What Creazioni Digitali does

Creazioni Digitali SRL is a privately held Italian digital textile printing company founded in 2006 in Lurate Caccivio (Como) by Roberto Lucini, operating as a contract printing services provider rather than a product manufacturer. Its offering is structured around four interrelated proprietary service lines: Sliding (sublimation transfer printing onto synthetic mono-fibre fabrics via calenders, extended by the MiniLario MS Printing Solutions high-speed line at 1,000–700 metres/hour), GreenDrop (direct digital pigment printing on multi-fibre fabrics using water-based SmartWater inks that eliminate steaming and washing), Teinei (precision in-register digital overprinting on jacquard, devoré, lace and worked fabrics), and CreŌ (an experimental centre and production hub built with Kornit Digital, housing Kornit Presto Max and Kornit Atlas systems with white-print capability). The company holds OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100, GOTS and GRS certifications and operates an internal quality management system that traces each production batch to its raw-material lots.

The business model is B2B professional services: orders are taken by a dedicated commercial team split between Commerciale Italia and Commerciale Italia/Estero, with formal order confirmations and quotations issued per commission. Customer segments span fast-fashion brands (high-volume sublimation runs), independent fashion designers and start-ups (prototyping and small-batch via CreŌ), high-end jacquard/devoré/lace producers (Teinei overprinting), and home/fashion brands (showcased at the permanent DecorLab showroom at Via Tortona 37, Milan). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Revenue streams are project-based contract printing rather than subscription or product resale.

In July 2024, Gentili Mosconi acquired a 36.364% minority stake for approximately €781,818 (part of a broader €2.15 million investment programme financed entirely by Gentili Mosconi) to support growth and integration within the larger textile group; Roberto Lucini remains Founder and CEO. The company has 11–50 employees, share capital of €121,000, and no public listing. No revenue or ARR figures are disclosed in the source material.

Name

Creazioni Digitali

Legal name

CREAZIONI DIGITALI SRL

Website

https://creazionidigitali.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Creazioni Digitali is an Italian digital textile printing services company in Como offering four proprietary service lines (Sliding, GreenDrop, Teinei, CreŌ) to fast-fashion brands, fashion designers, and home/fashion clients with certified sustainable processes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Textile Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Screen Printing (323113), Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790)

akta.pro primary industry

Direct-to-Container & Digital Printing (Inkjet/Laser) (IMALAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Flexible Packaging Printing (Film/Poly/Paper Print) (IMALAKAG), Finishing, Converting & Die-Cutting Services (IMALAKAN), Folding Carton & Paperboard Packaging Printing (IMALAKAH)

Keywords

• Digital textile printing
• Sublimation fabric printing
• Pigment ink printing
• Fashion textile services
• Sustainable textile printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Lurate Caccivio

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Contract printing services: Core revenue comes from fee-for-service digital textile printing for third-party clients (brands, fashion designers, start-ups). Order confirmations are issued for every incoming commission with explicit quotations and delivery terms, indicating project-based / contracted professional services rather than subscription or product sales.
2. CreŌ experimental production and prototyping: Revenue from the CreŌ experimental centre that supports production, start-ups and fashion designers — including white-print and advanced digital printing capabilities. Functions as a value-added production service available to external clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Creazioni Digitali provides contract digital textile printing services to fashion brands, start-ups and fabric producers across four proprietary service lines: Sliding (sublimation printing on synthetic mono-fibre fabrics), GreenDrop (direct pigment digital printing on multi-fibre fabrics under the SmartWater sustainability label), Teinei (precision overprinting on jacquard, devoré, lace and worked fabrics), and CreŌ (an experimental production centre with Kornit Digital systems including white-print capability). It also showcases finished printed samples through a permanent stand at DecorLab in Milan.

Product overview

Creazioni Digitali's offering is a platform of four interrelated digital textile printing services rather than a single product. Sliding is the foundational sublimation printing service for synthetic mono-fiber fabrics (extended by the MiniLario transfer machine). GreenDrop is the direct pigment digital printing service for multi-fiber blends that introduced the company's SmartWater eco-quality label. Teinei builds on GreenDrop by providing precision overprinting for Jacquard, Devoré, lace and worked fabrics aimed at high-end fashion. CreŌ is the experimental and production center — developed with Kornit Digital — that houses the company's most advanced pigment and white-print capabilities (Kornit Presto Max, Kornit Atlas) and is offered to start-ups and fashion designers. All four services sit on top of Creazioni Digitali's internal quality management and traceability system and are showcased through the permanent DecorLab showroom in Milan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sliding: Sublimation printing service — the company's originating service, printing colour onto special papers then transferred onto mono-fibre synthetic fabrics via calenders.
• GreenDrop
• Teinei
• CreŌ

