Environmental commitment is MLM Mazzola’s core vision. The Lombard company, specialized in the manufacture of small metal parts for the fashion industry focuses on a sustainable product upgrading
In light of the recent radical changes in the global economy and the growing care towards sustainable production, the fashion accessories sector and related supply chains are facing an ever increasing and diversified number of challenges. Today, safety, quality, functionality, respect for the environment are the priority levers for the competitiveness of those companies able to combine a farsighted vision and a healthy pragmatism. MLM Mazzola, a family business renowned to be one of the major competitors worldwide in the sector of magnetic closures for leather goods, knows it well. In order to support the recovery from the economic impact of the pandemic, the company, headquartered in Valganna (Varese province), invests in the development of solutions and processing designed to upgrade the product and let it achieve sustainable fashion standards.
“In the last year – says Alessandro Mazzola, owner with his brother Cristiano and father Luigi of the namesake company – we have focused above all on the production of rings, snap-hooks and winged magnetic closures, expressly designed to interact with high-end accessories. We are trying to offer an increasingly personalized service that best interprets the customer’s requests to turn them into a high- quality final product, durable and artfully crafted, completely made in Italy and compliant with European and American safety standards. We are able to provide molds made ad hoc with logos and writings on request, a strategy that tends to ensure a long-lasting relationship with the customer. Today, the big brands’ fashion designers and style offices prefer a direct approach with the manufacturer, going beyond the role of mere retailer, in order to get quick feedback and a rapid solution to problems, especially those related to sustainability issues.
To this end, we believe it is very important to work in collaboration with the different players in the supply chain. As far as we are concerned – underlines Alessandro Mazzola – we are in daily contact with our suppliers specialized in galvanic treatments and dyeing: this is an ever-evolving sector, as the R&D of innovative products that replace toxic substances for health and the environment such as chromium and nickel, thus guaranteeing the same technical performance, is unceasing. In the company, attention to the environment has been carried out not only through the use of galvanic finishes complying with the law, but also through the recovery and reuse of all processing waste.”
Alessandro Mazzola