BUILDING SYSTEMS
Mapei’s products have been used to upgrade and refurbish iconic buildings and structures that include the Colosseum in Rome
85 years old and still looking to the future
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It was 1937 when Rodolfo Squinzi, and his wife, Elsa, founded Materiali Ausiliari Per l'Edilizia e l'Industria (Mapei) on the outskir ts of Milan. At the star t, there were just seven staff members who would spearhead the growth of a multinational building company’s most distinctive materials business championing trait worldwide. Italian excellence Since 2019, Laura Squinzi has been chairman of the board of directors, which in innovation.
ighty-five years later, the facts and figures about Mapei tell the story of how it has evolved: three generations of entrepreneurs, business operations in 57 countries, over 20 product lines to meet all the needs of the building trade, 84 production plants, revenue of around €2.8 billion (R48.26 billion), and almost 11 000 staff. The foresight and passion of Rodolfo’s son, Giorgio Squinzi, at the helm of the company from 1984 to 2019, the constant support of his sister and qualified lawyer Laura Squinzi, and the insight of his wife Adriana, head of marketing and communications strategy, steered the way ahead, laying the foundations for what are now the Group’s pillars: Internationalisation, Research
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and Development, Specialisation, and Sustainability. Support for culture and sport have also helped secure close ties between business operations, communities, and the company itself. These bonds are still the
also includes Veronica and Marco Squinzi as Group CEOs, and Simona Giorgetta. "We are treating this important milestone more like a starting line. We are ready to face new challenges, knowing that we can count on a team of the highest caliber,” says Veronica Squinzi. “Mapei is a company with its heart in Italy and its eyes looking out across the globe. Since our grandfather took that historic first step in 1974 and built the athletics tracks for the Montreal Olympics, we have never stopped investing in new markets. Today, we have 91 subsidiaries in 57 countries, and we have no intention of stopping here. We recently acquired French company Resipoly and we are currently building five new factories