Products and services

• Sliding Sublimation digital printing service for synthetic mono-fibre fabrics: colour is printed onto FSC-certified transfer paper and then applied to the fabric via calenders. Extended with the MS Printing Solutions MiniLario transfer printer (1,000–700 m/h, ACIMIT Green Label certified) to meet fast-fashion throughput requirements; offered to fashion brands, fast-fashion players and any buyer needing high-volume sublimation printing.
• GreenDrop Direct digital pigment printing service on multi-fibre fabrics using water-based pigment inks, marketed under the company's SmartWater eco-quality label. Eliminates steaming and washing steps, materially reducing water consumption and emissions; applicable to any fibre mix and offered to brands and producers needing sustainable printing on multi-fibre substrates.
• Teinei Precision digital overprinting service using SmartWater pigment inks to print additional designs in precise register on jacquard, devoré, lace and worked fabrics. Aimed at high-end fashion and premium textile producers customising already-premium substrates.
• CreŌ Experimental Centre Experimental and production centre offering advanced digital printing services — including Kornit Presto Max (roll-to-roll) and Kornit Atlas (garment-positioned) systems with SmartWater pigment printing and white ink capability — to start-ups and fashion designers needing prototyping and small-batch production without owning the equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• MiniLario transfer printer operates at 1,000–700 metres per hour
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Kornit DigitalflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerKornit Digital supplies innovative digital printing machines to Creazioni Digitali. Their collaboration is the basis for the CreŌ experimental centre, where Kornit Presto Max (roll-to-roll) and Kornit Atlas (garment-positioned) systems are installed, including white-print capability. The partnership is highlighted as the enabler of Creazioni Digitali's expanded sustainable printing offering.
• MS Printing SolutionscoreTechnology or IntegrationMS Printing Solutions supplies transfer printing machines to Creazioni Digitali, including the MiniLario machine acquired for fast-fashion high-volume runs (1,000–700 m/h). MS Printing Solutions' MiniLario has obtained the ACIMIT 'Supplier of Sustainable Technologies' Green Label for sustainable technology.
• ACIMITminorOthersACIMIT (Italian textile machinery manufacturers' association) operates the 'Sustainable Technologies' project to which Creazioni Digitali has adhered. Under this project the MiniLario machine obtained the Green Label and the 'Supplier of Sustainable Technologies' logo following independent certification testing.
• DecorLabminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCreazioni Digitali maintains a permanent exhibition stand at DecorLab (Via Tortona 37, Milan), displaying printed home and fashion creations as part of DecorLab's partner showcase programme.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kornit Digital: Israel-based global leader in digital textile printing systems. While Creazioni Digitali is a customer of Kornit (Presto Max, Atlas), Kornit also competes as an equipment-and-services supplier offering on-demand production to brands, overlapping directly with CreŌ's value proposition.
• SPGPrints: Dutch manufacturer of rotary screen and digital inkjet textile printing systems with strong presence in fashion and home textile printing — directly comparable in technology, customer type and end-product to Creazioni Digitali's Sliding and Teinei service lines.
• EFI Reggiani: Italian-headquartered (Bergamo) digital textile printer maker with a long history in Como-style textile districts. Offers industrial inkjet printers that compete for the same fast-fashion and home-textile customers that Creazioni Digitali's MiniLario and GreenDrop serve.

Broad incumbents

• Durst Group: Italian-headquartered wide-format and specialty digital printing OEM with a textile printing line (Alpha series). As a larger diversified player with broader industrial reach, it competes with Creazioni Digitali's technology stack but is not a niche service bureau like Creazioni Digitali.
• Mimaki Engineering: Japanese manufacturer of inkjet printers with a strong textile/digital-fabric line (Tx series). Comparable to Creazioni Digitali through its installed base in Italian and European textile printing service bureaus; broader portfolio than Creazioni Digitali's printing services.
• Epson: Japanese multinational listed among Creazioni Digitali's technology partners. As a much larger incumbent with a textile-focused Monna Lisa / SureColor line, Epson competes broadly in the same digital fabric printing category but at a fundamentally different scale and product mix.

Others

• MS Printing Solutions: Italian transfer/digital printing equipment maker that supplies the MiniLario machine used by Creazioni Digitali. As an OEM and technology partner, MS Printing Solutions shapes the available throughput and sustainability profile of Creazioni Digitali's Sliding service line.
• Aleph: Italian digital printing equipment manufacturer listed as one of Creazioni Digitali's technology partners. Comparable as a domestic supplier of industrial digital fabric printers used by Italian textile service bureaus.
• Tintoria Comacina: Italian textile dyeing and finishing company in which Gentili Mosconi holds a 90% stake. Sister company of Creazioni Digitali post-2024 and a candidate for vertical integration with Creazioni Digitali's pigment printing services.

Regional players

• Stamperia Beretta: Long-established Italian textile printing house (Como district) offering digital and traditional printing on fabric. Comparable as a Como-based contract textile printer serving similar fashion and home-textile clients, though with a more traditional print mix than Creazioni Digitali's digital-only focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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