500-750 (at the Stabio premises alone)

VF Corporation controls over 30 casual clothing and sportswear brands and thousands of shops in every corner of the globe; names connected to the multinational include Lee, Wrangler, Eastpak, The North Face, Napapijri, Vans and Timberland. It has a turnover of over $12 billion, and is one of the world’s largest businesses in this sector.

Since 2013, VF International's headquarters for the European market has been based in Stabio, a new building which took two years to complete. Previously, the group's only premises in Ticino were in Pazzallo.

• VF International chose Ticino for the site of its headquarters (first in Pazzallo, and then Stabio);
• the plant in Stabio was built from scratch: the first stone was laid at the end of 2010, and the building was officially opened around two years later (see video);
• every year the company organises VF Community Day, a day when employees offer their support to local organisations and associations by carrying out various tasks: from helping out on the La Fattoria farm in Cureglia (managed by the OTAF Foundation) to cleaning up the woodland in Mendrisiotto.

• over 30: the number of clothing brands owned by VF Corporation;
• 60%: the percentage of reclaimed timber used in the construction of the Stabio plant, whilst the remaining 40% was FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) certified;
• 12: the number of people who can enter and work in the 'gondola', one of the most imaginative conference rooms in the building (see video).

VF International's new-build headquarters in Stabio is innovative from several different points of view, not least in terms of environmental considerations, with sustainable heating and lighting systems (see video). More generally, the multinational is continually cementing its position as a global leader in the sports and casualwear sector, and has launched a development plan which aims to achieve a turnover of $17 billion by 2017 (Vf17x17).

• VF Community Day 2015 - Eco-volontariato di successo in varie località
  (27.06.2015, Corriere del Ticino)
• Una giornata di eco-volontariato per la VF
  (26.06.2015, RSI LA1 - Il Quotidiano)
• I piani di VF, la società che possiede anche Vans, Eastpak, North Face e Napapijri
  (01.16.2015, Corriere della Sera)
• VF: il franco non ci fa tagliare impieghi e salari
  (06.03.2015, Corriere del Ticino)
• Il servizio di Falò sul Ticino Fashion Valley
  (14.11.2013, RSI)
• Stabio: arriva la Timberland
  (30.12.2012, Ticinonews)
• "La vecchia idea di azienda è ormai superata" - Intervista al presidente di vf International
  (11.01.2011, Ticinonews)
• vf International: prima pietra
  (23.12.2010, Ticinonews)