The 42ndedition of FILO: focus on innovation
Leitmotiv of the 42ndedition of FILO, opening today at the Le Stelline Congress Centre in Milan, is the theme of innovation as driving force for the development of enterprises and guarantee of high quality products.
In a business to businessfair as FILO is, the approach to innovation starts in the stands exhibiting the yarn collections which stand out not only for the quality of materials and processes, but also for the creativity and study of new developments aimed at satisfying the most demanding and refined clientele.
The increasingly innovation-oriented character of FILO is reconfirmed at FILOHappening: the debate taking place in the FILOLounge on October 8, at 5 p.m. also focuses on “the innovation that starts from the yarns”. The discussion is led by Marilena Bolli (president of Unione Industriale Biellese), Silvio Albini (president of Milano Unica) and Massimo Marchi (president of Pointex, Ceo of Filatura Marchi&Fildi SpA), which contribute ideas and direct experiences to the subject. The evening will continue with a cocktail, an occasion for exhibitors and buyers to exchange opinions and impressions on the fair with colleagues and professionals of the fashion system and to meet the journalists at FILO.FILOHappening is purposely being held in the evening to offer more opportunities for a deepened dialogue and business in a convivial atmosphere, with the product being always the focus of attention.
Innovation in fashion from the point of view of environmental sustainability is the subject of the meeting organised at FILO by the IceAgency, entitled “Sustainable Fashion: competitiveness based on sustainability”. The appointment is scheduled for the 8thof October at 3 p.m. in the Sala Pirelli of the Palazzo delle Stelline. Among the speakers: Marinella Loddo (director of the Milano ICE office), Pier Francesco Corcione (FILO), Mauro Rossetti (director of the Associazione Tessile e Salute) andRoberta Ianna (Ministry of Environment).
One of the novelty of the 42ndFILO edition is the increased presence of highly-qualified International press. The many years’ collaboration between FILO and the Ice Agency, which has brought to the fair International journalists and buyers, has embraced a new initiative. A delegation of international journalists is among the participants of FILO, hosted in the FILOLounge networking area.
During the next days the group, coming from France, the UK, Spain, China and Pakistan, will also visit a selection of enterprises in the textile district of Biella.
The foreign delegation has been invited to Piedmont in collaboration with Unione Industriale Biellese thanks to Piemonte Textile Excellence, a project by Regione Piemonte, Unioncamere Piemonte, promoted by Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta Chambers of Commerce and managed by Piemonte Agency. The project provides foreign buyers and journalists with a preferential channel to meet Piedmontese top class companies of the textile and textile machinery industries.
The 42nd edition of FILO, the only business to businessfair that proposes the excellence of Italian and international yarns, is held at the Le Stelline Congress Centre in Milan (Corso Magenta 61), on the 8th and 9th of October.
Biella, 8 October 2014
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