
answerguru  

Hi There,

I received an answer to my following question : Question ID: 8104
and mistakenly accepted it by rating it with one star, not knowing
that
this will accept the answer as being satisfied and charge me for the
answer fee.

I AM NOT SATISFIED with the answer, as I so wrote in the comment
rating,
this is simply not at all what I was looking for, it is an entierly
different company.
I thought that by giving it one star I will be rejecting it as an 
incorrect answer.

I would like to cancel the answer fee, and keep the question open
(re-post) again up

to its expiration date for someone to come up with the CORRECT answer.

Thx,

- Leor

Thx a lot for your help and effort.
However, this is just NOT IT.
There is for sure a company called Gicar and that's the company I am
looking for, and not grimac.
Thx anyhow, appreciate it.
- Leor

I have found in the Italian Yellow Pages ( http://www.paginegialle.it/
) several entries for Gicar, SRL. The following entry is listed in the
categories for mechanical equipment manufacturing and for Instruments
for measure, control and regulation (nb: my loose translation of the
Italian: Categoria » Automazione e robotica - apparecchiature e
componenti, Categoria » Strumenti per misura, controllo e regolazione
)

Gicar, SRL
23807 Merate (LC) - VIA COMO 20
tel: +39 (0) 39 9906035  

Note that another entry is listed under  the category of supermarkets
and department stores (Categoria » Supermercati, grandi magazzini e
centri commerciali):

Gicar, SRL
80069 Vico Equense (NA) - VIA NICOTERA 34
tel: +39 (0) 81 8015234  
 
Neither have Web sites, email or fax listed (options available on
other entries).

To: waggawa-ga 

You got it!
It was the first one:
Gicar, SRL 
23807 Merate (LC) - VIA COMO 20 
tel: +39 (0) 39 9906035   

Thx a lot,
- Leor

Hi leorw,
I'm italian and I've tried a research on our yellow pages
(www.paginegialle.it, it's in english too) on the main industrial
areas in italy looking for Gicar. I found many "gicar" but no one in
the manufacturing area. Searching on Google I've found very few pages
reporting this name, all of them from american websites. This result
made me think of a typo error, or of a very old name, no more used
(Gicar results in the part list of a 1901 coffee machine...) .
So I searched for producers of espresso machine parts, and I found
Grimac.
The name is quite similar, they exist since 30 years and have
worldwide diffusion.  They're specialized in Coffee machine parts and
provide parts to the following companies
AURORA
ASTORIA
BIANCHI	
BEZZERA
BRASILIA	
CARIMALI
CIMBALI	
ETERNA
FAEMA	
FUTURMAT
GAGGIA	
GAGGIA BABY
MARZOCCO	
MULTICA 
CONTI
PAVONI	
RANCILIO
SAN MARCO	
SIMONELLI
SPAZIALE	
UNIC
VIBIEMME	
WEGA 

Their full address is:
Grimac srl
via Morazzo, 2
40069 Zola Predosa - Bologna Italy 

Ph. +39 051 755 668 - Fax +39 051 750 789
e-mail: info@grimac.net
www.grimac.net


I hope they can be the ones you're looking for...

Have a nice day,

Galahad

I have good news and bad news.  The "bad" news is that I wasn't able
to find a direct contact for Gicar Electronics--it doesn't look like
they have a web presence, and I couldn't see anywhere else that
published that info.
     The good news, though, is that I acknowledge that such a company
exists! =)  And I think I found what is likely the next best thing, or
at least a continuation on your search.  I assume you want to get in
contact with them so that you can get parts for your espresso machine.
 If that's the case, check out
http://www.farmingtoneng.com/htms/parts.htm
     From their web site:
     "Farmington Engineering is the North American distributor for
several Italian original equipment component manufacturers for coffee
machines.
     "We have an expansive inventory of solenoid valves, pressure
switches, pumps, motors, and electric controls.
     "We also stock Fluid-o-Tech rotary vane and oscillating piston
pumps and Gicar level regulators, probes and electronic control boards
for various espresso and cappuccino machines. Please call for more
Information regarding other available parts."
     Check out the link for the "Product Selection Guide" to see some
of the parts they stock, including Gicar "level regulators," "flow
meters," "probes," and more.  They're in Connecticut, and ship
overnight.  You could be sipping new and improved espresso by tomorrow
evening. =)
     Hopefully this is more on target with what you were looking for!

Gicar is actually listed on many sites. Try searching the terms 
"gicar Italy OR Italia" 
or 
"gicar espresso"

Leorw.. Unlike the other researchers,, I HAVE found the exact listing
that you have been looking for on Gicar, and YES they do have a small
web site listing.. I have applied to become a researcher and will
provide the information for you when I am approved..Hang in there
buddy........