Industry: Purchasing Others Region: Italy Transaction Price: USD 1 million Transaction Method: Equity Financing
Description of Requirement:
An Italian artisan company that produces accessories, objects and home elements by recycling technical materials, leftovers and production waste is looking for two types of suppliers: One is a type of supplier of the raw materials (zippers, belts, etc.) required in the manufacturing process ; The second is for the leftovers of outdoor fabrics, PVC, old sails or sail makers. Cooperation with identified partners will be based on supplier agreements.
details:
This Italian (Sicilian) artisan company has been researching, recycling and reclaiming technical materials, offcuts and production scraps that have been almost discarded over the past six years to manufacture accessories and objects for everyday use and home elements in materials, processes, business models and customer experience to become a sustainable company.
They recycle the sails discarded in sailing competitions and recycle high-quality leftovers that are not available on the market at low cost, as well as textile production and processing waste (heavy PVC. Colored canvas for outdoor use, furniture fabrics), they adopt a circular economy approach, through continuous production and processing cycles, adding value to synthetic technical materials as much as possible, delaying their entry into the biosphere as much as possible, and reducing the carbon footprint of waste on Earth.
They use small leftovers from their own production in training workshops, or send them to local artisans, who can still use them in small-scale production.
New materials include vegetable tanned leather from the Genuine Italian Vegetable Tanned Leather Consortium, canvas webbing made in Italy, Italian metalwork, tapes, shoulder straps and accessories, recycled polyester yarns for lightweight materials and polyester fabrics for heavy-duty materials. Vidama yarn (high quality).
The company is currently operating in the domestic market, but has started some international collaborations in the context of new projects in the textile sector.
The company seeks an international business partner who can supply the textiles and accessories required for the manufacturing process
The company needs to buy goods:
1 - Tape, waist and shoulder strap fabric
2- Plastic elements for bag and backpack accessories (loop D-rings, slide rails, shoulder strap holders, lanyard ends, etc.)
3-zipper
4- Die cutting production
5- Technical fabrics (for outdoor and accessory production).
These materials should be sustainable in terms of materials or their availability (stock or leftovers).
In addition, the company is looking for stock materials (offcuts and production scraps, processing waste or used materials to be recycled). Specifically: outdoor fabrics, PVC, old sails or scraps from sailmakers.