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Ratti Group | Sustainability Report 2022

bottles and bottles made from recyclable
materials in the offices and, finally, giving each
employee a personalised flask to use at the new
dispensers installed in the office buildings and
production areas. The incentive to move towards
encouraging more sustainable behaviour within
the Group is without doubt one of the most
significant educational aspects.
This involves taking simple yet practical steps
that make a difference in our everyday actions.
The initiatives undertaken by the Ratti Group
form part of the projects launched during the
“plastic free” campaign promoted by the Minister
of the Environment.

4.5
Ratti’s circular textiles: the
PHORIA brand

Circular textiles are products which are derived
from the reuse and recycling of textile materials,
i.e. repair and upcycling services. In this regard,
Ratti SpA BC has a developed a line called
“PHORIA”.

PHORIA Fibers
The first initiative, PHORIA Fibers, regards the
creation of a lining textile (padding) based
on the reuse and recycling of silk, which has
extraordinary qualities which make it a versatile
material: it is a natural fibre, resistant and light, with
notable thermal, breathability and hygroscopic
properties. The unique characteristics of the raw
material, the know-how and the technological and
transformation processes followed resulted in the
creation of a high-performance thermal insulation
which lends itself to use as a lining for outdoor and
casualwear garments.
The partnership agreement signed with
Freudenberg Performance Materials, a worldwide
producer of technically innovative fabrics, has
played a key role in the development and creation
of Ratti’s new product. Applying the process
through the use of air-laid technology has turned
out to be a winning formula for making padding
PHORIA FIBERS AT FASHION GRADUATE which reuses/recycles silk. The three-dimensional
structure derived from it allows the formation of
Fashion Graduate Italia, an event which brings together talented recent innumerable minuscule air pockets which give
graduates from schools, universities and academies associated with the product excellent breathability and thermal
Italian fashion, has chosen Elisabetta Di Foggia of IAAD in Turin who, for properties. The high level of dimensional stability
the show presenting her collection used recycled silk lining from the Ratti and resistance to washing are also indicators of
collection. Elisabetta has created an intricate and dense collection in quality. The lining is 70% silk, and comes in five
which drapery and volume distort silhouettes, making them one. different weights.
In 2021 the product found popularity amongst

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