'The first harvest of Made in Italy cotton'
'Triples the harvest of the first Italian cotton plantation, to the rhythm of music'
'Puglia christens the first cotton made in Italy'
'The return of cotton to Italy is thanks to the inventiveness of two young entrepreneurs from Foggia'
'The first Italian cotton comes from Puglia'
'Puglia, you can grow organic cotton and in the supply chain'
Our Gest shirt factory, located in Puglia in the Capitanata plain, has the mission of producing the first completely Made in Italy cotton harvest.
Our revolutionary project aims to give life to a zero kilometer supply chain for the production of shirting fabric, developing a 100% Italian cluster dedicated to the cultivation of cotton.
A cluster that can take care of all the operational phases, from harvesting to weaving up to the final manufacturing of the product.
"This first harvest of Italian cotton paves the way for new prospects for a truly sustainable and completely Italian textile supply chain, even in those early stages that no longer belong to us since the first half of the last century. The future of our textiles will have the opportunity to express increasingly innovative potential in all production steps, thus allowing for an excellent product and safe traceability."
- Marino Vago, SMI President -