1973 1973 IMPETUS Foundation |
1978 1978 creation of private company |
1985 Acatel Acabamentos Têxteis SA is born |
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1995 1995 IMPETUS PORTUGAL TÊXTEIS SA |
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1973 1973 What is today a small empire with 12 companies, more than 800 workers and about 15,000,000 pieces produced per year, began in a small house in Esposende, in the north of Portugal. It was December 1973. |
1978 1978 The rapid growth led to the creation of a private company under the name FIGUEIREDO & MARIZ Ld.ª. |
1985 1985 Acatel Acabamentos Têxteis SA (now part of the Impetus Group) is born with services of dyeing, mercerizing, dyeing to the piece, digital and traditional stamping and finishing of knits and fabrics. |
nineteen ninety He invests in specialization and creates a brand capable of adding value to production. This was how IMPETUS was born in 1990, focused on men's underwear and the foreign market. |
1995 1995 Following its development strategy, the company became a public limited company with a new corporate name: IMPETUS PORTUGAL TÊXTEIS SA |
1997 |
1998 1998 marketing department |
1999 1999 seamless area |
2000 2000 underwear line |
2001 2001 seamless knitwear |
2002 2002 Chinese market |
1998 1998 Impetus creates the Marketing department, prepared to respond to its own private label and brand. |
1999 The company is advancing with a new design in the seamless area for underwear, this being a new specialization for which new facilities were required; hence the idea of activating the Malhas CEF company and building new facilities. |
2000 2000 Launch of the first line of seamless underwear (no seams). |
2001 Following the launch of seamless technology, the group invests in the creation of a production unit exclusively for seamless - CEF fabrics. |
2002 2002 IMPETUS was the first Portuguese textile company to enter the Chinese market at the invitation of a luxury shopping mall, the Beijing Lufthansa Center. Being present in the department store Youyi Shopping City; Parkson and Hanglong Palace. |
2004 |
2005 2005 Galeries Lafayette and Le Printemps. |
2006 2006 INNOVATION line. |
2007 2007 line of beachwear |
2008 2008 HOT Impetus |
2009 2009 two new brands |
2010 |
2005 2005 Impetus enters the French department stores: Galeries Lafayette and Le Printemps. |
2006 |
2007 2007 The men's offer is complete in 2007 with a line of beachwear. Once again IMPETUS invests in state-of-the-art technology that allows vertical production also for this type of products. |
2008 |
2009 2009 The company incorporates two new brands into its portfolio, both of French origin: the underwear and nightwear of Eden Park, a ready-to-wear brand inspired by the rugby universe and Coup de Couer, brand of pajamas for the whole family. |
2010 |
2011 He started the underwear project with REPLAY through a license for the development of collections, production and marketing of Italian brand underwear and nightwear. |
2012 IMPETUS launches two applications unprecedented in the universe of underwear developed for multiple mobile platforms. Through these applications customers can experience an innovative and appealing experience allowing anywhere to access content specially developed by IMPETUS, and can share this unique experience in social networks. |
2013 IMPETUS enters Sokos, department store in Finland. |
2014 IMPETUS receives the BLUESIGN® certification that offers an independent approval system for the textile industry, taking into account the entire production process, minimizing the impact on the environment and protecting human health. With the global seal of approval for the environment, health and safety of production, BLUESIGN® allows to produce and market sustainable products without compromising the functionality and quality of them. |
2015 IMPETUS SPORT line is born with exclusive design and technology that regulates humidity and perspiration. |
2016 IMPETUS elects as ambassador of the brand Iker Casillas, the eternal captain of the Spanish team and one of the most media personalities in the world of sport. |
2017 COTTON ORGANIC |
2018 Five Star Award |
2019 COTTON ORGANIC |
2017 On World Conservation Day, COTTON ORGANIC launches an organic cotton line with GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) Certification that ensures that cotton is produced in a certified organic form and all the manufacturing processes involved are inspected. |
2018 The creative line I AM WHAT I WEAR is born that explores the creativity of IMPETUS design. With the new line, the brand connects with Millenials, an affirmative and demanding generation in creativity and quality. |
2019 VOYAGER is born a new "quick dry" line from IMPETUS, created to make travel more practical. The microfiber used for the Voyager line is produced by regenerating plastics that harm the oceans. |
