Molvena is a town in the

province of Vicenza The province of Vicenza (; ) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza. The province has an area of 2,722.53 km2, and a total population of 865,082 (as of 2017). There are 113 ''comuni'' (municipalities) in th ...

, Veneto, Italy. It is the location of the headquarters of Diesel S.p.A. Molvena was also a

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

until 2019, when it merged with the

Mason Vicentino Mason Vicentino is a locality of the municipality of Colceresa in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of It ...

to form Colceresa.

Sport

The town's soccer team is ASD Colceresa.

Economy

The

Diesel Diesel may refer to: * Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression * Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines * Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine ...

clothing company has its headquarters in the town. It was founded by

Renzo Rosso Renzo Rosso (born 1955) is an Italian entrepreneur and a businessman. He is the founder of Diesel and the president of OTB Group, the parent company of Maison Margiela, Marni, Viktor & Rolf, Jil Sander. In 2022, Forbes estimated his net wo ...

, the chairman of L.R. Vicenza. Other companies based in Molvena include Dainese, founded in 1972 and Bonotto, founded in 1902.

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