Spinners attending the two-day trade show Pitti Filati, expressed optimism for the year ahead despite the ongoing pandemic and its accompanying supply chain woes. Held at the small scale Slazone Leopolda venue in Florence, Italy, the fair closed on February 4, 2022. Flanked by the Pitti Connect digital platform, it showcased the spring 2023 yarn collections of around 80 exhibitors, mainly hailing from Italy. The showcased yarn blended lightweight fibers with textured and mélange effects to channel breezy summer atmospheres.

Raffaello Napoleone, CEO, Pitti Immagine said, the fair confirmed its pivotal role in the yarn making sector especially in such a crucial moment characterized by the retooling of the market’s nuts and bolts [needed to] give renewed fuel to the system. It attracted 1,750 visitors, 35 percent of whom were foreign attendees hailing mainly from the UK, the US, France, as well as other European countries.

According to data provided by Confindustria Moda, textile sales surged by 21.4 per cent to €2.45 billion in 2021 compared to the previous year. Exports jumped by 23.2 percent in 2021, based on the performance in the first 10 months of last year, with exports of woolen yarns to the US skyrocketing 184.7 percent year-on-year.