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CHAPTER 3 | MATERIAL BECOMES CREATION

Alongside this creative dialogue Ratti presents
its textile offer at international trade shows.
This is increasingly sustainable and aware of its RATTI MANAGES AND CONTROLS
environmental impact, and in its choice of fabrics ACTIVITIES FROM THE CREATIVE
which are organic, recycled, socially responsible IDEA SURROUNDING A DESIGN TO
and are added to the “Tessuteca” and to all the THE PLANNING OF A FABRIC AND
Group’s collections (see Chapter 4, paragraph 4.1 THE ENNOBLEMENT AND HEMMING
“The sustainable offer”). PROCESSES

The production cycle
Within its production cycle, Ratti manages
and controls activities from the creative idea “Tessuteca Ratti”
surrounding a design to the planning of a fabric
and the ennoblement and hemming processes.
This is a production process which expresses the The Tessuteca is a space – and also a service – which
offers more than 500 tested bases and guarantees an
quality and luxury of an excellence that is wholly immediate printing sample, whether traditional or
Italian and which was born, initially, out of the inkjet printing.
manufacturing of silk. This was later expanded
to include natural fibres, composite fibres and The categories of always-ready fabrics such as silk,
technological fibres. cotton, linen, wool/cashmere, viscose, synthetic fabrics,
jersey fabrics, velvet and swimwear provide evidence
that the company is leaning towards process innovation,
The synergy between heritage and innovation, improved logistics and high-quality service.
as for that between prowess and dedication,
has allowed Ratti to go back in time and merge The investment in the Tessuteca, together with the
itself with a heritage which views manufacturing company’s ability to forecast, with the customer, the
excellence as a cornerstone. number of metres to be purchased, represents a new
This is a form of capital deriving from a solid business model in which delivery times are significantly
reduced. The Ratti Tessuteca has therefore become the
aggregation of knowledge relating to culture basis of an increasingly close dialogue between ideas,
and craftsmanship that has made the company production and delivery, where everything revolves
an undeniable leader in the art of printing. around the customer’s forecasting ability and the
company’s speed of response.
Three principal production cycles are carried out
by Ratti:

● weaving
● dyeing and printing Table printing versus inkjet printing
● hemming finished garments
Energy saving Water saving Chemical products
The overarching theme in production (TEP/m) (l/m) saving (g/m)
processes is innovation which, for Ratti, signifies SILK -19% 4% -40%
continuously improving its practices, processes,
products and services. Thanks to a marriage COTTON -33% 34% -39%
between a proclivity towards innovation VISCOSE -47% -9% -48%
and complete management of the process,
the Group is able to guarantee maximum Source: Internal study verified by an independent body, 2017
product quality, whilst constantly refining its
environmental and social sustainability profile.
In this environment Ratti has carried out Rotary printing versus inkjet printing
an internal study seeking to compare the
consumption of inkjet printing with that Energy saving Water saving Chemical products
of traditional printing (table or rotary). The (TEP/m) (l/m) saving (g/m)
investigation was carried out in compliance
with the standard ISO14021:2016 (self-declared COTTON -33% 31% -37%
environmental assertion) and was reviewed JERSEY COTTON -18% 26% -64%
by Bureau Veritas. The results showed lower
consumption of chemicals and energy for VISCOSE equal 36% -60%
traditional printing than for inkjet printing. Source: Internal study carried out in 2019 and verified by an independent body in 2020

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