This is the history of an Italian family that, since 1929, has made the home its source of inspiration, while the joy of living its main objective.
This was the starting point of the entrepreneurial adventure that, almost ninety years ago, gave rise to Sais, which later, in 2005, became Galileo S.p.A.
The unstoppable growth recorded over the years is undoubtedly the result of creativity and entrepreneurship, which are distinctive traits of its made in Italy philosophy.
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ves that have always guided the company:
- giving everyone the chance to create their dream home, by providing a selection of articles in line with industry trends, but always at affordable prices;
- promoting the joy of living, through products that meet the desire of practicality and beauty within the home;
- celebrating the Italian spirit and bringing it into everyone’s homes.
TIME LINE
1929 ―
Felice Sais and his wife, Giuseppina Ciliento started out as itinerant traders in household goods. Year after year, the business expanded throughout Southern Italy and the islands.
1972 ― Santa, one of Felice Sais’ daughters, at just twenty-nine years old, decided to move to Tivoli, a strategic area on the outskirts of Rome. She bought a small structure in the centre dedicated to both retail and wholesale sales.
1985 ―
Felice Turco, son of Santa, was still a boy when he started travelling to Germany, the home of porcelain at that time. His aim was to study materials and their manufacture. In 1989, he left for Macao to discover the international market.
1989 ―
Felice Turco visits the Macau pottery fair in southern China for the first time, opening the door to a new market and different sources of supply.
1990 ―
Sais S.r.l. inaugurated its headquarter in Pontelucano, a commercial area on the outskirts of Tivoli and at just a few kilometres from Rome.
1996 ―
The new commercial brand Collezione Villa d'Este is conceived, offering fine items in German porcelain, Lumezzane flatware, and Bohemia crystal.
1997 ―
The La Satur S.r.l. brand is born. After the Ponte Lucano store, the first one is opened in Rome, in the Eur area.
2005 ―
Galileo S.p.A was born from the splitting of Sais S.r.l., a company that incorporates the brands of the Galileo family, VdE Tivoli 1996 and Kooper.
2017 ―
Here comes Satur e-commerce, the group's first virtual store (www. satur.it), also dedicated to those who do not reside near the stores.
2023 ―
2019 ―
Galileo S.p.A. becomes the exclusive distributor in Italy for Chigo, a leading air conditioning company.
BUSINESS MODEL
Galileo S.p.A., despite being a company based on a solid family tradition and a strong territorial identification, looks very much towards the outside world, and especially towards the future, with the intention to improve on every aspect and provide an excellent product at affordable prices. Creativity, dynamism, innovation, and know-how are the cornerstones of Galileo's corporate philosophy, which are realized through the creation and marketing of innovative, design-driven products that are the result of great aesthetic attention.
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The success of Galileo S.p.A. is the result of four factors:
01. The ability to anticipate trends.
02. A wide offer of innovative, functional and attractive products at affordable prices.
03. A selection of worldwide suppliers with a great knowledge of materials and experts in the field.
04. Italy-based design.
Galileo also believes in sustainability
For its headquarters and logistics, it chose a photovoltaic system that produces 1220.00 KWh annually, saving about 765 tons of CO2.
OUR BRANDS
OUR BRANDS
The Galileo world embraces the home in all its environments. The growing number of references, more and more specific and focused, has dictated the need to create sub-brands able to identify the main product categories.
Outdoor: garden furniture and accessories, gardening, swimming pool furniture, beach toys, parasols, decorations, seats, gazebos, cool bags.
Mise en place, furnishing accessories, textiles, furniture, seating, decorations, scents.
Rearrangement, cleaning, hanging and ironing.
Christmas: puppets and furnishings, nativity scenes, lighting, Christmas trees, table and kitchen accessories.
Sportswear and equipment.
Bbqs and grill accessories
Cookware, pans and baking dishes, utensils and ladles, confectionery, food preservation, cutlery.
Pet mats, kennels and beds, dog and cat grooming and toys.
OUR SIGNBOARD
Satur’s success is the result of the commitment, and hard work of an entire family and, above all, their tireless passion.
A passion for details, for every day life.
A passion for home, the scene of every important event in our lives, the container of our emotions, the place that makes us feel safe.
From the very first moment, the company set itself the concrete objective of making the home a comfortable, but above all functional environment, ideal for the everyday life. How? By listening day by day to the requests and needs of those who have always entrusted Satur with the fulfilment of their wishes.
This is why 95% of Satur’s commercial proposition is made up of products imported from the Galileo group and labeled under its own brands. This refinement work allows the company to produce tailored articles conceived for the target audience.
