Processing

The best raw materials

The best wools purchased directly from Australia, New Zealand, Rep. South Africa and South America from Mulesing Free producers.

Recycled materials

Recovery of materials, otherwise destined to become waste, which are ennobled, regenerated to new life and transformed into fine yarns.

Zero km production

All our partners are based in the Prato district, located within the radius
of 15 km and our yarns are certified
“Cardato Recycled made in Prato”.

a further essential guarantee of quality

Tracking and Traceability

Traceability has always been our need, on the one hand for
control production, on the other hand to ensure the customer all
information relating to each production batch.
• All this, today, is even more valued, as an element
fundamental of the new models of certification of products and
production processes.
• The entire production process of
each item: when it was produced, who worked it, which ones and
how many raw materials were used.

80,000–100,000 kg. OF YARN PRODUCED PER MONTH

Our processes

FILATI OMEGA select the best raw materials,
buying them for 90% directly in their places of origin such as:
South Africa, Australia, South America and New Zealand.

All the recycled materials we use are sourced from suppliers in the Prato district.

Passatura

A resource for the environment from the centenary tradition

Tagliatura e Stracciatura

From old clothing or waste materials to new fibers

Selezione e Sfeltratura

Choice of the right materials for the creation of new batches of yarn

Miscelatura e Ensimaggio

Mix different materials and colors and prepare them for the cardatura phase

Cardatura

From disordered fibrous mass to the parallelization of the fibers to each other, creating the preparation for spinning

Filatura

From stoppino cardato to yarn

Vaporizzo

The yarn spa

Stribbiatura e Roccatura

Control of the regularity of the yarn and formation of the final package in cones

Packaging

Packaging and labeling

At the end of the entire process, the yarn is packaged in reels, which is then stored in the warehouse.

and then

Check Quality

Thanks to our internal equipment, each batch of raw material comes before being placed in the production process
controlled, verifying the composition with a chemical method and the fineness of the fibers with air flow.
Similarly, for each production batch, before being placed on the market, the titration with an electronic scale, the torsion revolutions with the torque meter, the resistance and elongation with the dynamometer are checked.
In addition, at the customer’s request, the color fastness to dry and wet rubbing, water fastness, acid and alkaline sweat fastness, pH determination of the aqueous extract.

Honored to have as an official partner, for our analyzes and ours
research on textile products the team of Professor Giuseppe Bartolini
Director of the newborn TIL Laboratory – Test & Innovation Laboratory in Prato,
structure of the Kering Group

dal 1962 Filati Cardati, 101% Made in Italy