A world of value surrounds every product.
The steps following production of goods are of vital importance for every industrial manufacturing sector. Packaging, storage, logistics and shipping are delicate and complex operations, subject to frequent and often unforeseeable changes, which consequently require maximum attention and highly specialized know-how.
Our ONE SOURCE MODEL lets us build a value system around individual customer products that not only protect the product itself but also consolidate the credibility of the manufacturer. A value that returns to the company and helps it improve further, thereby enhancing performance and competitiveness
We always seek to protect the value of companies.
We are a group boasting international experience with a shared objective: stand beside and support companies along the entire chain taking products to consumers by exploiting our skills in the packaging and supply chain sector.
Listening, collaboration, transparency, commitment, innovation, respect for people and the environment: these are the principles on which our approach is based and which we seek to share with everyone, inside and outside the group, through our Academy.
Facts and figures
1
ONE SOURCE SUPPLIER
for packaging, end-of-line and logistics
4
AREAS OF ACTIVITIES
- R&D
- Packaging materials & solutions
- Integrated Logistics and Services
- Automation and System Integration
9
FACTORIES
9
WAREHOUSES
20
POLYETHYLENE TRUCKS
converted every week
400
EMPLOYEES AND COLLABORATORS
in the group’s various branches
3500
CLIENTS
all over the world
400000
BOXES
produced every day
The Group in Europe
Our history
We have converted the needs of industry into packaging services and systems for more than 60 years. In decades of commitment, success and change, we have become a large group, well aware of the strategic importance of our role and our responsibility towards our customers and the sector as a whole.
1950s
The DE.LE.S. Box Factory was founded in Saronno (VA), with the aim of supplying the local manufacturing sector with corrugated cardboard boxes.
1990s
1990 marked the transfer of ownership of the box factory from the expert management of Giuseppe Desio to the thrilling and determined management of Edoardo Zaffaroni and his son Matteo.
The market showed appreciation for the products and services offered by the DE.LE.S. Box Factory, which – in the space of a few years – became an established presence in the production of cardboard packaging in the Lombard market.
In 1997, the owners decided to expand the field of action into the protective polyethylene foam packaging sector: this saw the creation of DELES Imballaggi Speciali, which soon became one of the leading players on a national scale.
2003
This was the year of change: with new resources and new objectives, DELES Group emerged on the market as a major player capable of meeting all the needs of companies in the packaging sector, creating the germ of what would become the ONE SOURCE model a few years later.
2005
The group was expanded with the creation of two new divisions: DELES Lab, the packaging engineering lab certified by ISTA, and DELES Matic, the division specialising in product traceability and end-of-line automation solutions.
2006
A new dedicated business line was set up, providing outsourced services for integrated logistics and Supply Chain Management.
2010
DELES consolidated its presence in central and northern Italy with the inauguration of its Turin Sales Office and the new plant in Cesena, focusing on logistics, production packaging and special processing for the ICT sector.
2011
To meet the needs of customers in Tuscany, Latium and Umbria, DELES Valdarno was founded: the project involved new production facilities equipped with distribution warehouses with head offices in the province of Arezzo. The same year also saw the inauguration of DELES' first showroom in Cernusco sul Naviglio (MI).
2014
Encouraged by success in Italy itself and the launch of the new production line in Terranuova Bracciolini (AR) factory, the group moved into the international market through several strategic partnerships in Germany.
2015
A branch was opened in Poland, consolidating presence at a European level.
2016
Acquisition of Ondulati Menegazzi dedicated to single face corrugated production.
2017
The DELES Academy was founded as an advanced training centre dedicated to the world of packaging and logistics for sector professionals, companies, graduates or technicians interested in expanding their skills or acquiring new ones.