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TERREAL Italia operates from its original base in Noale, near Venice, as well as in Castiglion Fiorentino in Tuscany and Valenza in Piedmont. With its range of moulded facing bricks, sold under the SanMarco brand, TERREAL Italia is the market leader in Italy with a 26% market share. The company is also the country's third-biggest supplier of terracotta roof tiles, with a range of colours popular in northern and central Italy.

Key dates

1949: creation of the SanMarco brand

1970: opening of the Noale site

1994: acquisition of the tileworks at Castiglion Fiorentino.

1996: construction of the new Valenza tileworks

1998: construction of the Castiglion Fiorentino brickworks.

2005: new plant (Valenza 2) built to make Canal tiles.

Visit the website: www.sanmarco.it

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production sites: Valenza: roofing tiles and fittings (GMS, Canal, GMN) — Noale: moulded terracotta cladding bricks, special orders and handmade tiles — Castiglione Fiorentino: roofing tiles (GMS) and moulded terracotta bricks

Key figures

For over 150 years, TERREAL has been creating responsible solutions by capitalizing on the beauty and durability of clay, as well as on the innovation of solar energy.Based on this unique experience, our group creates innovative solutions for the building envelope, through four activities : roofing, solar, structure and cladding-decoration. TERREAL has annual sales of approximately €626 million (pro forma of the acquisition of CREATON) and more than 3,300 employees around the world.