DISCOVER OUR UNIQUE VENUE
LOCATED IN THE HEART OF ITALY’S GARMENT MANUFACTURING DISTRICT.
Based in Lastra a Signa, near Florence, Italy, Intertek Maison is the perfect venue for events, ideas and collaborations. Supported by world-class research, Maison’s onsite laboratories provide design and quality assurance expertise for luxury and premium brands.
Maison centre philosophy
The Maison Centre of Excellence is the new Intertek home for luxury and premium brands. It is designed to take new, original, ideas from inspiration to reality.
It offers a unique, technologically advanced venue for events, ideas and collaboration – supported by the research, design and quality assurance expertise of its adjacent world class laboratories.
About Maison
Based in Florence, Maison is the dedicated luxury home of Intertek, the global leaders in Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification services.
A multifunctional and sustainable location, Maison is flexible in structure – its sliding walls can transform the 600 sqm space to fit your needs.
With a 180-degree cinema screen and surround sound system, it is a space steeped in advanced technology and design, to offer you and your clients an unforgettable experience.
Maison is the place that premium brands can call home, to renew, reinvent and regenerate.
Discover more about our event spaces.
Freedom to explore
An environment designed to inspire ideas with no boundaries
Applying the science
Expert support for new product development
Insights to accelerate
The focal point for rapid research to take place
Designing in quality
Expertise and Total Quality Assurance at every stage
Total Quality Assurance
Intertek end to end Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification
About our labs
Intertek has been operating product testing labs in over 100 countries, for over 130 years, serving many of the world’s leading brands.
At Maison, we have put all our luxury, fashion and premium products expertise and technology in one place to offer a unique and unrivalled service.
Our Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification services enable risk assessment, product specifications, quality protocols, regulation and faster access to markets.
Fashion and luxury brands can continue to surprise and delight their customers, while we safeguard their business and brand reputations.
Maison Events
Designed to support luxury and premium brands, there are many ways to interact with Maison. As both an inspiring event venue and a scientific research and development facility, we can host a wide range of events:
- Static showcases
- Press conferences
- Spin-off exhibition events
- Art exhibitions
- New experiences
- Previews
- Sell-in meetings
Maison Professional
Maison can host workshops and training events for your business and take care of your customers and colleagues. We can ensure that your entire business can connect remotely from any of your global locations.
- Meetings with suppliers/agents
- Training for staff/branches
- Company meetings with clients
- Workshops and updates on sustainability, new selling dynamics and new distribution systems
Maison Education
With connections to education across the globe, Maison is also the place where students can learn about the luxury sector and help shape its future. Maison gives designers a platform for their new and inspiring ideas, as well as a place to develop and widen their knowledge.
- Tours of our laboratories
- Exhibitions of student work
- Fashion contests
- Courses on important contemporary themes
- Tutorials from outstanding designers
- ‘Explore the fabrics’ tutorials
- Updates on sustainability
Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide
Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 46,000 people in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification expertise for our customers’ operations and supply chains.
Assurance
Enabling you to identify and mitigate the intrinsic risk in your operations, supply chains and quality management systems.
Testing
Evaluating how your products and services meet and exceed quality, safety, sustainability and performance standards.
Inspection
Validating the specifications, value and safety of your raw materials, products and assets.
Certification
Formally confirming that your products and services meet all trusted external and internal standards.
