| History |
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| In 1952 Edward Treves and Vittorio Ovazza founded Seal Proof Italiana
a company specialized among other products in the manufacturing and sales
of plastic and metallic laminates destined as decorative accessories
to the automotive, textile and shoe and leather industry. |
As metallic yarn became available as a metallized based
item as opposed to the yarn previously made from a metal plastic laminate,
Ledal was founded in 1961 to focus on this promising new product.
The initials of the three founders Leonello Sacerdote, Edward and Alessandro
Treves together form the name Ledal. |
In 1982 Edward Treves passed away and his eldest son Daniel, already active
in the family company, became President of Ledal.
In the 1980's the company experienced a rapid growth and several steps were
taken in an effort to expand the business and increase the market share
both in Italy and abroad. |
Stylists and designers were finding new application
for metallic yarn.
No longer confined to elegant cocktail and evening ware it found its place
in spring and summer collections also for the young consumer. |
Our sales of over half a million kilograms of metallic yarn a year are
appreciated by the most established and creative leading textile brand companies
in the apparel, decorative and home furnishing industry.
In the continuous search for new materials and applications, we are now
co-operating with 3M Corporation of Saint Paul, and as a result we have
implemented their retroreflective and multilayered film applications to
include yarns. |
