Radici Group
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | synthetic fibres and nonwovens, plastics, chemicals |
| Founded | 1941 |
| Headquarters | Gandino, Italy |
Key people | Angelo Radici, Paolo Radici, Maurizio Radici |
| Products | for the clothing, sport, furnishings, automotive, electrical/electronic and industrial sectors |
| Revenue | €1.146 billion (2017) |
Number of employees | 3,085 (2017) |
| Website | www.radicigroup.com |
RadiciGroup is an Italian corporation manufacturing chemical intermediates, polyamide polymers, engineering plastics, synthetic fibres and nonwoven fabric. The company is headquartered in Gandino where Pietro Radici founded it in 1941. Since 2018, the company has been one of the main sponsors of Bergamo-based football club Atalanta.
In the 1980s Radici Chimica S.p.A. came into being following the purchase of an ex-Montedison production site in Novara.
In 2011 RadiciGroup acquired the German dorix GmbH[1] (formerly Selbitzer Chemiefaser GmbH, founded in 1896 under the name of Heinrich Reinhold GmbH & Co. KG), based in Selbitz – Hochfranken, Bavaria. dorix GmbH is the European leader in the production of PA6 staple (dorix®) and PP staple products (reilen).