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Lanificio Carlo Reda e figli (Carlo Reda and Sons Woolen Mill) was founded in 1865 [1] [2] in Valle Mosso, in the Province of Biella, by entrepreneur Carlo Reda, who started the company from an old mill. The company was carried forward by his son Giovanni until Luigi Botto took over in 1919.
Fratelli Piacenza in Pollone. Fratelli Piacenza S.p.A. is an Italian fabric mill and family business established in 1733. [1] [2] Fratelli Piacenza has been accepted as a member house in the Henokiens (French: Les Hénokiens), an association of companies that have been continuously operating and remain family-owned for 200 years or more.
The fabric mill in the 1940s. Vitale Barberis Canonico (VBC) is an Italian fabric mill that was established in 1663. [1] It is located in Pratrivero, about 50 miles northeast of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. [2] The company has remained a family-owned business for 13 generations. [3]
Zegna's attention to wool quality continued through 1960s and 1970s, as the company established the Wool Awards in Australia (1963) and the Mohair Trophy in South Africa (1970). [11] [12] The international development strategy run by the Zegna brothers brought to the openings of the first owned boutique in Paris in 1980, followed by Milan in ...
As a member of the nobility, Luigi Marzotto (1773-1859) founded a wool mill in Valdagno in 1836 with a capital of 2 000 Venetian Lira, equivalent to $100 000 in the nineties. [1] He handed the business to his son Gaetano in 1842. After the unification of the kingdom of Italy in 1861, Gaetano bought a spinning factory nearby Maglione. By then ...
Carlo Barbera (officially Lanificio Carlo Barbera s.r.l.) is an Italian wool mill established in 1949 which has been described as "Biella's premier mill". [1] It is currently owned by Kiton . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the second generation of the family business, Luciano Barbera established a ready-to-wear brand that is a wholly separate business.
A boutique in Madrid, Spain, 2022. Originally from Trivero, the Loro Piana family started as merchants of wool at the beginning of the 19th century. [3] In the second half of that century, the family moved its activity to Valsesia and founded the wool spinning mill Fratelli Lora e Compagnia, followed by the wool spinning mill Zignone & C. in Quarona at the beginning of the 20th century. [3]
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was created in 1960 by the outer seven (as a looser alternative to the then-European Communities) but most of its membership has since joined the Communities/EU leaving only four countries (Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein) still party to the treaty.