As they started during the second world war, where resources were scarce and there were few sheep pastures for textile production in Italy, the family-run company decided to re-value the good quality wool blankets of the military. Soon they needed to scale up and the demand increased for their products. 

They have developed a closed loop system and set standards for the most efficient use of raw materials, water, energy and chemicals. They design their fabrics to be recyclable, gather and recycle all their production waste, make offcuts from their own fabrics and from other suppliers. They do not need to use dyes, since the fabrics are already coloured from their former life. Through the Recype® process, the artisans of the raw material department manage to devise new wool colours just by mixing numerous and different shades of recycled wool fibers, developing actual ‘recipes’ of no-dye colors, which are archived and adapted to the kgs of yarns that need to be produced. Thanks to this technique, and more than 80 years in the field of wool recycling, they have developed more than 1000 MWool® colors.

Manteco produces a large range of undyed regenerated wool colours through the Recype® process, also offering a wide range of luxurious fabrics with different constructions, weavings and finishings, all made with their next-generation of recycled wool, MWool®.

Manteco is a member of the Ellen McArthur Foundation's Network, as well as partners of the Monitor for Circular Fashion project. Their headquarters and all their warehouses are completely powered by solar panels, thus allowing to be fully self-sufficient in terms of electricity. All the Manteco buildings have been restored rather than being built from scratch, maintaining their historical charm and architecture, never losing their heritage.