Our History

Milano Design Terminal was a trading company, founded in Hong Kong, when working directly in China is not so easy. This trading was intended to bring the critical eye of Italian aesthetics into the heart of international trade. The idea was to transport a piece of Milan to Asia, to select, buy, organize the productions before starting the shipment to Europe.

At the beginning, the drawings and projects to be implemented arrived at the Milan Design Terminal from Italy. The first projects were all OEM and ODM productions to order. Our work was often based on productions already existing in Europe. From the customer we received everything, from the molds, bill of materials, to the production pieces to follow

To do this, Milano Design Terminal opened its own production line in China mainland in Panyu. As a tribute to Milan, the factory was called MI FACTORY. The factory was closed during the euro zone crisis and the advance of other Asian producers.

In addition to this production activity, the selection of existing production was added, not only in China, but throughout the Indo-Pacific.

at the beginning the customers were Italian brands. But companies from all over the world soon joined.

It is with the growth of markets at the geographic level of the supply chain that the claim "hub and spoke of production" is coined

Until the outbreak of the pandemic, they were suppliers of Milano Design Terminal, Indian, Philippine and Chinese factories. With the closure of the borders in 2020, the Hong Kong office is downsized, the Canton showroom transformed into a commercial office, and an assembly line opened in Guzhen. The resumption of production in China was imposed by the closure of international travel due to a pandemic.

There are currently three locations, an assembly line in Guzhen, a sales office in Hong Kong and the real heart, a new operational headquarters in Guangzhou. The headquarters are located inside the creative park wanted by COSCO on the river of pearls. The staff is Chinese with an Italian, the architect Gabi Peretto.
Currently the main customers are

COINCASA ITALY
MAISONS DU MONDE FRANCE
EL CORTE INGLES SPAIN
NEMO
FONTANA ARTE

RIPLEY CHILE
RIPLEY PERU
ILAW PHILIPPINES
PROLIVING FRANCE