Company Description
Family-owned Spalu SA was founded in Lugano in 1933 as a road paving company operating in Canton Ticino. Today the group employs as many as 140 people.
Over the years, other production departments were added: in 1940 that of waterproofing, in 1964 that of industrial pavements and underlayments, in 1978 that of synthetic surfacing, and finally in 1983 it absorbed the employees and equipment of the construction companies Ing. Franco Ender and Alfonso Canonica, forming a department to support the other services.
In 1996, a branch was established in Roveredo, extending its activities into the Canton of Grisons.
In 2006, a branch was also established in Biasca, named Spalu SA, Biasca Branch to extend its activities into the upper Riviera and Valleys.
Over the years, several shareholdings were acquired in firms closely related to its business. In 1971, the Comibit Consortium, which later became Combit SA, was formed with other paving companies for the joint production of bituminous mix. In 1998 a service company, Tecnoasfalti SA, was founded with two other firms in the branch, with the purpose of purchasing and renting machines for processing molten asphalt.
In 2000 Tresoldi Lattonieri SA was purchased to complement the waterproofing department.
In 2003, finally, a corporate reorganization was carried out with the establishment of Spalu Holding SA, creating, in addition to Spalu SA (operational), Spalu Servizi SA operating in the field of construction and civil engineering and owning real estate.