The Italian leather industry has historically been considered a world leader in terms of its high technological and quality development, strong environmental commitment and innovative ability in terms of style and design. And in terms of quality, the Italian product is unanimously considered the first in the world.
Italian leather goods is a key sector of global fashion and luxury: from $72 billion this year, it is expected to grow to $100 billion in global sales by 2027. Not for nothing, Italy boasts more than 145,000 employees in the leather supply chain, first in Europe, and Italian leather and hide production accounts for about 23 percent of world production and 66 percent of European production. As per official data from The European House-Ambrosetti, of the approximately 5 thousand companies active in 2022, 1,700 are capital, the others are small family-run businesses such as workshops and laboratories, with an overall average figure of 12-15 people per reality that well represent the successful example of the small business that organizes itself into organized and efficient districts, a model that has traditionally characterized a significant part of the Italian manufacturing economy.
In fact, almost all production (more than 95 percent) is concentrated within several territorial manufacturing districts, such as the Veneto district (the Chiampo Valley-Vicenza with 130 sq. km. of territory is the most important in Italy in terms of production and number of employees), the Tuscan district (grouping the largest number of leather and tanning companies), the Campania district (specializing in the tanning of sheep/goat skins for clothing, footwear and leather goods), the Marche district (known for its footwear sector), as well as other smaller clusters located in Lombardy, Piedmont, and Apulia. Investigating a little deeper among problems of tanneries and companies in the leather supply chain, it is evident how work space, workshop and warehouse, as well as a comfortable area in which to plan the most appropriate solutions together with the customer, are fundamental and contribute to corporate welfare. In this context, Carpenteria Medicea's work in producing and marketing industrial shelving for warehouses, companies, offices, stores and large retailers turns out to be a focal part of the synergy with the fashion industry. The company in Calenzano (FI) is, moreover, particularly skilled in the design and development of trolleys and workbenches for leather industries of the most varied types with solutions designed to achieve maximum performance in terms of resistance to loads and exploitation of surfaces, also thanks to the plasma cutting technique for steel and other metals.
