frette slide show wtce hamburg 2013

La Vega, Tablecloth in pure linen fabric, on a design of the painter Francesco Lietti of Milan, 18817
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Vega was the first vessel to cross the North-East Passage in 1878/1879 at the command of captain Adolf
Erik Nordenskjold. Among the officers of the expedition, the italian Giacomo Bove.
The tablecloth commemorated the historical event.
In the description that accompanied the tablecloth at the Italian Exhibition of Milan in 1881, you can read:
“The half-frozen sea with iridescent colors, the ice mountains, the grey and cloudy sky, the glorious aurora
borealis that makes the brown profile of the ship to stand out, seem more to have come out from a painter’s
palette rather than from the shuttles of a loom”.
Founded in 1860 and based in Monza, Italy, Frette is
the world’s leading luxury linens and home furnishings
brand.
Using artisans known for their creativity and technical
skills, Frette products are renowned for trendsetting
style and design, utilizing the finest materials
available, and exceptional quality.
Originally located near the summer residence of the
Italian royal family in Monza, Frette’s first clients
included Queen Margherita of Savoia and more than
500 other noble european dynasties. Soon the clients
roster expanded to include the best hotels, restaurants
and travel enterprises - including the legendary Orient
Express.
Napkin with fringes for the Royal Family of Savoia
Today, Frette stores can be found on the globe’s most
exclusive shopping streets, from Milan to New York and
Tokyo.
From luxurious villas to international airlines and
cruiseships, the firm continues to supply the most
prestigious companies and private homes around the
globe.
In addition, Frette has a heritage of innovative business
practices, being one of the first manufacturing
companies to have its own stores, mail order
catalogues, and product line extensions to create a
true “Frette lifestyle”.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF FRETTE!
GLOBAL REACH
THE AMERICAS
Employees
70
Boutiques
8
Other points of sale 20
Retail Value
50M$
Headquarters
Monza, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai
Hospitality Customers
Points of sale
Headquarters
Hospitality Customers
Points of Sale
GLOBAL REACH
EMEA
Employees
300
Boutiques
52
Other points of sale 55
Retail Value
80M$
ASIA - PACIFIC
Employees
4
Boutiques
1
Other points of sale 40
Retail Value
25M$
Headquarters
Hospitality Customers
Points of Sale
The Jacquard Loom,
introduced in 1801 by Joseph Marie Jacquard, is a horse of an
entirely different color!
There are no heddles or harnesses.
Instead, there are thousands of cords or fine steel wires
suspended from above, the end of each consisting of an eye
through which one ... just one ... warp yarn is passed.
Then, through the use of an extremely complex series of
punch cards, each cord or fine steel wire is individually raised
and lowered as the weft thread passes through the shed
resulting in even the most complex of repeating designs.
The Jacquard fabric portrayed in the background of this slide is
an example .
JACQUARD LOOM
Jacquard looms can weave the
most complex designs, and
logos, of any size desired.
CAD-CAM: PREPARATION OF THE ELECTRONIC POINT PAPER AND SIMULTANEOUS
GENERATION OF THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR THE JACQUARD MACHINE
Individual warp ends threaded through the eye of individual cords
connected to the Jacquard machine above
Warp ends pulled up or left down by the cords controlled by the
Jacquard machine program to create the pattern in the fabric.
All the logistics and quality information
between
WAREHOUSE,
LOCAL
LOGISTIC PLATFORM and FOREIGN
SUPPLIER are running through an IT
application (an evolution on WEB/JAVA of
the
current
FRETTE’s
production
application “TIM”).
FRETTE WAREHOUSE FACILITIES AND LOGISTIC PLATFORMS
FRETTE LOGISTIC PLATFORM
supports the UN GLOBAL COMPACT.
The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy
initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning
their operations and strategies with ten universally
accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor,
environment and anti-corruption.
The Ten UN Global Compact Principles:
Human Rights
Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of
internationally proclaimed human rights; and
Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.
Labour
Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the
effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour;
Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; and
Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment
and occupation.
Environment
Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to
environmental challenges;
Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental
responsibility; and
Principle 9: encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally
friendly technologies.
Anti-Corruption
Principle 10:Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms,
including extortion and bribery.
Stamp of the series “Made in Italy” dedicated to FRETTE by Posteitaliane the italian GPO