Bassetti is an Italian
textile company
The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, Production (economics), production and distribution of textiles: yarn, textile, cloth and clothing.
Industry process
Cotton manufacturing
Cotton is the world's most important natu ...
.
It was founded in
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
in 1830 by Carlo Barboncini, as a textile emporium. In 1840, it opened a hand-weaving factory at
Rescaldina
Rescaldina () is a ''comune'' (municipality) that is part of the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Province of Milan in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, with a population of 14,211 (as of 1 January 2019) distributed over about 8 km2 (3.1 s ...
, some 25 km to the north west, which employed around fifty women. Today, it forms part of the
Zucchi Group, which specialises in the manufacture and distribution of
household linen and whose brands include ’Zucchi‘ and ‘Bassetti’ and Mascioni In Italy.
‘Zucchi Leads European Market in House Linen and Looks to the Far East’
, ''Italtrade: The Made in Italy Official Portal'' (Italian Institute for Foreign Trade).
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Textile companies of Italy
Italian brands
Manufacturing companies based in Milan
Manufacturing companies established in 1830
1830 establishments in the Austrian Empire
Italian companies established in 1830
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