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created, in Como, the Foundation bearing his name. The Foundation
is fully dedicated to cultural and historical research in the world of textiles (a collection of ancient fabrics, themed exhibitions and fora), and to the promotion of the most talented visual artists.
On the back of this initiative Antonio Ratti decided, in 1995, to finance, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, a centre set up to conserve, restore and catalogue the textile collections owned by the museum. And so the Antonio Ratti Textile Center was established – it is, today, one of the most significant centres
open to the public inside an art gallery. It is perfectly equipped for research and for the conservation
of fabrics. November 1998 saw
the opening of the Museo Tessile (textile museum) of the Antonio Ratti Foundation – subsequently renamed Museo Studio del Tessuto.
This museum houses the collection
of antique fabrics that he collected with passion and foresight throughout the whole of his life.
The collection is now looked after, with the same passion,
by his daughter Annie Ratti.
2018 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT | RATTI GROUP
Beauty provides an infinite source of creative stimuli that recount
a freedom
of expression that avoids banality and overcomes preconceptions
its revenues in research and development to plan new collections, implement new processes, and fine-tune increasingly innovative techniques. The company has made its experience available in the creation of private label textile product lines, thanks to its archive of over 600,000 designs and fabrics that are a source of inspiration, from the choice of a product through to its creation.
Processes and Advanced Manufacturing, this relates to the development of projects that involve both internal processes as well as manufacturing and external processes, whether upstream or downstream of the current industrial perimeter. In such an environment Ratti’s production process is subject to the requests and changes required by the “Advanced Manufacturing” model (better known
by the name “Industria 4.0”), which marks the transition from automated manufacturing to digital and intelligent manufacturing.
1.3. The Ratti Group today
The Ratti Group’s activities
The Ratti Group is a leader in the creation and manufacture of printed, plain and yarn-dyed fabrics for clothing, ties, shirts, beachwear, underwear and furnishings.
Worldwide, it produces and distributes hemmed products, in particular accessories for men and women such as ties, shoes and scarves.
With a heritage that is closely linked to the manufacturing of silk, over time Ratti has perfected its workmanship with different natural
“Antonio Ratti was not a typical collector
of contemporary art. Instead of possessing it, he wanted to live it himself”
Lorenzo Benedetti
fibres, composite fibres and technical fibres. Ratti manages and controls the full supply chain: from the creative phase, including the fabric design and production planning, to ennoblement processes (weaving, dyeing, printing and finishing) and hemming.
The company works with leading global luxury and prêt-à-porter fashion houses. Apart from Italy and Europe in general, the main markets served are America and Japan. Ratti customers from the fashion, luxury, fast fashion and furnishing sectors purchase textile accessories that are finished or still fabrics so they can proceed to hemming finished products (clothing or furnishings) that can be launched on the consumer market. For the licensing segment, belonging to Area Ratti Studio (cases in which Ratti – as the licensor – produces and sells textile accessories which carry a specific brand), customers are retailers.
Its annual production exceeds five million metres of fabric, while exports account for approximately 63% of total turnover.
109.6
million invoiced in 2018
5+
million metres of fabric sold
1+
million of finished garments sold
799
employees in
the various offices
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