The EmenegildoZegna Group’ has acquired control of Tessitura Ubertino, the top-shelf fabric maker.

As per Fashion Network, Zegna will buy a 60 per cent majority stake in Tessitura Ubertino, while the two sons of founder AdalgisoUbertino, Alberto and Paolo, will retain a 40 per cent stake, as well as responsibility for both management and creative direction.

The acquisition will strengthen Zegna’s position in the high-end textile market, where it also controls historic Italian specialist producers like Bonotto, the 100-year-old, fourth-generation, Venetian slow-fashion exotic-wool producer; knitting experts Dondi and Tessitura di Novara, famed for its silk weaving.

Together with LanificioZegna, the group’s fabric division, these manufacturers embody a unique Italian luxury textile empire aimed at creating unparalleled quality textile products while preserving the specificities, know-how and craftsmanship of Made in Italy, Zegna said in its release.

Founded in 1981 by AdalgisoUbertino, Tessitura Ubertino is a boutique weaving mill that has been creating premium quality fabrics for women, such as tweed and jacquard, for over 30 years. Today it supplies fabrics to major fashion marques showing on the runways of Milan and Paris.