Milan is home to a new hub dedicated to innovation in fashion, luxury, and lifestyle. It is the innovation hub of ACBC, an R&D consulting firm whose name stands for “Anything Can Be Changed.”
The inauguration comes during a phase of consolidation for ACBC, supported by the entry of the Gyrus Capital fund, with the aim of accelerating the company’s development and strengthening its international positioning.
The new operational platform is located at Via Signorelli 10 and focuses on material research, product development, strategy, and go-to-market for brands and manufacturers.
A team of eight people, including experts in textiles, leather, and polymers, operates in its 400-sq.-meter space. It maintains a database of more than 3,800 materials and supports over 200 affiliated entities—including startups and innovators—operating across various supply chains in Asia, the EU, and the U.S. under the leadership of Edoardo Iannuzzi, co-founder and chief innovation officer.
The hub oversees the various stages of the product lifecycle—from creation and material development to design and manufacturing, through to end-of-life management.
It operates along two main lines. The “Available” area provides ready-to-use materials, while the “New Frontiers” area develops its own patents with an R&D budget of 5% of revenue to create new technologies that support circularity.
“The Hub was created to put innovation—often undervalued in the fashion industry—at the service of the sector. ACBC identifies and translates solutions related to materials, products, and circularity into clear and measurable economic and environmental KPIs,” said Iannuzzi.
“With the Innovation Hub, we are strengthening our vision to build an infrastructure that connects expertise, technologies, and supply chains on a global scale, and we aim to consolidate our role as a key partner in driving more advanced, integrated, and competitive models,” said Gio Giacobbe, Co-Founder & CEO of ACBC.
ACBC is a B Corp certified and recognized company supporting global brands that aim to develop new products and business models, making innovation—technological, design, and industrial—the primary driver of competitiveness.