About
us"CENTRO PROMOZIONE
FILOSCOZIA"® (Mercerized Cotton Yarn Promotions Centre), founded in
1982, was set up by a group of Italian major textile companies which operate
in the mercerized
cotton yarn production sector, covering a large quota of the Italian market
for this product. "Filoscozia"® mercerized cotton yarn is defined as being the
yarn produced uniquely from Egyptian cotton or cotton with the same characteristics,
combed, twisted, singed, mercerized into hanks, dyed and with a count not less than Ne
50/2.
"CENTRO PROMOZIONE FILOSCOZIA"® (Mercerized
Cotton Yarn Promotions Centre), which operates on a non-profit basis, intends, in brief,
to:
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Develop an information network for the public and the
sales points. |
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Diffuse a seal of quality by labelling garments of
clothing made of Filoscozia"® mercerized cotton yarn. |
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Promote technological research activity aimed at
improving knowledge about the product and the various uses it can be put to. |
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Carry out a supervision program to safeguard the
quality of the product. |
The first of these targets, at
least in terms of time, is to inform all users up to the final consumer about the
characteristics of this valuable yarn, how it is created, what special processes it
undergoes and with what special care it must be treated if all of its entire potential
quality is to be expressed in the final manufactured garment.
To this purpose the Centre has created and registered a numbered
trade mark which is applied on garments manufactured using the "Filoscozia"®
cotton yarn produced by the associated companies (spinners). In this way consumers can get
used to associating the Centres trade mark with products of a superior and
guaranteed quality.
The research activities will mainly be directed towards exalting
the properties of hygiene, comfort and durability which in "Filoscozia"®
mercerized cotton yarn garments derive from the exceptional quality of the yarn, so as to
make the image of a "prestigious product" coincide better to that of a product
which is "irreplaceable" due to its unique characteristics.
The final course of action, the supervision, will be aimed at
safeguarding the correct utilisation of the registered quality
mark "Centro
Promozione Filoscozia"® and at the same time at safeguarding the results
obtained by achieving the preceding objectives.

"CENTRO PROMOZIONE FILOSCOZIA"®
This is the mark! |
IN THE NAME OF TRUTH
It is easy enough to talk about
;Cotton Lisle, but do we really know what the term means?
True cotton lisle ;Filoscozia® is guaranteed by the registered CENTRO
PROMOZIONE FILOSCOZIA®" mark of quality and features all the
following characteristics:

IS THE MOST LUXURIOUS COTTON YARN, obtained
exclusively from the finest qualities of long-staple cotton, such as the Egyptian variety;

IS COMBED: to eliminate the shorter, weaker fibers;

IS TWISTED AND DOUBLED: in other words, made up
of two identical quality strands. The twisting operation more than
doubles the yarns
original strength;

IS GASSED: that is, run across a gas flame to burn
off any protruding fibers to achieve maximum smoothness and sheen;

IS SKEIN MERCERIZED: that is, immersed in a special
bath with the fibers perfectly wound and under tension. Mercerized fibers
absorb more perspiration than any other fiber and dry readily, feeling
pleasant and cool against the
skin.
Only garments made with fibers featuring all the characteristics enumerated
above, with a fine count (at least Ne 50/2) and produced by Center member firms, may
obtain the numbered tag with the chalcographed mark "CENTRO PROMOZIONE
FILOSCOZIA®", guaranteeing quality, beauty, long wear and hygiene, right
next to the skin.
"CENTRO PROMOZIONE
FILOSCOZIA®"
the sign of quality, registered and guaranteed.
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