In 1888, Giuseppe Fasolo founded what is known today as Fasolo Artefatos de Couro Ltda., Brazil’s best known leather belt, wallet and briefcase manufacturer. The company that started as a small sole leather tannery in the district of Bento Gonçalves – 120 km north of Porto Alegre, capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul - is today one of the region’s main leather goods manufacturers and exporters.

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