Founded in 1990 by C¿o and Zelto de Andrade, the company has followed an approach that features a strategic location, investment in advanced machinery, low administrative costs, a high capacity of production and "a very dynamic way of working." In 1996, Andrade began making significant investments in Italian fabrication equipment, including Barsanti gangsaws and Simec slab polishing equipment for producing finished granite slabs. This operation was recently upgraded with the addition of new gangsaws.
Following the same pattern of investing in state-of-the-art technology, the company purchased equipment from Italy last year for tile production. This includes a Simec blockcutter with 60 cutting discs and a fully automated tile line, also from Simec. With this machinery in place, the company is offering the international market "a large capacity, a competitive price and quality assurance, which has increased the company sales by 40%," according to Andrade.