RadiciGroup history

The diversification process continued and led to the founding in 1964 of the first Group plant for synthetic fibre production: Radicifil SpA, located in Casnigo (Bergamo), which is now a major European manufacturer of high-quality textile yarn for the furnishings and automotive industries.

In 1974, the Group set up Textile Produkte, now Radici Yarn SpA, a company engaged in the manufacture and sale of polyamide yarn, staple fibre and polymer.

In 1976, the Group opened Noyfil SA, the first production plant outside Italy, which today produces and sells a wide portfolio of polyester yarns.

1981 – Opening of a production site in Villa d’Ogna, Italy.

In 1988, a second compounding plant was set up in Chignolo d’Isola, Bergamo.

1989 – Opening of a sales unit in France.

1996 – Opening of a sales unit in the United Kingdom.

1997 – Opening of a production unit in Brazil.

1998 – Acquisition of a production site and creation of a sales network in Germany.

Then, in 2000, the Group acquired Fibrexnylon SA in Romania, which soon afterwards was renamed Yarnea Srl.

In 2006, RadiciGroup inaugurated Radici Plastics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd, its first engineering polymers manufacturing plant in China.

Then, to strengthen its presence in the North American market, in 2010 the Group acquired the American compounder Michael Day Enterprises (MDE) in Wadsworth, Ohio, through Radici Plastics USA Inc.

Among the most significant events in the period that followed was the 2011 acquisition of Dorix GmbH (formerly Selbitzer Chemiefaser GmbH), a historic German company active in the production of staple fibre and now renamed Radici Chemiefaser GmbH.

In 2015, RadiciGroup acquired 100% of the Modi Group, thus creating Radici Plastics India Pvt.

2016 – Acquisition of the Engineering Polymer Solutions business of the American company Invista in the USA.