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CHAPTER 1 | RATTI A SUSTAINABLE COMPANY

“A business must be involving, it must exercise
your creative instinct”

Sir Richard Branson.

1.1 the baton to the next generation. His daughter

A story with deep roots Donatella took the helm of the company,
confirming her prowess in the art of printing,
Ratti’s history and adding to the sensory, artistic and aesthetic
and the company today value that underpins each piece of work.
Since 1945, in Ratti creativity has transcended
In the years that followed, the Group continued
the ordinary; a particular capacity to think
to expand through a number of acquisitions. In
outside the box and to find, according to the
the early 2000s, economic changes in the world
project or the moment, the best and most
of fashion and, most of all, the silk industry
original solution.
drove greater synergy and a subsequent
Creativity but not only creativity. Also quality
strengthening of the balance sheet. In 2010
and innovation, as well as professionalism and
an agreement was reached with the Marzotto
expertise, which define what is today, more
textiles Group and with Faber Five Srl, which
than seventy-five years since the company was
became shareholders of Ratti SpA, holding joint
founded, a brand which is known and appreciated
control. Donatella Ratti, daughter of the founder,
internationally by the most important fashion and
is currently Chairman of the Ratti Group, one of
design houses in the world.
the largest manufacturers in the world of fabrics
with a high technological and creative content.
Ratti represents the excellence of “Made in Italy” –
the key characteristic that makes the Group what
For some time Ratti has been integrating
it is. This has been achieved thanks to continuous,
sustainability into its business strategy,
structured research and development activities,
involving all the stakeholders and carrying out
not just in terms of creativity but also in the area
of production, technology and, last but not least,
digital. This is work which, also in the period
following 2020, has been able to count on active
support from a team united by a strong sense of The CEO of Ratti was elected
responsibility and group spirit. This has allowed chairman of SMI
it – and continues to allow it – to put its strategies
and projects into practice without compromising
On 29 September 2021, during the Shareholders’ Meeting
quality or the level of services offered.
of Sistema Moda Italia (SMI), which took place in an
exclusively digital format,
Over the years, Ratti has been notable for its
attention to detail and an international outlook, Sergio Tamborini, the CEO of Ratti SpA, was elected
to the point where it has become one of the Chairman for the period 2021-2025. It will be the job of the
largest Italian textile manufacturers and was new chairman to address the recovery of the textile and
listed, in 1989, on the Italian stock market apparel (T&A) sector, given the serious consequences of
(Meracto Euronext Milan). the pandemic which are still blighting the sector.
Towards the end of the 1990s, the industrialist
and philanthropist, Antonio Ratti, decided to pass

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