Radici Group

About Radici Group

Radici Group is one of the most active Italian chemicals manufacturers at an international level, with headquarters located in Gandino, Bergamo, where founder Pietro Radici established the first textile company in 1941. The company is an international leader in the textile sector, particularly specialized in the production of polyamides, synthetic fibers and engineering polymers. As a 100% Italian company, Radici Group operates with more than 50 years of experience, 7 production sites for engineering polymers and a global sales network.

Radici Group operates three global business divisions: Specialty Chemicals, High Performance Polymers, and Advanced Textile Solutions, which serve a number of high value markets. The company's key strength lies in its synergistic vertical integration of polyamide production, maintaining total control over its production chain from chemical intermediates such as adipic acid to polyamides 6 and 6.6, engineering polymers and synthetic yarn.

What Types of Clothing Products Does Radici Group Offer?

Radici Group Synthetic Fibres & Nonwovens is a leader in the production of polyamide and polyester yarns for apparel, manufacturing high performance, limited-impact products which represent the ideal solution for apparel including technicalwear, intimatewear, and sportswear. The company's products are exported worldwide for use in the apparel, sports, furnishings, automotive, electrical/electronics and household sectors.

Their Radilon® brand features PA 6 and PA 66 staple and textile yarn used for clothing (fashion, technicalwear, sportswear, intimatewear), while their Radilon® 6.10 is a 64% biobased polyamide yarn ideal for apparel applications including ready to wear, technicalwear, sportswear, and intimatewear.

What Are Radici Group's Main Product Lines and Brands?

Radici Group presented its line of innovative and sustainable yarns: Renycle®, Repetable® and Biofeel®, with each yarn meeting specific performance requirements depending on its intended application.

Sustainable Yarn Collections:

• Renycle® is designed for applications requiring high levels of creativity and dynamism, with diversified applications including Activewear, Underwear, Hosiery, Technical apparel, Outerwear and Beachwear.
• Repetable® is a yarn made from post-consumer recycled polymer (PET bottles) that is environmentally friendly, offering a wide range of sustainable, versatile and high-performance polyester fibers with multiple possibilities in terms of additives, dyeing and applications.
• Bio-based Biofeel® is resistant and can be produced in a variety of count and filament combinations, available in textured, solution-dyed and yarn-dyed versions.

Technical Product Lines:

• Radyarn® offers raw-white and solution or yarn dyed polyester, available in additivated versions (flame retardant, bacteriostatic, UV protection) and also as microfibre, supermicrofibre and bicomponent fibre for apparel applications.
• Starlight® provides raw, solution-dyed and additivated POY (parallel oriented yarns) for numerous applications including sportswear and upholstery.

What Quality Standards and Certifications Does Radici Group Maintain?

Their Renycle® products are GRS certified by ICEA and also hold Oekotex® Standard 100 certification. The companies in the RadiciGroup plastics business area are ISO 9001:2008, ISO-TS 16949:2009, ISO 14001:2004 certified and BS OHSAS 18001:2007 certified. RadiciGroup constantly strives for the highest quality standards and always operates in compliance with ISO certification requirements, monitoring its production, quality control, sales and product distribution processes at every stage.

What Sustainability Initiatives Does Radici Group Focus On?

Accountability, transparency and ethical conduct are the cornerstones of the RadiciGroup Sustainability Policy, with sustainable development and corporate social responsibility as the goals of the Group's business activities. In 2023, the company made environmental investments of €4.2 million, and in the five-year period 2019-2023, allocated €278 million for sustainability initiatives.

RadiciGroup is investing in the research and development of biopolymers, with particular focus on the synthesis of biopolymers derived from renewable sources, engaging in partnerships with other companies, universities, and public and private organizations to promote "sustainability-driven" innovation, technological evolution and applied research.

Where Can I Purchase Radici Group Clothing Products?

RadiciGroup pays special attention to and targets producers of fabrics and knits, with a broad offering of successful products suitable for menswear, womenswear, childrenswear and sportswear. Customers looking for high-quality synthetic fibers and sustainable textile solutions can find Radici Group's clothing materials and products available on Droppe.com, where the company's extensive range of innovative yarns and sustainable textile solutions are accessible to businesses and consumers seeking premium Italian textile engineering.

RadiciGroup operates as an Italian corporation with a network of production and sales sites located in Europe, North America, South America and Asia, employing about 3,000 people with sales of €1.069 million in 2023. On Droppe.com, customers can access this global textile leader's comprehensive portfolio of advanced clothing materials and sustainable fiber solutions.