The historical and social conditions that helped the birth of the district can be found on:
- a high level of professional competencies, as the result of a strong technical experience on the
manufacturing activities;
- a fast circulation of information in the district, an import factor to promote a continuous innovation;
- the presence of a local entrepreneurial culture.
The need of a continuous improvement in the quality in a high competitive market was the driving factor
that moved to the planning and the realization of a Centre able to support the quality improvement of
the product by offering the needed specialized services.
In 1986 was set up the "Centro Studi e Promozione Castel Goffredo in Collant” (Castel Goffredo’s Centre
for the Study and Promotion of the Hosiery) as a cooperative initiative of the local bank, the Cassa Rurale
of Castel Goffredo, and some Hosiery’s entrepreneurs.
The aim of the Centre was:
"both to provide a service within Castel Goffredo’s area to facilitate the availability of the information and
to bring back in the production area the thinking, the research and the directions”.
Centro Servizi Calza started to operate in spring 1990.
The headquarters were, and are still located in Castel Goffredo, the town where can be found the highest
concentration of hosiery factories in Italy.
CSC was born as a mixed public-private consortium company and it belongs the Regional network of
service centres for businesses promoted by Lombardy Region into the Innovation and Quality project.v
The founding Members of CSC were:
