ACBC Innovation Hub is launched

Last 13th May, the specialist consultancy firm – which combines industrial, academic and consultancy expertise to guide transformation and innovation processes – opened a 400-square-metre space at Via Signorelli 10 in Milan, designed to change the way innovation is anticipated and brought to market in the fashion, luxury and lifestyle sectors. This hub serves as an operational platform that implements a comprehensive innovation model, integrating materials research, product development, strategy and commercialisation. The Innovation Hub is the technological heart of ACBC and manages the entire product lifecycle, from design to circularity.

The Hub offers access to an ecosystem of innovative solutions and promotes collaboration with sectors such as the automotive and interior design industries. The eight-person team, led by Chief Innovation Officer Edoardo Iannuzzi, comprises experts in textiles, leather and polymers, and has a database of over 3,800 materials and around 200 partner organisations—including start-ups, material innovators and multinational leaders—covering various supply chains across Asia, the EU and the USA.

The Hub pursues two innovation strategies: the first concerns the ‘Available’ area, where market-ready materials are presented, and the second is the ‘New Frontiers’ area, where new patents are developed with a 5% R&D budget.

ACBC also offers other complementary services. Strategy Consulting helps companies define growth strategies and improve operational efficiency, integrating sustainability into their business. Supply Chain Managed Services supports product development and industrialisation with a flexible approach. The Marketing & Communication division focuses on translating innovation into market strategies. The T2T approach, which integrates technology and traceability, ensures transparency throughout the supply chain.

“The Hub was created to put innovation – often undervalued in the fashion industry – at the service of the sector. ACBC selects and translates solutions relating to materials, products and circularity into clear and measurable economic and environmental KPIs, enabling brands to evaluate and adopt them on objective and scientific grounds, whilst understanding their concrete benefits.” – said Edoardo Iannuzzi, ACBC Co-Founder & Chief of Innovation.

“With the Innovation Hub, we are reinforcing our vision: to build an infrastructure capable of connecting expertise, technologies and supply chains on a global scale, by bringing together know-how and operational capabilities. We want to consolidate our role as a key partner in the sector’s evolution by helping to drive the transformation towards more advanced, integrated and competitive models” – added Gio Giacobbe, Co-Founder & CEO of ACBC.

The opening of the Innovation Hub comes at a time of consolidation for ACBC, supported by the entry of the Gyrus Capital fund, with the aim of accelerating its development and strengthening its international positioning. B Corp certified and recognised as a leading consultancy for the fashion, luxury and lifestyle sectors, ACBC is now the go-to partner for global brands seeking to develop new products and business models, making innovation – technological, design and industrial – the main driver of competitiveness.