Despite the long wave of Covid, the tensions on prices and the difficulties with logistics, in 2021 Limonta’s turnover grew by 27% to 160 million and by 8% on 2019. “We will continue to focus on research and sustainability – adds Limonta -. We will shortly publish the 2021 sustainability report and we have been investing in production technologies with low environmental impact for years, contributing to the reduction of emissions into the atmosphere, producing electricity internally through three photovoltaic systems and a trigeneration system, and trying to maximize recovery. some waste”.
Optimistic about the potential of the sector, but very cautious about the medium and long-term future of the fashion system and the economy in general is Andrea Crespi, general manager of Eurojersey, a company of Caronno Pertusella (Varese) of the Carvico group, specialized in the production of fabrics technicians, which closed 2021 with a turnover of 80 million, up 27.5% on 2020 and 10% on 2019. “The price increases of raw materials, especially energy, should make us reflect deeply not only on tensions geopolitical, but on the use we make of resources and on our economic model – underlines Crespi -. We are in an emergency, of course, and I hope that we will overcome it as soon as possible. However, it is the way of producing and consuming that should change, thanks to the commitment of companies, but also of consumers, as well as of course of institutions. As for the fashion system, I believe that we should all be very honest and transparent: producing and consuming will always have a negative impact on the environment, it can never be a 100% sustainable activity. our possibilities, asking ourselves for a change that is first of all cultural ».
Eurojersey is benefiting from the structural change in the way of dressing, testified by the success of casualwear and sportswear, which goes hand in hand with the offer of innovative fabrics.
Among the new collaborations, announced at the latest edition of MilanoUnica, there are those with Skims, Kim Kardashian’s American brand dedicated to modeling underwear, and with Brady Brand, the brand of American football player Tom Brady (husband of Gisele Bundchen) . Then there are long-standing partners, from Prada to Lacoste, passing through Lululemon, an American brand specializing in yogawear.
“For 2022 we have a sustainability investment plan of 9 million – specifies Andrea Crespi -. A commitment that goes hand in hand with creativity: on June 28 in Varese, at Villa Pazza, among the Fai properties, we present the Sensitive Fabrics capsule collection for autumn-winter 22-23 ready-to-wear, our patented fabrics. The name is Flash Art because it is part of the partnership with Fai which is called We Can. Can does not just mean power, for us it is the acronym of Culture-Art-Nature, which are the values and contents shared by us and by FAI and, I believe, increasingly by other companies and end customers ».