Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti

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The Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti is an Italian privately held business which produces fine fabrics for haute couture. Founded in 1881 by Antonio Cerruti together with his two brothers and a cousin, it has since been managed by the Cerruti family and is currently owned by Fratelli Piacenza. It is a separate company from the Cerruti 1881 luxury fashion house owned by the Hong Kong conglomerate Trinity Ltd.,{{cite web |url=http://www.trinity-limited.com/en/home.html |title=High-end to luxury menswear and accessories |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728095734/http://www.trinity-limited.com/en/home.html |archive-date=28 July 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} which was in turn purchased by Shandong Ruyi in 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/bally-ma-shandongruyi/chinas-shandong-ruyi-expands-fashion-empire-with-bally-idUSL8N1PZ61T|title = China's Shandong Ruyi expands fashion empire with Bally|newspaper = Reuters|date = 9 February 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://ww.fashionnetwork.com/news/China-s-trinity-limited-buys-cerruti,141996.html|title=China's Trinity Limited buys Cerruti|last=WW|first=FashionNetwork com|website=FashionNetwork.com|language=en-WW|access-date=2020-01-17}}{{cite web |last1=Crompton |first1=Simon |title=ITALY’S MILLS AND MERCHANTS EXPLAINED |url=https://www.permanentstyle.com/2013/07/italys-mills-and-merchants-explained.html |date=July 29, 2013}}

As of 2019, the Lanificio still produces 100% of its fabrics in the Biella headquarters.{{Cite web

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In 2022 Gruppo Piacenza S.p.a. bought the company.{{cite web |access-date=20 October 2023 |language=Italian|title=Tessile, il Gruppo Piacenza rileva il 100% del Lanificio Cerruti |url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tessile-gruppo-piacenza-rileva-100percento-lanificio-cerruti-AEglWIEC?refresh_ce=1}}