Ciesse Piumini is a sportswear brand, founded in 1976 in Borgo a Buggiano by the owner of Ligron Spa, Silvano Cinelli.
History
In 1964 Silvano Cinelli founded Cinelli Piume. The company dealt with the processing of natural down and, until 1976, the production of pillows and quilts. That year, from the initials of its founder, the Ciesse Piumini brand was born, specializing in technical sportswear suitable for skiing and mountaineering.
The technical equipment for the first Italian expedition to Antarctica, organized by the then National Committee for Nuclear Energy (CNEN, now ENEA), was provided by Ciesse Piumini.[1]
With the new production of technical sportswear and fashionable down jackets, also suitable for the city, a second plant was purchased in Ponte Buggianese and another complex in Altopascio, where, in 1984, some offices and part of the production were transferred. Ciesse was the first Italian company to produce sports down jackets and use Gore-Tex, a technical material invented in the seventies and considered cutting-edge.[2]