In the Guane language, Curití means “town of weavers”. Here, the dyers fill peasant life with bright colors and the spinners with the distaff, turning to tradition, deliver threads to the weavers who to the beat of one – two, one – two, one – two of a pair of pedals, they move rhythmically, making beautiful fabrics. In 1995, in the small town of Curití, department of Santander, ECOFIBRAS was born, a company dedicated to keeping alive the textile tradition inherited from the Guane indigenous culture, through spinning and weaving with fique (furcraea). Our company ECOFIBRAS is a cooperative whose main objective is to improve the quality of life of fiqueros producers and artisans, through the manual work of fique and other natural textile fibers. Using our own and transfer technologies, incorporating high quality and traditional and contemporary design contents, to elaborate ecological artisan products and take them to national and international markets, where we have obtained important recognitions thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit of those who integrate it and the demonstrated achievements . Our young company has earned the trust of farmers and artisans, establishing itself as an example of improvement and development in the national artisan field. This has allowed us to manage projects to channel and administer human, technical and economic resources, seeking to achieve, in the short and medium term, our goals to become an integral and autonomous entity.
OUR HISTORY
Social objective, mission and vision of ecofibras limited.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
The Cooperative Company of Natural Fibers of Santander Limited – ECOFIBRAS has the general objective of organizing and providing services to its associates in areas of research, production, processing, technical training, marketing of natural fibers and products made from them, for the benefit of associates and the general community.
Mission
As an agro-industrial company of a cooperative nature and recognized by the national and international community, we are characterized by the production of biodegradable ecological products, made 100% by hand by mothers who are heads of households and with raw materials from the region. Allowing us to be generators of employment and contributing to the care of the environment.
VISION
Ecofibras LTDA was established thinking of being an alternative solution for the fiquera and artisan population at the regional level at that time. Over the years and with the responsibility of being a jovial company with just over 25 years in the market today, this solution ceased to be regional to become a national sustainability option. In our cooperative company we design, produce and market art with fique fibers. Implementing all the appropriate technologies within the productive chain of the fiquero sector, from the production of fique hills, the promotion of the technical management of crops and the use of 100% natural biomass of this beneficial fiber. In this way we have managed to diversify the use of fique fiber through design and color, transforming it into utilitarian and decorative crafts and generating added value not only to the fique but also to the quality of life of the peasant producers. and the artisan mothers.
