The Washed Denim Fabric Mill
Robecchetto Con Induno, Italy Est. 1938
- Employees: 556 people
- Average salary: 1500 EUR/m
- Work hours: 8h
- Tier: Milling
- Last visit: May 2023
- Products:
Candiani operate a fully vertically integrated supply chain, covering spinning, dyeing, weaving and finishing of their denim fabrics. Now run by the fourth generation of the founding family. Luigi the founder started with a small production of workwear fabrics, afterwards his son Primo converted the weaving facility into a denim mill. Next in line Gianluigi refined their focus to pioneer premium denim. Nowadays Alberto leads the mill with the aim of becoming “the greenest textile company in the blue world”. When the area surrounding Candiani's facilities was converted to a protected nature reserve in the 1970's, Candiani embraced increased requirements on social and environmental impact, making them a pioneer in responsible manufacturing. Candiani have been recycling all cotton waste since 1976. They started water recycling for reuse in their own plants in the 1990s, invested in heat recovery systems in the early 2000's and started with post consumer recycled fabrics in the 2010's. As part of the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) initiative they have completely eliminated the use of hazardous chemicals from their operations and signed Greenpeace’s Detox Commitment. Candiani have developed proprietary processes as well, including a dyeing technique with a superficial yarn penetration, which allows for dyes to easily be washed away during the industrial laundry process to achieve a faded aesthetic, while saving water and chemicals. Candiani fabrics are, among others, GOTS and Oeko-Tex certified.
