Pontex Srl: high quality fabric for clothing, since 1972

More than fifty years and two generations of expertise in customising and ennobling fabrics for clothing

Letizia Ferretti, CEO Pontex Srl 

About us

Pontex was born in Emilia-Romagna, in Modena (Italy), a territory in which excellence is a trade mark. It was founded in 1972 by Pio Ferretti, self-made man from Modena who realised his dream as a young seller in the weekly street markets in the Eighties: placing himself in the field of fabric ennobling.
If at the very beginning we focused on fast fashion, we then started to develop a wide proposal of fabrics for clothing in order to meet the market needs, through the two annual Collections, Spring-Summer and Autumn-Winter. This is how our expansion all over the world started and Pontex has become one of the best-known realities in the field of the woven fabric for the Made in Italy.
Today Pontex is led by Letizia Ferretti, CEO and managing director, who has developed, with passion and tenacity, an international vocation and extended our commercial net up to include Italy, Europe, USA, China, Korea, Japan, Turkey, Tunisia Maghreb.


Values and mission

Sustainability & innovation through an attentive research for the best performance in yarns and the use of natural
fibres and pigments.

A tailor-made approach with the utmost customisation of the purchase order concerning
quantity and delivery time and ways.


Our warehouse, the beating heart of our operations, allows us to have stock service raw materials, including sustainable options. This enables us to be quick in our supply, ensuring maximum customer satisfaction by having what they need readily available. Excellence and quality Made in Italy are our added value.


Our strong points: why choose Pontex

  • Wide range of top-quality fabrics for very competitive prices
  • Customisation of every fabric, in colours and finishing too
  • Reliability and fast service: it means never to miss a delivery, meet at any moment any customer’s need and solve any problem both in the initial phase and once delivery is made
  • Raw material (sustainable too) always available in stock service
  • Innovation and Made in Italy meant as Italian style and supply chain continuity, respect for work and territory
  • Scrupulous quality check and internal Style office 
  • Expertise, deep knowledge of textile market: since 1972 we have observed its evolutions and peculiarities to create something unique.

Best-seller fabrics

Our fabrics reflect the market changes and needs and are inspired by season trends.
In the Autumn-Winter Collection, our best-seller fabrics are:

  • A wide range of velvets with warm and super soft hand, in viscose, silk, modal, tencel and cotton, smooth and corduroy, with uneven and crushed effects, customisable and with GOTS certification upon request;
  • Heavy cottons;
  • Stretch fabrics, compositions with modal, tencel, jacquard fabrics, yarn dyed, technical and resin-treated, printed, coupled.

In the Spring-Summer Collection, our best sellers are:
linen, cotton, silk and viscose.


Sustainability as a watchword

We act following the 17 goals of the Agenda 2030 for a sustainable development .
Our engagement is for the sustainability all the supply chain along, through the respect of workers and consumers health, the realization of creative and production processes, the enhancement of creative recycle and investment in innovation and research.

Many of our fabrics have the following certifications :
GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard), BCI (Best Cotton Initiative), OCS (Organic Content Standard) and GRS (Global Recycled Standard).


Unique fabrics for unique pieces of clothing, ethical and aesthetical

Uniqueness, quality and durability over time intersect in a virtuous and harmonic way in all the fabrics in our Collections, that are ideal to realise unique pieces of clothing, ethical and aesthetical. Also for one-hundred-per-cent eco-friendly pieces of clothing, a urban and sportswear style.

The type and weight of our fabrics for clothing ranges from shirt weight (from 100 to 170 grams for linear metre) in voile, high-density cotton, cotton poplin both stretch and fixed, to trousers weight (from 280 to 440 grams for linear metre) available in different structured textures, looks and finishing.

Each fabric can be customised and transformed depending on request. Transformations and finishing are only made by Italian companies: dyeing mills, printing companies, companies specialised in resin-treating, coupling and finishing.

In our 100% Made in Italy proposals, raw materials are produced and processed by Italian companies.


Contacts  

To receive more information concerning our fabrics for clothing, for purchase orders and to ask for customised fabrics,  contact us:
commerciale@pontexspa.it (Simona Rubbiani)
commerciale1@pontexspa.it (Patrizia Ferrari)

Our offices are open from Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. continuous hours.





News & Fairs

Best wishes for Happy Holidays from Pontex

Our office and warehouse will be closed for Christmas Holidays during the following period:from Monday 23th december 2024 to Monday 6nd January 2025.We will open on Tuesday 07th January 2025 with opening hours 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. With our best wishes of a Merry Christmas,Pontex staff navigate_next

