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CH. 3 | MATERIAL BECOMES CREATION
The weaving cycle begins with design, including
technical data. This is a critical phase to which Ratti, as
always, pays the greatest attention, emphasising, in particular, the creativity of the designers
3.1 Complete management to guarantee quality
The production cycles
Strengthened by a tradition born out of the manufacture of silk, over time Ratti has trans- ferred the specialist capabilities it has developed through working with this fine fabric to di erent natural fibres, composite fibres and technological fibres.
The Group manages the entire production cycle, from the creative phase, including the fabric design and production planning, to the ennoblement processes (weaving, dyeing, printing and finishing) and hemming.
The overarching theme is innovation: Ratti studies, experiments with and adopts new pro- duction techniques, new technologies and new printing processes.
Thanks to a marriage between a proclivity towards innovation and complete management of the process, the Group is able to guarantee maximum product quality, whilst constantly refining its environmental and social sustainability profile.
Weaving: from design, to yarn, to fabric
The weaving cycle begins with design, including technical data. This is a critical phase to which Ratti, as always, pays the greatest attention, emphasising, in particular, the creativity of the designers.
The yarn stipulated in the design is then selected from the warehouse and sent to the various phases of the actual weaving process. In a dedicated area, compliance with the sample is checked, residues from manufacturing are removed, and any imperfections in the resulting fabric are noted.
After this first check, the fabric is sent to the Finishing department for the necessary enno- blement processes. Following this process, a further check is performed before the product is sent to Shipment, to ensure that the product complies with the specifications of the cus- tomer or those of the hemming professional who will produce the final garment.
Dyeing and printing: Creativity becomes a pattern
The Dyeing and Printing department carries out a critical dual role: on the one hand it is the place where, through dyeing and printing on the raw fabric, the designer’s artistic expres- sion becomes a concrete design, on the other hand it is also one of the production phases that is particularly delicate from an eco-sustainability point of view, e.g. in terms of any use
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