The large assortment in Satur stores is thought to meet the needs of comfort and design at highly competitive costs. An excellent value for money characterises each proposal: for the kitchen, for the living room, for the bathroom, for the bedroom, for the outdoors.
Satur cherishes the experience gained from the past, listens carefully to the present, while looking to the future, the driving force behind our work and our production philosophy.
Learning from the past, living in the present, creating together the house of the future. "
SATUR ONLINE
No. of active references
6.650 CAGR
(Compound Annual Growth Rate)
37,2%
Active interests in design, furniture, personal training and creative cooking
Registered users
72.773
SATUR STORE
Focused on the world of small household appliances, the Kooper brand is characterised by an innovative and dynamic vision of the home. It makes use of a transversal design capable of facilitate everyday actions, without giving up on high quality of materials, peculiar research of design and sustainable approach.
Kooper believes in the future and faces creative and
productive challenges with the foresight of a champion. The catalogue is being constantly updated. Alongside the references that have made the history of the brand, it is possible to find articles of the latest generation and exclusive sector novelties.
It is from this insight that in 2021 Kooper X was born, a new approach to home and technology.
Galileo s.p.a. in 2023 becomes the exclusive distributor of the Chigo brand in italy.
Since 1994, Chigo has been a global leader in the air conditioning industry; it operates in more than 180
countries around the world and has won numerous awards for the quality of its products, the innovation of the applied technologies and the focus on development sustainability.
Kooper believes in the future and meets creative and production challenges
VdE Tivoli 1996, the leading brand of the Galileo S.p.A. Group, has been colouring the table for over 25 years with its original decorations and tireless love for Italian style.
Italianness is a trademark for the brand, which sprouted on the outskirts of Rome, a few steps from the ancient imperial wonders of Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este, an Este jewel in the heart of Tivoli. It is from here that, over the years, it has started creating collections inspired by fashion, tradition and Italian craftsmanship, but capable of looking at the world and its beauty.
Each decoration, designed by the company’s own designers, translates in an excellent and original way inspirations, contaminationsandtrendsthat, inthisway,becomeprotagonists of conviviality.
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VdE studio is the laboratory of ideas which takes its name from the VdE Tivoli 1996 brand. Every creative flash is enclosed in this new brand, characterised by a lively, original and completely Made in Italy design. The new VdE identity is pioneered by Victionary, which has been gaining public approval over the least three years with its “vocabolario dell’ironia quotidiana” (“vocabulary of everyday irony”).
AWARDS
2015: Selected as one of 8 winners of the Cathay Pacific Business Award This award is dedicated to the best Italian businesses with relations with the APAC area.
2017: Included among the ‘London Stock Exchange Group’ by the London Stock Exchange Group. The result of the 2017 edition was introduced at the European Parliament in Brussels, to celebrate Europe’s most dynamic entrepreneurial companies in terms of turnover growth and financial performance.
2021: Based on the analysis of historical information for 2018 and 2019, Galileo S.p.A. is part of the sample of excellent companies of the Fifth Edition of the Best Performance Award, the SDA Bocconi Award established in 2017. This award aims to recognise Italian companies that create not only economic value, but also technological, human, social and environmental value by operating in an overall sustainable manner.
On 2 September 2021, Galileo S.p.A. obtained the Quality System Certification according to the international standard ISO 9001:2015.
The ISO 9001:2015 “Quality Management System” accreditation, issued by the international organisation Bureau Veritas, is the first important milestone for our organisation in an evolutionary process that is indispensable to compete in the market in which we are operating right now. It demonstrates a commitment towards a continuous improvement process that provides added value and a competitive advantage for the company.
Being accredited to ISO 9001:2015 means defining, updating and constantly complying with methodologies and processes aimed at improving the level and quality of our products and services, so that they meet the needs of our customers and enable us to successfully address the risks and opportunities associated with our background of reference.
Cathay Pacific Business Award
In 2018, thanks to its excellent performance, Satur s.r.l. stood out among a shortlist of 724 Italian companies. It was awarded as the Excellent Enterprise prize by the SME Observatory, ranking among the top 40 companies in this sector, which is particularly motivating for the Italian economy. 2018-2019-2020-2021: For four consecutive years, the company ranks among the 500 top performing businesses, as identified by L’Economia, the weekly column of Corriere della Sera, in collaboration with Italy Post. Galileo S.p.A. succeeds in positioning among the top 100 SMEs thus representing a symbol of an Italy that creates future opportunities.
