Gruppo Mastrotto, Founding Partner of the MILE Museum

Gruppo Mastrotto is proud to be a founder of MILE, the Museum of Interactive Leather Experience, a unique project in Italy that celebrates leatherworking expertise with engaging language and high-impact multimedia.

MILE, inaugurated on Saturday 27 September 2025 in Arzignano, was created by Distretto Veneto della Pelle, in collaboration with Acque del Chiampo and Medio Chiampo, to promote the history and culture of leather and to showcase its technological evolution, its link with the territory and its evolution towards increasingly concrete sustainability.

In a redeveloped space equipped with the most advanced immersive technologies, ranging from video mapping to artificial intelligence, the Museum aims to be a cultural and educational platform, capable of communicating with schools, citizens and businesses. Divided into six thematic areas equipped with interactive panels and models, it aims to be a bridge between consolidated experience and vision, to reaffirm the value to an industrial tradition that is now more than ever oriented towards the future.

As a founder, Gruppo Mastrotto believed in this project from the outset, contributing its deep expertise and sharing the passion that has guided the company for over sixty-five years on its unstoppable path of growth and innovation.

For Gruppo Mastrotto, industrial culture is a value to be passed on. Therefore, placing trust in the younger generations means offering them the know-how to navigate the supply chain, experiment with its technologies and imagine a professional future in leather.

These objectives are achieved thanks to MILE's great attention to the world of education, offering a concrete opportunity to introduce the younger generations to leather as a product of excellence.

‘MILE,’ explains Chiara Mastrotto, President of Gruppo Mastrotto, "is a living platform, destined for continuous evolution: a museum that engages, stimulates and opens new paths, proudly telling the story of a district that has been able to combine roots and innovation. It is a bridge between generations, boldly open to the future, where past and future meet in a shared project, symbolizing a community that believes in its identity and its capacity for innovation."

Gruppo Mastrotto chose to be a founder of the MILE Museum precisely because it believes in the value of its local identity, in promoting industrial culture and in working together to build new possibilities for tomorrow.