Italian hosiery maker Calzedonia joins fight against Covid-19
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The Italian hosiery industry is stepping up to help fight COVID-19. Many companies are closed, however a number are opening their doors and converting their production lines to make masks and other protective gear to help relieve the healthcare crisis.
Verona headquartered hosiery giant Calzedonia, has converted some of its hosiery and garment factories for the production of masks and surgical gowns.
According to the Corriere Del Veneto, the operation was promoted by the president, Sandro Veronesi, “who from the beginning of the emergency Coronavirus first closed all the sales points in the red areas and then those throughout Italy, anticipating the government decrees,” the Veneto news organisation said.
The factories converted to the production of masks and gowns are the Italian ones in Avio (Trento) and Gissi (Chieti), and those in Croatia. Special machines were purchased for the creation of a semi-automatic line, and the staplers were trained to the new type of production. This new structure will allow the production of 10,000 masks per day in the initial phase, with an increase expected in the coming weeks.”
Calzedonia was founded in 1987 in Verona, with the aim to create a new way of selling hosiery and beachwear for women, men and children, through a franchising sales network. Little more than twenty years later, the Calzedonia network boasts more than 2.000 shops throughout the world. The Calzedonia Group now numbers approximately 32,000 employees worldwide, about 3,000 of which are based in Italy. Its brands include Calzedonia, Tezenis, Intimissimi and Falconeri.
