During the last decade of the twentieth century were opened the Spanish and German subsidiaries and were acquired the European industry-leaders NOWAPLAST, SCHUPA and MAVIL: this was the original core of the GEWISS Group.
The Parent Company, GEWISS Spa, founded in 1970, has its registered offices in Cenate Sotto (Bergamo) and production facilities at Cenate Sotto (Bergamo), Cenate Sopra (Bergamo) and Castel San Giovanni (Piacenza). Since early 2000, the company’s new logistics/technological hub, based in Calcinate (Bergamo) – a strategic location which can serve the entire central European area within a 1,000 Km radius – has has also been operational. The Group's production facilities abroad are located in Germany, France and Portugal.
Today the GEWISS Group is an international leader, employing more than 1,500 people, with industrial sites and sales branches in Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Germany, the United Kingdom, China, Switzerland, Hungary, Turkey, Romania, Belgium, Poland, Egypt, China, Chile and the United Arab Emirates. The group also has agencies and distributors in 100 countries worldwide.