The Marzotto Group is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 textile

Textile

A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...

 manufacturer, based in Valdagno

Valdagno

-History:Valdagno's town was founded in 861, the name deriving from the Latin amins, then amnius, meaning "river". It is first mentioned in a 1184 document when it was a fief given by the Vicenza bishop to the Trissino family....

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Created in 1836 as the Lanificio Luigi Marzotto & Figli. In 2005 Marzotto Group's textile business separated from Valentino Fashion Group

Valentino Fashion Group

The Valentino Fashion Group S.p.A is a significant Italian clothing company which operates in over 110 countries and has 1,600 single-brand boutiques and 433 directly managed shops. In 2005 Marzotto S.a.A separated their organization into two different companies, one for textiles and the other for...

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The Group manufactures woollen and cotton

Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....

 yarns for clothing, and through equity investments, woollen yarns for knitwear, linen

Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum. Linen is labor-intensive to manufacture, but when it is made into garments, it is valued for its exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather....

 yarns and silk

Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity...

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The Group manufactures in textile sector with the brands

• Marzotto
• Guabello
• Marlane
• Estethia / G.B. Conte
• Tallia di Delfino
• Tessuti di Sondrio
• Marzotto/Lanerossi Blankets

In the Linen yarns sector Marzotto Group manufactures through the Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale of which the parent company owns 100,0% of the ordinary shares.

The Woollen Yarns activity is manufactured through Filivivi. Activities are consolidated according to the proportional method; 50% owned by the parent company with Manifatture Lane Folco (Verzoletto Group).