Page 11 - Ratti Group - Sustainability report

1945
Antonio Ratti sets up “Tessitura Serica Antonio Ratti” in Como, for the creation and marketing of silk fabrics and scarves. The first headquarters are in Viale Varese
1974
The fabric line for furnishings is launched
1954
He begins his industrial activities, opening his first factory, printing silk fabrics at Bulgarograsso, in Como province
1958
The factory at Guanzate opens, with its integrated production cycle process, for manufacturing silk from yarn to finished product, through the phases of weaving, dyeing, photoengraving, printing and finishing
1968
The first major expansion of the Guanzate complex
1961 takes place
The fabric line for women’s clothing is launched
1992
1973
RATTI USA Inc. is established, with o ces in New York
2004
Ratti buys Textrom S.r.l., a company located in Romania that specialises in the printing of finished garments, knitwear and leatherwear
2011
Ratti embarks on a virtuous path of sustainable development, in economic, environmental and social terms
manufacture the precious fabric risking the death penalty prescribed by the Chinese and Japanese emperors.
to many historians of economics, represented the first seeds of Lombardy’s characteristic entrepreneurial spirit.
area. Growers of mulberry trees and producers of spinning machines became entrepreneurs in the most modern sense of the word – they were able to create
a new culture as they were the unique
custodians of a wealth of knowledge and
provided by Ludovico Sforza, Quotazione alla Borsa di Milano.
century meant that Italy, and Como in
1975
First expansion abroad: sales o ces are opened in Paris and New York
2010
The Marzotto Group takes control of Ratti
1989
Ratti S.p.A. is listed on the Milan stock exchange
1999
The Guanzate plant is completely renovated – the project is managed by the architect Luigi Caccia Dominioni
2017
Collezione Responsabile (Responsible Collection) is launched; Ratti S.p.A. obtains certification
ISO 14021:2016
A decisive impulse to the world of silk was
The start of this trend in the seventeenth
1989
1995
1999
Duke of Milan and Lord of Como.
The duke forced farmers to plant mulberry trees in the fields, since silkworms eat only mulberry leaves. As a result, within just a few decades, the traditional production of wool had been replaced by silk. This was
a forward-looking vision which, according
particular, became a centre of excellence inimitable craftsmanship. Antonio Ratti, il Metropolitan viene completamente rinnovato,
in the proMduscetuiomn of wonderfully dessigunperodgetto dell’architetto
1985
Antonio Ratti Foundation is set up to promote initiatives, research and studies of artistic, cultural and technological interest in the area
of textiles and contemporary art
Ratti buys Creomoda S.a.r.l., a company dealing with hemming and textile accessories, with headquarters in Tunisia
2015
Ratti S.p.A. obtains the following certifications: SA 8000:2014 for the social responsibility of the company, ISO 14001:2015 for environmental sustainability, OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 for raw materials
1995
With a contribution from the Antonio Ratti Foundation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York opens the Antonio Ratti Textile Center, one of the biggest and most technologically advanced centres for the study and conservation of fabrics
2016
The Tunisia company (Creomoda) becomes a factory for the hemming of accessories and obtains the certification SA 8000:2014
Chronology
Con il contributo della Fondazione Lo stabilimento di Guanzate
of Art di New York apre l’Antonio
Luigi Caccia Dominioni.
and coloured fabrics.
The twentieth century then became the century that consecrated Italian style throughout the world, with Como at
the forefront of the great Italian and international luxury and fashion groups.
Ratti
The industrial revolution, between the
Textile Center, una delle strutture eighteenpthiùcgeranntudiry and the first half of
the nineteenth century, spread twisting and spinning machines throughout the
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