By the end of the 19th century, Luino was a heavily industrialised town; the textiles industry being particularly strong here, due to the many water courses which could be used to power the machinery and many textile factories were set up in the local area by Swiss industrialists.
By the late 19th century, Luino had become a heavily industrialized town, with textiles being a dominant industry thanks to its access to watercourses for powering machinery and numerous textile factories set up by Swiss entrepreneurs in the region.