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An exhibition featuring the landscape of Italian industry within the framework of Cultural and Economic Promotion and Innovation

Abet Laminati — Super-surfaces ALPI — The reinvention of wood Brembo — From 300km/h to 0 in 3.79 seconds Coex — Naturally fireproof Crea Concrete Design — Mono-material landscapes Cressi Sub — First underwater Dainese — Lifesaving design Directa Plus — Cleaning the sea with graphene Eumakers — 3D multi-color Falci — The farmers’ multinational Fizik — 3D-printed biomechanical saddles Fontana — Technological supercar trimming Foscarini — Fishing for lamps GAM — Montessori materials Gemar — U.F.O. Unpolluting Flying Objects Grivel — High Altitude Safety K-Array — New shapes of sound Kong — Inventing the carabiner Landucci — Infinite pasta shapes Limonta — Sustainable textile Magis — Enzymatic industrial management Nonino — High craftsmanship spirit Novamont — Designed to rebirth Omnicos Group — Make-up makers Pedrali — Engineered wood Petroceramics — Superpowers of materials Plastitalia — Admirable underground fittings Springa — Autonomous robotic Tecno Tessile Adler — Safety Cell Terre Davis — Ground Hero Vibram — Down side up
Created in Italy

20 — Limonta

Sustainable textile

Costa Masnaga, Lombardia

http://www.limonta.com

A symbol of the evolution and constant updating of the textile sector, Limonta was established and developed in Costa Masnaga in the Lecco area, in one of the oldest European textile tradition zones, between Lake Como and Milan. The company, which started with the production of tapestries and jacquard fabrics, in the course of time specialised in the integration of chemistry and textiles to transfer into the sectors of fashion and furniture the results of this research geared to product innovation and diversification. Among Limonta’s iconic products is Dolmias, a nylon technical fabric with a particular silky effect, a polished look and a compact touch. Founded on this type of industrial invention is the firm’s global success, making it a landmark name in the world of technical fashion textiles, with an unmatched authority in the sphere of fashion design. Today Limonta’s new frontier concerns textile sustainability both through the use of regenerated nylon and hands-on research in the field of biopolymers and bio-based technical yarns.

Samples of Limonta's fabrics

↑ Samples of Limonta's fabrics

"The mechanism that drives Italian creativity is to look for a solution in every possible way. When Greenpeace launched its Detox campaign, pointing to the textile industry as one of the main culprits of environmental pollution, we felt compelled to find every possible solution to eliminate every kind of harmful substance from our textile production cycle".

Celestino Panzeri, Head of Art Direction and Product Development at Limonta

"From our experience with fabrics such as Dolmias, we realised that producing without fossil chemicals was already within our reach and we pushed in that direction: we identified the possibility of updating our production in an even more sustainable way in a type of bioplastic from the nylon polymer family produced from castor beans, a raw material of vegetal origin".

Celestino Panzeri, Head of Art Direction and Product Development at Limonta

"Since it is in our DNA to seek out every possibility for new perspectives in textiles, a large part of our research capacity is going in the direction of eliminating the fossil fuel component in synthetic fibres".

Celestino Panzeri, Head of Art Direction and Product Development at Limonta

Bio-based technical fabrics. Photo Max Rommel

Bio-based technical fabrics. Photo Max Rommel