Lightness and comfort, in winter too: choose viscose

With the arrival of colder temperatures, it is important to renew our wardrobe with pieces of clothing able to embrace us in a warm and soft hug without compromising on style Pontex viscose-silk blend: a fabric that drapes beautifully and feels luxuriously soft against the skin Viscose, combined with other fabrics like rayon and silk, as well as with cotton and elastomer, is the perfect solution to create winter clothes with a unique and impeccable look, that combine comfort and refinement in the coldest season too.Let’s discover how. Viscose, rayon and silk: softness, shininess and elegant drapery When we talk about fabrics for winter, we often think about heavy and bulky fabrics.  Who said that to stay warm we need to renounce to refinement and lightness? Viscose, combined with rayon and silk, offers an unexpected solution to create winter clothes with several qualities. Warmth and lightness: viscose and rayon, combined with silk, create a fabric able to keep the body heat without being heavy. Furthermore, silk adapts to the body temperature, keeping you warm in winter and cool in summer. Softness and comfort: the silky hand of viscose, rayon and silk gives a pleasant sensation of softness in touch with skin. The pieces of clothing realised with these fabrics are light and embracing, perfect to be worn in the cold winter days. Style, refinement and versatility: shininess of silk, combined with the softness of viscose and rayon, gives clothes an elegant and refined look. Fluid dresses, relaxed blouses, palazzo trousers: possibilities are limitless. Their versatility allows to create outfits that are suitable for different occasions, from a casual look to a more formal one. Resistance to wear: viscose, rayon and silk are very resistant fabrics; furthermore, they absorb colours very well when dyed, thus looking very shiny.  Viscose is an artificial textile fabric of natural origin: in fact, it is produced starting form a fibre already present in nature, the cellulose, and it is appreciated for its softness and fluidity and its capability to drape in an elegant way.Rayon, that is a variant of viscose, shares its characteristics concerning softness and draping, but adding more resistance and a shininess comparable to that of silk.Silk is a precious natural fibre, well known for its shininess, softness and thermoregulation capability. Viscose, cotton and elastomer for a winter with super-soft hand   Pontex fabric blend of cotton, viscose, and elastomer: exceptional drape and fit Fashion interprets autumn and winter with fabrics for clothing having super soft hand, for clothes that are absolutely comfortable and with a unique effect. This is the case of viscose, mixed with cotton and elastomer: the perfect mix of fibres to have amazing winter clothes, that combine free movement, style and practicality without “adding too much weight” to our wardrobe.  Together, these three fabrics give life to winter clothes with different qualities: Smart warmth: together, viscose and cotton create a fabric able to insulate from cold without adding too much weight. Elastomer, on its side, helps to maintain the shape of the piece of clothing and to guarantee a tight fit that retains body heat.  A 360° comfort: viscose gives the fabric a silky and pleasant touch, while elastomer guarantees impeccable fit and free movement. Perfect to live winter days with dynamicity and style. Excellent breathability: the presence of cotton and viscose guarantees excellent breathability, avoiding humidity accumulation and keeping your skin fresh and dry. Say goodbye to that sensation of humid cold! Resistance and duration over time: cotton gives resistance and durability to the fabric, while elastomer helps to maintain the shape of the piece of clothing over time, preventing from deformations and shrinkages. An investment for your winter wardrobe. Surprising versatility: this mix of fibres is perfect to create a wide range of winter clothes, from elegant dresses to causal blouses, from trousers to skirts. Let your creativity inspire you! Cotton, for example, is the natural fibre par excellence, it is appreciated for its resistance, breathability and its capability to keep heat. Combined with a synthetic fibre like elastomer, that gives elasticity and flexibility to the fabric for clothing, and to viscose that gives the fabric a silky hand pleasant to touch, it guarantees perfect fit and excellent thermal comfort.  The Viscose Collection by Pontex for the cold season Pontex offers a wide range of viscose combined with silk and rayon to realise fabrics for clothing with fluid and sagging hands.  Pontex Fabric 05610/P05: 55% viscose 45% rayon Pontex Fabric 05611/P05: 55% viscose 45% rayon  Pontex Fabric 05612/P05: 77% viscose 23% rayon Pontex Fabric 06671/029: 86% viscose 14% silk This Pontex Capsule also includes a wide range of viscose combined with cotton and elastomer: these are the most fashionable fabrics in our collection, with a super soft hand and a unique effect.   Pontex Fabric 06770/634: 58% cotton 40% viscose 2% elastam Pontex Fabric 06771/634 Pontex: 58% cotton 40% viscose 2% elastam Pontex Fabric 06671/029: 86% viscose 14% silk Pontex Fabric 05704: 43% viscose 52% cotton 5% elastam Let our winter collection inspire you and discover the pleasure of wearing pieces of clothing realised with high-quality fabrics, perfect to cope with the cold season with style and comfort. Take a look at our online catalogue or contact us to discover all novelties and let them inspire you! navigate_next

Preco Paris – 8, 9 January 2025

For the first time, we will be exhibiting at Salon Preco, which will be held in Paris on 8 and 9 January 2025. It is the first Parisian showroom specializing in the presentation of pre-collections of fabrics. This session will be dedicated to the Spring Summer 2026 pre-collections and we will be bringing all our latest innovations in this regard. For information and to make an appointment: letizia@pontexspa.it navigate_next

A Fabric Affair New York – 15/16 January 2025

We will be present at the New York City Fair A Fabric Affair to present our new Spring Summer 2026 Fabric Collection: from 15 to 16 January 2025. Visit our booth Pontex. A Fabric Affair450 West 31st Street, 7th FloorNew York, NY 10001Location 05Attn Alex Monteleone We hope to see you on that occasion and we invite you to contact us writing an e mail to letizia@pontexspa.it for further information about our products. navigate_next