About us

Building today with the future in mind

Enthusiasm, team spirit and always looking to the future. These are the foundations underpinning the success of a great company.

Mapei is now among the world's leading manufacturers of chemical products for the building industry. We offer long-lasting high-quality products that are mindful of both the planet and people. We draw on this same expertise to contribute to the most important architectural and infrastructural works globally, including projects in the housing industry and renovation of historic buildings.

Every day we are focused on increasingly sustainable building in the name of innovation.

Our background

It was 1937 when Rodolfo Squinzi founded Mapei - Materiali Ausiliari Per l'Edilizia e l'Industria (Auxiliary Materials for Building and Industry) in the outskirts of Milan – setting off on a path that would eventually make us a multinational company, champions of Italian excellence all over the world.
The facts and figures now speak for themselves: three generations of entrepreneurs, business. Manufacturing operations on five continents and more than twenty product lines to cater for everything the building industry needs.

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Our strategy

Four pillars underpin our strategy.
Four cardinal points for charting our progress and ensuing we are always pioneers with our innovative, high-quality products and solutions, available worldwide and causing low environmental impact.

Specialisation

From the foundations to the roof

We offer specific products and systems to meet all the needs of the building industry. The quality and specialisation of our product lines, together with the support and expertise of our people, mean we can handle all the main problems involved in building.

OUR PRODUCTS

Research and development

Innovation is in our DNA

The path to innovation is through research. All over the world, our laboratories coordinated by the Corporate Research Centre in Milan study cutting-edge, long-lasting and high-quality products fully focused on their impact on the environment and the health of users.

OUR CERTIFICATIONS

Internationalisation

A global vision

Our vision embraces the entire world, reaching all five continents. An internationalisation strategy that has resulted in responsible growth as we respond to market and local demands and contribute to the development of local communities.

Our branch offices and plants around the world

Sustainability

At the root of every single decision we make

For us sustainability is a duty towards people and the planet, a commitment to future generations. A way of being and acting that translates into long-lasting projects, innovative products, staff wellbeing and comfortable living.

OUR COMMITMENT

Our numbers

2.5

Billion Euros
consolidated turnover
in 2018

31

Main research centres
in 20 countries

50.000

Tons of CO₂ offset

10.500

Employees

5.500

Products for the building industry
of the Mapei Group

66.000

Clients around the world

83

Plants in
5 continents
in 36 different countries

90

Subsidiaries in 57 different countries

161.000

Professionals from the sector
involved in Mapei training courses

1.000

Products with EPD
(Environmental Product Declaration)

25.000

Tons of products
shipped every day

Our brands

Over the years, our group has increased its range of products and enhanced its expertise through the acquisition of companies all over the world. This added value has enabled us to strengthen and extend our business operations, boost our technology and expand our product range.