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RATTI GROUP | SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017
From raw fabric to designer magic
How can one go from raw fabric to a motif that will become part of the collections of the top designers?
The fabric arrives already prepared for industrial printing or as raw fabric. In this case it first undergoes a preparation process, then it moves on to the actual printing phase which, according to the specifications for the fabric and the design, may be carried out using various technologies:
•screen printing, a high-precision technology suitable for products such as men’s and women’s accessories or for furnishings;
•flatbed printing, which allows the simultaneous printing of all the pictures that make up the design;
•rotary screen printing, the most industrial printing technology.
The most recently developed technology for fabric printing is inkjet printing.
This is used both for immediate sampling and for designs that are di cult to reproduce using traditional technologies, as well as for production batches that do not justify the incision of screens or cylinders. Textrom, the Romanian production facility, specialises in the printing of finished garments, knitwear and leatherwear. Finally, the fabric is treated with steam to set the colours (steaming phase).
of chemical products required. In detail, apart from dyeing and printing, chemical products may be involved in phases such as washing, where excess colour is removed, or finishing, where the fabric is treated to improve its properties.
A quality check is carried out in the finishing phase and, if necessary, specific retouching techniques may be applied.
Hemmed garments: an added value
The two processes described above may be followed by the garment hemming process: the entire series of activities designed to transform the finished fabric into ready-for-sale garments (ties, scarves, foulard).
After the finished fabric has been checked, the garments are hemmed (this is exclusively carried out at the Creomoda factory in Tunisia or by selected subcontractors), before return- ing for a further check and shipping. Depending on the customers and the product lines, the goods are prepared, checked, boxed and delivered internally.
All garments are stored in the Finished Garments Warehouse and may be traced using a management system with radio frequency terminals.
All garments
are stored in the Finished Garments Warehouse a
nd may be traced using a management system with
radio frequency terminals
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