Founded in Milan in 1937, Mapei is today's world leader in the production of adhesives and chemical products for building. Starting in the 1960's Mapei put its strategy of internationalization into action in order to have maximum proximity to the needs of local markets and reduction of shipping costs to a minimum. The Group now counts 87 subsidiaries with 81 production facilities in operation in 5 continents over 35 different countries. Furthermore, Mapei has developed a sales and technical service network with offices all over the world and offers an efficient Technical Assistance Service that is valued by architects, engineers, contractors and owners.