His nickname was Gezz, which in jargon means “gecko”. That's how friends and colleagues called Piero Colombo, due to his rapid, intuitive character and the fact that he was perfectly at ease when exploring new frontiers. Piero “Gezz” Colombo knew how to wait, watch and then move in fast, to go further beyond.
When in 1962, Piero and his wife Anita set up a small textiles business in San Fermo della Battaglia, only one thing was certain: that through their passion, skill and courage, their project was to keep the values of Italian manufacturing traditions alive, transforming them into a modern production philosophy based on respect, ethics and product quality. And that's how Colombo Industrie Tessili was born.
From textiles business to the Colombo Group
In 1976, the first little great revolution: buying out the company Feloy in Bulgarograsso, Colombo Industrie Tessili doubled its production capacity, and from that moment on decided to work directly with the fashion production market, initially in Italy and then around the world.
In the 1980s the Colombo fabrics business consolidated its reputation and equipped its production sites with textiles treatment and finishing lines. Today the production site in Fino Mornasco gathers under one roof the weaving, fabric and yarn dyeing and finishing facilities, and is able to provide a full supply chain service, from fabric design to production to marketing.