Company

The Future/Our Goals 

Aiming for industry leadership

Government legislation and environmental imperatives are clear: energy efficiency and low environmental impact construction will be increasingly important critical success factors. Just like S.T.I.F. in the past and Venest today, Venest in future will be aiming to assume a leadership position in the insulation industry through the continuous improvement of a variety of product ranges, on-going research into materials and the development of new solutions.

The Company's management intends to build a strong focus on the international market, in view of the strategy of the Groups to which it belongs. 

The Present/Our Starting Point

Venest and its new partners, making brave decisions

Having completely redesigned its organisational and distribution structure and while undergoing a technological improvement process, Venest SpA purchased Stif and assumed control of its operations in January 2009. Venest SpA is owned in equal parts by the Tegola Canadese and Fibrotermica groups with combined sales of 300 million Euros in the supply of insulation, roofing and drainage materials for the building industry. These two operations have sound foundations and are capable of transferring their industry expertise, guaranteeing technological, commercial and supply synergies. The natural osmosis between Venest and its partners will direct their journey towards the recovery of the flexibility and process efficiency which is Venest's true value added, in an industry where a company's ability to control is essential, as is the trust between customers and suppliers.

The Past/Our Experience

Stif, a pioneering business

The production and sale of extruded polystyrene and expanded polyurethane insulation panels has been Stif's core business for a long time. This has been developed in step with a growing awareness by the market and institutions of the energy savings issue and the need to improve efficiencies in building standards for improved well being and comfort. In reality this industry grew out of the natural evolution of Stif which was founded in the early 60s and which from the beginning grew its rigid expanded polyurethane business. It was one of the first businesses to design and manufacture metal sandwich panels with an expanded polyurethane insulating layer used in the construction of refrigerated railway goods carriages.