Mapei’s internationalization strategy is based on two main objectives: to be close to local needs and to provide the lowest possible cost of transport. Moving with the goal of being close to buyers and customers, Mapei’s unquestionable power on all five continents is employing only local managers and qualified staff without changing the company’s approach or ignoring local requirements.

The company now has 79 subsidiaries, 18 institutional R & D centers and 67 production facilities operating in 32 countries, each with its own quality control laboratory. These are the important figures that started in the 1970s and determine the success of the process that has never been stopped. In the last 10 years 20 new subsidiaries have joined to our Group together with newly established companies and company purchases.