CDI
CALITRI DENIM INDUSTRIES
USA, INC.
10  Madera del Presidio Drive
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Tel:  (415) 945-1860
Fax: (415) 945-1870
URL:  none

This supplier of high quality ringspun denim fabrications is a descendant of one of the oldest textile companies in Italy.  Owned and operated by the Lettieri Group in Salerno, Italy, President Giovanni Lettieri gained control of CDI in 1995.

With plants now in Italy and India, the company forecasts net sales of $40 million for 1997 for its Italy plant, with a volume of 12 million meters of finished fabric in each of its India and Italy plants. CDI has been in the U.S. for three years and supplies manufacturers such as The Gap, Armani A/X, Banana Republic, Calvin Klein, Guess, Mossimo and Ralph Lauren/Polo.  Leading European clients include Armani A/X, Pepe, Soviet, Avirex, Chipie, Trussardi and Exit.

Calitri denim products are in the original ring version of American pioneers.  Its factory in Calitri, Italy  is on a site of 80,000 square meters and was purposely built to supply leading European jeans manufacturers.  With a floor space of 30,000 square meters, the facility includes a cotton warehouse, spinning and weaving mill, a dyeing and finishing department and a finished goods warehouse. The state-of-art facility produces 12 million meters of denim fabric made exclusively with ring yarns.  Quality control measures include samples of yarn being continuously taken from the spinning production process, then analyzed and tested to guarantee a consistency in the yarn quality.

The company recently incorporated in the United States, so it is now able to offer its customers better terms and to warehouse and stock more basic fabrics to ensure immediate delivery.  Going forward, the company is considering the development of a finishing facility in the United States in order to take part in creating finished goods.