October · Historic town centre
For the individual beekeepers and apiary companies that bring their honeys into the square, the honey consortia and trade associations that coordinate the sagra programme, the Pro Loco and the organising committees that run the weekend logistics, the schools and lower-secondary institutes that bring classes to the beekeeping workshops, the restaurateurs and agri-food chain companies that set up tasting stands alongside the wines of the territory, the artisan workshops of beeswax candles and honey soaps that open their counter in the cloister during the event, the event sponsors that want visibility for their brand within the graphic line of the limited editions of the village — branded shoppers for the public of the day, limited editions of traditional objects in coordinated packaging, coordinated gadgets for the tastings, gifts for the schools attending the workshops and for the twinned delegations, coordinated materials for the restaurateurs and the agri-food chain — delivered in time for the opening day of the Festa del Miele in the historic centre of the village.
The Festa del Miele — as it is organised across editions by the Pro Loco of the village that runs its programme — brings together individual beekeepers and apiary companies of the area, honey consortia and trade associations, schools and lower-secondary institutes, restaurateurs and agri-food chain companies, artisan workshops of beeswax candles and honey soaps, Pro Loco of neighbouring villages, delegations from twinned Pro Loco, third-sector bodies working with schools on environmental education, sponsors of local culture and agriculture, and a broad public of visitors who pass through the days between honey tastings, beekeeping equipment markets, school workshops, beekeeper round tables, honey prizes and local cooking.
For the beekeepers, the apiary companies, the honey consortia, the schools, the restaurateurs and the Pro Loco of the Festa del Miele, Corp-Merch.IT manages from its operating hub the full chain for the different audience categories: intake of the beekeeper’s, apiary company’s, consortium’s, school’s or Pro Loco’s master graphic files (AI, EPS, PDF/X-4 with CMYK images at 300 dpi, FOGRA39 colour profile for print, Pantone for textiles), adaptation for the different personalisation techniques (water-based screen printing on GOTS-certified organic cotton for the coordinated uniforms of the beekeepers on the sagra days, hot foil on FSC-certified paper for the Festa del Miele booklets, laser engraving on chestnut wood for the labels of the limited-edition honey jars, computerised embroidery on cotton and linen for the aprons of the territory’s cooking, sublimation printing on cotton for the public’s tote bags, UV printing on PVC for the workshop and prize signs), physical pre-production sample with Pantone colour map and technical sheet, production on Italian supply chains (Como textile for the cotton of the coordinated uniforms, Tuscan organic cotton for the public’s tote bags, Collodi wood for the labels and small decorative objects of the limited editions, Fabriano paper for the Festa del Miele booklets, Faenza ceramics for the tasting bowls, Maniago steel for the small metalwork, Empoli glass for the limited-edition jars, Padova for the technical paper of the limited-edition slipcases) and delivery to the Pro Loco warehouse, the church cloister or the Comune multi-purpose hall on slots confirmed by the sagra calendar.
Individual beekeepers and apiary companies bringing their honeys into the square look for coordinated uniforms for the sagra days (shirt in GOTS-certified organic cotton or cotton-linen blend with computerised embroidery of the apiary company name and the honey’s country of origin, coordinated apron for the tastings, sturdy fabric shopper, peaked cap for the peak hours of the sagra days), branded shoppers for the public of the days, limited-edition honey jars in coordinated packaging, small coordinated objects (magnets with the bees and flowers of the area, illustrated postcards of the bees and flowers of the area, enamel pins of the apiary companies). Schools and lower-secondary institutes bringing classes to the beekeeping workshops need educational kits of beekeeping (small booklets of the bees and flowers of the area, coordinated shopper, annotation notebooks), Festa del Miele booklets on FSC-certified paper, coordinated uniforms for the teachers. Restaurateurs and agri-food chain companies setting up the tasting stands want coordinated placemats, restaurateur’s fabric shoppers, small coordinated objects for the tastings. The artisan workshops of beeswax candles and honey soaps want limited editions of candles and soaps in packaging coordinated with the Festa del Miele graphic line. Twinned Pro Loco delegations want coordinated gift kits, limited-edition honey jars, packaging coordinated with the institutional colours of the host Pro Loco. Third-sector bodies working with schools on environmental education want coordinated gadgets for their environmental education days.
Most beekeepers, honey consortia and Pro Loco of the Festa del Miele coordinate their operations from their local seat, but launching a coordinated collection of beekeeper uniforms, public shoppers or limited-edition honey jars requires a district supply chain that our hub can orchestrate across the Italian territory. Como for the cotton of the coordinated uniforms, Scandicci for the leather of the territory’s cooking aprons, Maniago for the steel of the metalwork, Empoli for the glass of the limited-edition jars, Faenza for the ceramics of the tasting bowls, Padova for the technical paper of the slipcases, Fabriano for the paper of the Festa del Miele booklets, Collodi for the wood objects of the labels and the educational kits: the hub lets us consolidate the client’s graphic files, run a physical pre-production sample across Italian supply chains and dispatch the lot to the Pro Loco, the church cloister or the organising committee warehouse on a short courier window, twenty-four to forty-eight hours from the national territory. For programmes that involve a twinned Pro Loco delegation (twinning between the village’s Pro Loco and the Pro Loco of other Italian regions or other European countries) we manage bilingual materials (Italian and English at minimum) and, on request, full multilingual release with translations aligned with ISO 17100.
The Festa del Miele window is spread out and must be planned with a calendar that includes the historic-centre set-up days opening the previous Friday, the Saturday ribbon-cutting, the Sunday and Monday sagra days, the beekeepers’ Tuesday round tables, the honey prizes on Wednesday, the Pro Loco tradition evenings on Thursday and the grand finale of honey cooking and beeswax workshops the following Saturday. For beekeepers, apiary companies and Pro Loco the gap between confirmation of the Festa del Miele graphic line and the opening of the sagra days is normally below ten weeks, and any object that must be at the Pro Loco rendezvous point, the church cloister or the organising committee warehouse by the first day must be closed and dispatched at least one week before opening. We work backwards from that moment: production must close two to three weeks before the ribbon-cutting; the courier slot must be booked for the Wednesday or Thursday of the sagra week; the addressee list must be finalised at the same time as the sagra-day calendar is confirmed; the specific edition details (year, edition number, bees and flowers of the area) only add a small reprint to an already-produced neutral graphic base.
For Italian clients with a VAT number the invoice is issued through the Italian Revenue Agency’s Sistema di Interscambio (SdI) with 22% VAT applied in EUR; reduced rates of 4%, 5% or 10% are available for the product categories that allow them (publishing, art objects, traditional territory products). Reverse charge for intra-EU buyers registered in VIES, split payment for public administration bodies, recipient code or PEC for electronic invoice delivery. For clients in scope of CSRD reporting (D.Lgs. 125/2024, transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2464) we provide a sustainability sheet per order with Scope 3 CO₂e estimates under the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain on the internal legs and from the named production supply chains.
Shirt in GOTS-certified organic cotton or cotton-linen blend with computerised embroidery of the apiary company name and the honey’s country of origin, coordinated apron for the tastings, sturdy fabric shopper, peaked cap for the peak hours of the sagra days, metal badge for the larger uniforms of the apiary companies.
Limited-edition honey jars with coordinated packaging and hot-foil printing of the apiary company name and the honey type, FSC-certified paper labels, technical-paper slipcases for the territory’s honey selections and for the kits of the twinned Pro Loco.
Faenza ceramic bowls, Tuscan organic cotton shoppers, Scandicci leather small goods, Maniago steel accessories, limited editions of honey spoons, packaging coordinated with the institutional colours of the participating apiary companies.
Illustrated booklets of the bees and flowers of the area printed on FSC-certified paper, organic cotton shoppers for the class kits, bilingual agenda, single-stitched notebook for the beekeeping workshop annotations, limited edition of a jar of territory honey.
Before launching production, graphics, quantities per recipient, packaging and named receiving point must be confirmed. The final delivery address is defined in the weeks leading up to the Festa del Miele against the calendar issued by the Pro Loco or the organising committee responsible for the event: the historic centre of the village often has narrow access streets and regulated vehicle gates; the church cloister has its own delivery hours that must be coordinated with the parish contacts; the Comune multi-purpose hall has loading windows coordinated with the Comune contacts; the Pro Loco consolidation warehouse is often decentralised from the centre and must be reached with suitable couriers. Historic-centre ZTL zones condition courier access, which is why most teams opt for early-morning or post-19:30 deliveries, when heavy vehicles are again allowed in ZTL areas of the centre.
For an Italian programme routed via the national hub, deliveries are consolidated and shipped to the Pro Loco, the church cloister, the multi-purpose hall or the organising committee warehouse with twenty-four to forty-eight-hour windows via BRT, SDA, GLS or DHL Express Italia, by appointment for sites requiring telephone pre-notice. For programmes above 1,000 pieces we propose appointment delivery with telephone pre-notice and, on request, on-site set-up by our staff at the Pro Loco or the organising committee warehouse. For materials requiring controlled environmental conditions (limited-edition honey jars, limited-edition glassware) we coordinate transport with climate-controlled specialised partners. For educational kits destined for schools and welcome packs for the twinned Pro Loco delegations we handle multilingual labelling (Italian, English, French, German, Spanish) and packaging in tamper-evident envelopes with a bilingual packing list addressed to the recipient.
Eight to ten weeks is the safest window for limited-edition honey jars, coordinated uniforms for beekeepers on the sagra days, honey-cooking tasting gadgets and educational kits for schools. Tighter programmes are possible only after stock, print methods and access to the Pro Loco or church cloister have been confirmed.
Only after the Pro Loco or organising committee has confirmed the loading window, the gate access and the named recipient. Limited-edition honey jars and packaging require specific packing conditions to be agreed in advance.
Yes. Beekeeper uniforms, limited-edition honey jars, honey-cooking tasting gadgets and educational kits for schools can be packed and labelled as separate lots, each tied to its audience and delivery point.
No. Corp-Merch.IT is an external, independent B2B supplier that helps beekeepers, apiary companies, honey consortia, schools, restaurateurs and Pro Loco prepare their merch for the Festa del Miele. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the village Pro Loco or the sagra organising committee.
Corp-Merch.IT is an external, independent B2B supplier to the beekeepers, apiary companies, honey consortia, schools, restaurateurs, beeswax and honey soap artisan workshops, neighbouring-village Pro Loco, twinned Pro Loco delegations and Festa del Miele organising committees. This page helps teams prepare their merch for the sagra; it does not represent the village Pro Loco, the organising committee, the apiary companies or any sponsor of the event.