Fratelli Piacenza
S.p.A. is an
Italian fabric mill and family business established in 1733.
Fratelli Piacenza has been accepted as a member house in the
Henokiens
The Henokiens () is an association of companies that have been continuously operating and remain family-owned for 200 years or more, and whose descendants still operate at management level.. It derives its name from the biblical patriarch Enoch ( ...
(), an association of companies that have been continuously operating and remain family-owned for 200 years or more.
Branded as PIACENZA 1733 (formerly Piacenza Cashmere), the Italian company is known for the production of clothing and fine
fabrics using extra-fine
wools and noble fibres. The wool mill was founded in 1733 in
Pollone
Pollone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Biella.
Pollone borders the following municipalities: Biella, Fontainemore, Lillianes, Occhieppo ...
by Pietro Francesco Piacenza. The company produces and distributes
men's, women's and accessories collections in the
luxury goods
In economics, a luxury good (or upmarket good) is a good for which demand increases more than what is proportional as income rises, so that expenditures on the good become a greater proportion of overall spending. Luxury goods are in contrast to n ...
sector.
In 2022 Gruppo Piacenza S.p.a. bought
Lanificio Cerruti.
References
1733 establishments in Italy
Clothing companies of Italy
High fashion brands
Luxury brands
Menswear designers
Privately held companies of Italy
Italian suit makers
Textile companies of Italy
Companies based in Piedmont
Textile industry of Italy
Henokiens companies
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