Manteco on HUGE MOVES™
Read the full articleIt was in 1943 that Marco Mantellassi's grandfather launched Manteco in Prato, Italy, out of necessity. The war was devastating the country, leaving it isolated and with no access to raw materials, except for a surplus of high-quality wool blankets and military garments. Enzo Anacleto Mantalessi saw a solution: to spin these threads into fibers that could be reused to create new textiles. Eighty years later, Manteco still uses chemical-free processes to spin threads as a replacement for virgin fibers. The company has grown significantly, there's two co-CEOs (Enzo's grandsons) and new processes and materials have been innovated. And once again, Manteco finds itself at the forefront of a new necessity in clothing [...]