Pasquale Natuzzi was born in Matera, lives in Santeramo, is married and has 5 children. The son of a cabinet maker, at the age of 19 he opened a workshop in Taranto. In 1962 he moved to Matera, where in 1967 he started to produce sofas on an industrial level. In 1972 he founded Natuzzi Salotti S.r.l., and one year later, after a fire completely destroyed his factory, he transferred the business to Santeramo in Colle (Bari, Italy), where the Group still has its headquarters. In the 1980s, during a trip in the USA, Pasquale Natuzzi saw the opportunity to bring leather sofas "to the masses", and in 1985 founded Natuzzi Upholstery Inc., based in New York. Success in the United States, confirmed by the listing on Wall Street in May 1993, was a springboard for Natuzzi to conquer other markets. 1998 saw the opening in High Point, North Carolina, of Natuzzi Americas' headquarters. The building was designed by Mario Bellini.
While continuing its expansion in the North American market, the Group strengthened its presence in Europe and in Italy, where the first Divani & Divani by Natuzzi store was opened in the 1990s.
His passion and dedication to the company's growth was recognized with an honorary degree in Education Sciences awarded in December 2001 by the University of Bari. In 2008 Pasquale Natuzzi was inducted in the American Furniture Hall of Fame, becoming the first non-American to receive this recognition.
Each and every model is designed in Italy, in the Natuzzi Style Centre. Here, our team of designers, architects and interior designers study current international fashion, art and furnishing trends, exploring emerging lifestyles and creating sofas and armchairs able to provide complete comfort and satisfaction. The Style Centre works hard to produce a vast range of models in both leather and fabric, with extremely versatile configurations and functions. A design to ensure absolute comfort.
A Natuzzi Editions sofa is designed to bring absolute comfort into your life, thanks to the high quality guaranteed by a Group founded back in 1959 and which is now a global leader in the furnishing sector. Each model is produced in the company’s factories around the world, conforming to the regulations of each individual country. From the design stage to delivery at your door, from the leather tanning process to selecting the padding, we closely follow each step, each process, each check. This is how we guarantee the quality of our production.
Each Natuzzi Editions sofa is hand-crafted by our professional craftspeople. In our factories, we have achieved the perfect balance between human skill and cutting-edge technology, allowing us to bring meticulously crafted sofas into homes across the world. This is how we guarantee absolute comfort.
We push the limits just that little bit further. Each sofa and armchair is subjected to countless tests to check the load, stability and resistance to wear, friction, damage and light, and conform with the strictest international regulations. This is how we can ensure that our products are the very best, guaranteeing absolute comfort.
There is leather and then there is leather, and the leather used for our Natuzzi Editions sofas is our crowning jewel.
We have been working leather in our own tanneries since 1959, selecting the best pelts and treating them with exclusive formulas to enhance both quality and softness, always in compliance with international environmental regulations. Absolute comfort is a form of beauty: the beauty of non-toxic and safe upholsteries guaranteed by years of expertise.
Natuzzi's history is an ongoing Research & Development process. Over the year, it has produced successful products that have changed the world of interior decoration forever, including coloured leather sofas in the 1980s, recliner mechanisms in the 1990s, next-generation motion sofas in the new millennium, and most recently the Re-vive recliner.
The value of our choices is attested by ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001 international certifications relating to quality management and commitment to environmental protection.
Five photovoltaic systems are in operation at our Santeramo in Colle headquarters and our Matera and Laterza manufacturing sites. Thanks to the energy generated by 21,000 photovoltaic modules, we help reduce CO2 air emissions.