Marithé & François Girbaud signs major contract with FFI

In November 2011 Marithe+Francois Girbaud announced that they were looking for a partner, preferably with industrial expertise. Today the company Fibres & Fabrics International (FFI).(F.F.I.), headed by Mr Anupam Kothari, based in southern India, has been chosen to become the worldwide master licensee (excluding countries and products already under license).
This agreement will make it possible to maintain key manufacturing bases in Europe and Asia, to preserve know-how and to expand overall production capacity.
The agreement takes effect with the production of the Winter 2012/13 season, for a duration of 15 years and concerns:
- the production and distribution of the men and women’s designer lines, which will continue to be “made in Italy” at the facilities based in the Florence area, which will be reinforced in terms of structure and personnel in order to maintain the technical know-how and culture of the product;
- the production and the distribution of the line “Le Jean de Marithé+François Girbaud”, which will be run from the Bangalore office and sourced globally.

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