CALZ. NAPOLEONI SRL

Napoleoni is an established company in the production of footwear for a woman attentive to fashion trends but who does not want to give up comfort. We’re in the 1970s. The creative and enterprising Fontilio opens a small workshop with his young wife Claudia and his brother Alderano, right after his studies. The entrepreneurial adventure is rooted in a lively territory. The years of the economic boom did the rest and allowed the small reality to consolidate and to start growing. Soon the laboratory was transformed into a dynamic and structured reality, where artisanal techniques, such as bag processing, meet and blend with more and more modern and innovative production processes. The company’s growth leaded quickly to the opening of a new factory in 1984, which can host a new production line and a showroom. In the 1990s the firm had a further phase of development thanks to the internationalization: it participated in many fairs, acquiring customers all over the world. The company presented itself on the market as a producer of shoes with a taste and an Italian character and it wanted to preserve this identity proudly. This is also the main reason why the firm chose to keep all the processing steps in Italy, against the tendency to relocate of the period. The Calzaturificio has experienced a gradual and steady growth but at the same time the philosophy that drives every decision is the same of the beginnings: “Let’s try to do well nice things. We do “Made in Italy” because that’s what we are“. Artisan tradition and innovation of product and process are the characteristics that allowed the Calzaturificio Napoleoni to successfully cross the decades.