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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]
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
From the early thirteenth century, it was one of the three major guilds (the others were the Bankers and the Wool manufacturers) entitled to elect Priori to the Signoria. Arte della Lana: Wool manufacturers and merchants Pre-1192 [17] 3 (1282) 4 (1236) Elected a Prior from early thirteenth century. Fourth in precedence in 1236, rose to third in ...