Following this introduction we would now like to briefly present the main production processes:

SORTING: this fully automated process serves to separate coarse from small feathers and from down.

DEDUSTING: dust is removed to upgrade the standars of quality before the raw feathers and down are fed into the washing machines.

WASHING: application of an optimum washing process is the actual secret behind a genuine quality product.
SALPI's automatic, continuous-operation washing machines each have a capacity of 3,500 litres (770 imp gals) of water olus special biologically decomposable detergents with anti-bacterial properties.
The washing process is then supplemented by several rinsing processes.
This phase of production is not concluded until the rising water is perfectly clear.

SPINNING: the feathers and down are now transferred to water extractors for removing surplus water.

DRYING: feather and down are then dried in special autoclaves.

STERILIZING: after the feather and down have been properly dried they are automatically sterilized at a temperature of +140/165 °C.

SALPI's experience in the field of feathers and down is supplemented by SALPI's know-how in the use of special down-proof pure cotton fabrics known in the market as twill and cambric and these special fabrics are made exclusively for containing feather and down fillings. They have a specific finish, not a mere fabric dressing, in order to grant a perfect filling retention. Feather and down form an ideal match with pure cotton feathers and down proof fabrics.