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Located next to Marcolin’s headquarters, the 12,000sq m building in Longarone will support its ambitious growth |
ITALY. Leading eyewear group Marcolin has opened a new production and logistics centre in Longarone in the presence of local dignitaries and the group’s Founder and President, Giovanni Marcolin.
Located next to Marcolin’s headquarters, the 12,000sq m building will support the company’s growth plans – described as “highly important given the constant increase in the number of collections under license and markets being developed”.
As well as maximising efficiency, the new site will make it possible to centralise all delivery activities, uniting logistics and after-sales activities in the same building; and to develop, strengthen and manage the strategic finishing phase, guaranteeing total control over fulfilment and quality standards.
The building forms part of the group’s ambitious development, which is based on maintaining its core operations in Italy.
“In line with its preference for the excellence of “˜Made in Italy’, and despite the increasingly higher levels of competition and cost efficiency of overseas production, the company is committed to the strategy of maintaining the current levels of production in Italy and, more specifically, Longarone,” Marcolin said.
New phase of expansion for the group
New projects include a Style Centre, also in Longarone, which aims to unify and optimise creative product development.
This is the beginning of a fresh phase of expansion for the Marcolin Group, which closed the first half of 2010 with profits up +100% and turnover experiencing strong growth of +16%.
Managing Director and General Manager Massimo Saracchi commented: “This magnificent building we have just opened symbolises Marcolin’s excellent state of health, and its desire to invest and grow. We want to ensure that our company is healthy and strong, and that it is not only able to guarantee the well-being of its shareholders, but also that of its employees and the community in which it lives and from which it draws resources and support.”
About Marcolin
Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, Marcolin is a leading company in the eyewear market. In 2009 the company sold around 5 million pairs of glasses, with over 600 models. The licensed brand portfolio includes: Diesel, DSquared2 Eyewear, Ferrari, Hogan Eyewear, John Galliano Eyewear, Just Cavalli Eyewear, Roberto Cavalli Eyewear, Swarovski, Tod’s Eyewear and Tom Ford Eyewear. The group’s own brands include Marcolin and Web Eyewear.
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